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HDFC BankSalary account

HDFC Bank Classic Salary Account

A higher-tier HDFC Bank zero-balance salary account bundled with a Millennia Debit Card, lounge access and additional insurance and banking privileges.

First-party evidencePublished researchReviewed September 9, 2026Active
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Salary / balance conditionNo minimum balance while the qualifying salary relationship continues. The reviewed page states that after 3 months without salary credit, the account can be converted to a Savings Account with applicable requirements and charges.
Cost / chargesZero-balance salary account under the reviewed proposition; the Millennia Debit Card is provided free with the account. Other service charges and corporate-specific benefits follow current HDFC Bank salary terms.
Limits / allowancesReviewed page lists ₹50,000 daily debit-card ATM withdrawal and ₹3.5 lakh daily POS/shopping limit.
Ongoing salary ruleCorporate salary relationship; continued salary credits preserve salary-account treatment.
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.

2 first-party sources
Last checkedSeptember 9, 2026

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

Maintenance stateWithin scheduled review window

Target recheck: January 7, 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 · Salary / balance conditionNo minimum balance while the qualifying salary relationship continues. The reviewed page states that after 3 months without salary credit, the account can be converted to a Savings Account with applicable requirements and charges.
02 · Cost / chargesZero-balance salary account under the reviewed proposition; the Millennia Debit Card is provided free with the account. Other service charges and corporate-specific benefits follow current HDFC Bank salary terms.
03 · Limits / allowancesReviewed page lists ₹50,000 daily debit-card ATM withdrawal and ₹3.5 lakh daily POS/shopping limit.
04 · Ongoing salary ruleCorporate salary relationship; continued salary credits preserve salary-account treatment.
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 / chargesZero-balance salary account under the reviewed proposition; the Millennia Debit Card is provided free with the account. Other service charges and corporate-specific benefits follow current HDFC Bank salary terms.
Salary / balance conditionNo minimum balance while the qualifying salary relationship continues. The reviewed page states that after 3 months without salary credit, the account can be converted to a Savings Account with applicable requirements and charges.
Core benefitsFree Millennia Debit Card, online NEFT/RTGS, cashback opportunities, account/debit-card insurance benefits and 4 complimentary domestic airport lounge visits per year subject to current card terms.
Limits / allowancesReviewed page lists ₹50,000 daily debit-card ATM withdrawal and ₹3.5 lakh daily POS/shopping limit.
Employer / salary eligibilityEmployment and corporate salary-account eligibility under HDFC Bank's current sourcing rules; documentation and employer relationship are required.
Ongoing salary ruleCorporate salary relationship; continued salary credits preserve salary-account treatment.
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

Employees in eligible HDFC Bank corporate salary programmes who want stronger debit-card and travel benefits than the regular salary tier.

Verify before relying
  • Benefits can vary by the employer's negotiated corporate offer.
  • Lounge, cashback and insurance benefits have separate qualification terms.
  • Missing salary credits for 3 months can change the account to a regular savings relationship with different charges.
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.

Free Millennia debit card

HDFC Bank Millennia Debit Card

HDFC Bank explicitly states that Classic Salary Account includes a free Millennia Debit Card.

The free treatment belongs to the qualifying salary proposition; if the salary relationship changes, the applicable account/card schedule can also change.Verify relationship at bank ↗
Maintained comparisons

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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.

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Primary product / service sourcewww.hdfc.bank.in
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Additional first-party evidencewww.hdfc.bank.in
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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.