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The South Indian Bank has announced the launch of kids saving account to inculcate savings habit among the children.
The Gen Z and millennials these days are very smart and conscious on their ambitions and studies. With Gen Next savings account, parents can accumulate the corpus for their kids’ future and aspirations.
SIB Gen Next Kids savings account enables parents to save for their kids starting from day 1 to till 18 years. The account comes with a host of features enabling parents to motivate their children to create a pool of savings for a secure future. SIB Gen Next Kids saving account can be linked to parent’s account and enable auto debits to ensure hassle-free investments in building the future corpus.
Thomas Joseph K, Executive Vice President & Group Business Head, South Indian Bank said, “India has the youngest population and we strongly feel that kids should be aware about financial savings and discipline in an early stage. This will help them get accustomed to the habit of savings and spending wisely.
SIB Gen Next account will prove a valuable tool to enable parents to cultivate a habit of their kids saving securely and conveniently.”
Parents can open the account the day their children are born and start operating it immediately. The account does not mandate a fixed monthly balance if parents maintain a monthly average balance of ₹10,000 or above in their individual accounts.
Parents can issue a standing instruction for transferring the requisite funds in their kids’ accounts, without incurring any charges. Parents can view their child’s savings account through SIB Mirror+ (Bank’s mobile banking platform).
SIB Gen Next account comes with a contactless debit card with ‘Tap and Pay’ facility.
With an ‘E-Lock’ feature, parents can secure their kids account with a click
The children can operate their accounts independently once they turn 10 years of age. Prior to that, the account will be managed by the parents/guardian.
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