Procedures On Opening A Savings Account At BPI
Bank of the Philippines Islands, commonly known as BPI, was recently named by Finance Asia as the best trade finance and best cash management bank i...
Bank of the Philippines Islands, commonly known as BPI, was recently named by Finance Asia as the best trade finance and best cash management bank in the Philippines. BPI is also an established bank with long years of experience in banking industry. Finance Asia is a famous finance publication and magazine in Asia and the Pacific.
BPI has two subsidiary banks – BPI Family Savings Bank and BPI Direct. BPI Bank deals primarily on corporate accounts like salary account of employees. BPI Family Savings Bank is focused on individual savings accounts or for individual person who may not be an employee. While BPI Direct serves primarily on mobile, telephone and online banking.
In opening a BPI bank account, you can adhere to procedures given below and ready all requirements before going to the bank. It will be fast and easy to open a new bank account when you bring all the needed requirements so do not forget to bring it all.
1. Prepare all the requirements such as ID, two 1×1 photo ID, billing statement and money for initial deposit. Do not forget to bring it when you decided to go to the bank. It will be very needed.
2. Select the branch you want to open a new account. Choose the branch near your work or house so that it will be very easy and convenient for you to go whenever problem arises regarding your bank account.
3. Upon entering the bank, proceed to New Account Desk. Tell the bank officer you want to open a savings account and then fill-up all forms that will be given to you.
4. Give the initial deposit for your bank account together with the complete requirements and application forms. For BPI ATM savings account the initial deposit is P3,000 and BPI ATM Family savings account, P1,000. For BPI savings account with passbook, P10,000 is minimum initial deposit.
5. Claim your ATM card or passbook which is normally available for pick-up after 3-5 banking days. Activate your ATM card in the ATM machine.
BPI is a good bank to open a new bank account. You just need to have complete requirements before applying a new account and decide where will you open an account. BPI has many branches all around the Philippines so it is not a problem which branch to choose.
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