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Bank of BarodaSavings account

Bank of Baroda bob LITE Savings Account

Bank of Baroda's commercial lifetime zero-balance savings account, eligible for the bank's full Video-KYC opening route, with a RuPay Platinum debit-card benefit that has its own QAB condition.

First-party evidencePublished researchReviewed September 10, 2026Active
Balance / relationshipLifetime zero-balance account with no minimum-balance charge. The separate debit-card fee-waiver QAB is not an account minimum-balance requirement.
Cost / chargesNo minimum-balance charge for the account itself. The RuPay Platinum card is free only subject to QAB of ₹3,000 metro/urban, ₹2,000 semi-urban or ₹1,000 rural; otherwise the bank's extant annual card fee applies.
Limits / allowancesCash/account transaction rules follow bob LITE terms. The separately verified RuPay Platinum card currently lists ₹50,000 daily ATM and up to ₹1 lakh daily POS/e-commerce limits.
Ongoing relationship ruleThe product explicitly offers a RuPay Platinum Debit Card subject to its QAB-linked fee treatment; this is stored as an exact account-to-card relationship.
Research processPublished by bankingreference.info

Structured from first-party bank/issuer evidence. This page does not claim personal hands-on product use unless that experience is explicitly stated.

3 first-party sources
Last checkedSeptember 10, 2026

Recorded source review date, not a claim that the product changed that day.

Maintenance stateWithin scheduled review window

Target recheck: January 8, 2027.

Critical decision facts

Start with the ongoing account relationship, then price the access layer.

Balance or salary conditions, charges, allowances and downgrade rules can matter more than a promotional benefit.

01 · Balance / relationshipLifetime zero-balance account with no minimum-balance charge. The separate debit-card fee-waiver QAB is not an account minimum-balance requirement.
02 · Cost / chargesNo minimum-balance charge for the account itself. The RuPay Platinum card is free only subject to QAB of ₹3,000 metro/urban, ₹2,000 semi-urban or ₹1,000 rural; otherwise the bank's extant annual card fee applies.
03 · Limits / allowancesCash/account transaction rules follow bob LITE terms. The separately verified RuPay Platinum card currently lists ₹50,000 daily ATM and up to ₹1 lakh daily POS/e-commerce limits.
04 · Ongoing relationship ruleThe product explicitly offers a RuPay Platinum Debit Card subject to its QAB-linked fee treatment; this is stored as an exact account-to-card relationship.
Exact product-type evidence

Savings account evidence stays in its own structure.

Specialist fields below remain source-scoped. Missing values stay missing; one banking product type is never used to manufacture facts for another.

Digital opening journey

What has to happen before this account is fully usable.

Digital availability is verified separately from the account’s normal balance and fee rules. Reviewed September 10, 2026.

Opening channelBank of Baroda web Video-KYC/V-CIP savings-account opening route.
KYC / Video KYCAadhaar OTP/PAN validation followed by live Video KYC; the bank describes the completed journey as full KYC and 100% paperless.
Documents / authenticationAadhaar, PAN, Aadhaar-linked mobile, valid email, original PAN/Aadhaar for the video call, plus camera/microphone/location-enabled device.
Initial fundingbob LITE is a lifetime zero-balance account; no separate opening-funding figure is stated on the reviewed product/V-KYC pages.
Customer restrictionV-KYC route: tax-resident Indian age 18+, new-to-bank only, non-PEP, single/self operation and able to complete the digital process.
Location / device ruleLive location is captured and physical presence in India is verified; branch selection is restricted to branches in the city reflected by the Aadhaar address.
Fallback routeIf digital eligibility/AML checks fail, the bank directs the applicant toward branch opening. A dropped video call must be re-initiated.
If KYC / opening is incompleteThe account is opened only after successful V-KYC and bank authorization; the engine does not model a persistent limited-KYC bob LITE state.
Maintained terms

Fees, balances, benefits, limits and eligibility without a single-score shortcut.

These six fields are the cross-product layer. The specialist section above controls whenever a type-specific field is more precise.

Cost / chargesNo minimum-balance charge for the account itself. The RuPay Platinum card is free only subject to QAB of ₹3,000 metro/urban, ₹2,000 semi-urban or ₹1,000 rural; otherwise the bank's extant annual card fee applies.
Balance / relationshipLifetime zero-balance account with no minimum-balance charge. The separate debit-card fee-waiver QAB is not an account minimum-balance requirement.
Core benefitsFull-KYC online V-KYC option, free passbook, 30 free cheque leaves per financial year under current terms, digital banking access and eligible RuPay Platinum debit-card benefit.
Limits / allowancesCash/account transaction rules follow bob LITE terms. The separately verified RuPay Platinum card currently lists ₹50,000 daily ATM and up to ₹1 lakh daily POS/e-commerce limits.
EligibilityThe underlying product is available to eligible residents including certain minors, but the reviewed V-KYC channel is narrower: tax-resident Indian individuals age 18+, new-to-bank, non-PEP, single/self operation.
Ongoing relationship ruleThe product explicitly offers a RuPay Platinum Debit Card subject to its QAB-linked fee treatment; this is stored as an exact account-to-card relationship.
Fit & cautions

Who this record appears designed for—and what can break the fit.

Best-fit wording summarizes the published proposition. It is not individualized financial advice or an approval prediction.

Potential fit

New-to-Bank-of-Baroda resident adults using V-KYC who want no account minimum-balance charge but can separately evaluate whether maintaining QAB is worthwhile for the debit-card fee waiver.

Verify before relying
  • Zero account balance does not mean the named debit card is unconditionally free; the card fee waiver has a separate QAB test.
  • The product itself has broader eligibility than the Video-KYC channel. Minors/joint holders should not be assumed eligible for the same V-KYC journey.
  • Bank of Baroda's V-KYC route uses the Aadhaar address for branch/city routing and requires live location/device permissions.
Verified product relationships

Links the bank explicitly documents.

This section is narrower than the same-bank map below. Every relationship shown here has its own first-party evidence; products merely sharing a bank are not treated as linked.

RuPay Platinum benefit

Bank of Baroda RuPay Platinum Debit Card

Bank of Baroda explicitly names the RuPay Platinum Debit Card for bob LITE and states that the card is free when the separate QAB condition is maintained.

Card-fee waiver requires QAB of ₹3,000 metro/urban, ₹2,000 semi-urban or ₹1,000 rural; otherwise the bank's extant annual debit-card fee applies. The account itself remains lifetime zero-balance.Verify relationship at bank ↗
Maintained comparisons

Compare this product only where the pair is deliberately maintained.

Both sides keep independent review dates, exact conditions and first-party evidence. No winner score is generated.

First-party source ledger

Complete evidence set for this maintained profile.

Each source remains independent. A product page, tariff, KFS/MITC, rate schedule or programme document is not silently treated as interchangeable evidence.

Current-use rule

When the bank changes a term after the recorded review, the current agreement, tariff, KFS/MITC or effective rate table controls.

Research boundary

This page organizes dated public evidence; it does not guarantee eligibility, availability, approval, service quality or future pricing.