| Address: Neelkanth Corporate Park, W, Shop No-12, Nathani Rd, Kirol Village, Vidyavihar Society, Vidyavihar, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400086 |
Dear Sir/Madam,
I tried opening an account for my mother who is a senior citizen online. After verifying with PAN/AADHAR OTPs, your website mentioned "Online account cannot be opened at this location, Please visit the nearest branch"
I visited the nearest ICICI branch at Vidyavihar (Neelkanth Corporate Park, W, Shop No-12, Nathani Rd, Kirol Village, Vidyavihar Society, Vidyavihar, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400086) to open a Senior Citizen Account for my mother.
The staff told me they cannot open an account unless we had initial funding of Rs. 1 Lakh and AMB of Rs. 50000(hereafter referred to as 'Premium Account'), and that for any amount less than that, we need to open the account online. When I tried to explain that we came to the branch because it could not be done online, and we are not interested in any premium account, they advised us that they received 'internal communication' to not allow them to open any other accounts.
We asked them to provide in writing what they spoke, or show us proof of this 'internal communication', both of which they refused to do. They even mentioned "We can try to adjust your request for a senior citizen account if you are willing to fund your account initially with Rs. 5 lakh".
They recommended that we go home and open an account online or open a premium account with them, and later downgrade it to a regular account.
I believe this is discrimination on the part of your employees. If a senior citizen doesn't have Rs. 1 Lakh unfront, does that mean they cannot open an account with you? It may not be an issue for us, but what about the many others who have issues?
There are bigger and better banks who are willing to help customers. Why does ICICI Bank staff act so entitled? Do they only have targets to open premium accounts and not regular accounts, that they would rather lose a client who doesn't want premium services?
My mother is a HNI, ex-Indian Revenue Service, and owner of three businesses. We selected ICICI as the bank to consolidate all her investments over the next one year. However, at this stage, we made a decision to only open an basic account while we start our consolidation process. We have the best of Relationship Managers in your competitor banks too, and I work in the banking industry. Never have we faced such humiliation at any bank, not even in scheduled cooperative banks.
I tried contacting you through facebook, but that was like speaking to a wall with customer service staff ignoring messages and not proactively trying to resolve the situation.
If this issue cannot be resolved at bank level, I have made a decision to provide all evidence of my interaction with the bank to the ombudsman for investigation due to this discrimination.
Feb 12, 2022
Complaint marked as Resolved
ICICI Bank customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.
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Jan 12, 2022
ICICI Bank Customer Care's response Dear Customer,
We regret the inconvenience caused. We request you to email us your concern with your contact details on [protected]@icicibank.com. Please mention the UID (895675) in the subject line of your email. Our official will assist you.
Regards,
ICICI Bank Customer Service Team
We regret the inconvenience caused. We request you to email us your concern with your contact details on [protected]@icicibank.com. Please mention the UID (890229) in the subject line of your email. Our official will assist you.
Regards,
ICICI Bank Customer Service Team