ICICI offering me to port my account to my nearest neighbourhood branch

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the chaaal isIf they relocate ur account to a branch near you, they will get more business from u, rather than a distant located branch.
 
A/c Portability has already been in existence for many years at ICICI. in last 1.5 yr i too had changed my branch twice with both been 50 kms apart. my A/C no,cheque book,debit card all remained the same.They are just pampering you under the garb of "privileged" customer That Only you are getting this Privilege, reality is that every savings a/c holder can avail this facility since Core banking was implemented Arnd 7-8 Yrs ago. Yes it is true,every branch earns commission/incentive on getting/porting the a/c Especially if it is Privilege banking more the comm/incentive.Shift only if you Need.
 
For you at least they're asking for your confirmation. In my case, which was around three years back, they sent me a letter saying that my account has been shifted to so-and-so branch. I had not put a request for the same.
 
I understand what you are trying to say, that one would start using them for other bank-related services, which currently may be serviced by other banks. Thats fine, as everyone wants a piece of the pie. But any other negative impact? Is what I am thinking.
 
MICR code wll change rite? Then how come they have given that ECS wont have any problem...? :O
 

My thought is why would my old branch be happy to let go of me.

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Ah, need to explore that - They are saying existing transactions/instructions will not change .. But I wonder if people who transfer me money , need to change something in their payee list.
 
I understand what you are trying to say, that one would start using them for other bank-related services, which currently may be serviced by other banks. Thats fine, as everyone wants a piece of the pie. But any other negative impact? Is what I am thinking.

Nope no other Negative Impact other than a New Aggressive RM will keep calling you for All sort of (MIS)investments for a few weeks

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My thought is why would my old branch be happy to let go of me.

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Ah, need to explore that - They are saying existing transactions/instructions will not change .. But I wonder if people who transfer me money , need to change something in their payee list.

Nothing changes in the payee list or in your online a/c as the branch name and other stuff gets automatically updated in the system
 
Ok, So will people who have added me as a payee, need to change MICR or something before they transfer or even that would be taken care on its own (Thats the most important thing for me)
 
MICR code wll change rite? Then how come they have given that ECS wont have any problem...? :O

Yup. MICR/IFSC code will change and the institutions to whom the old branch cancelled cheque was given would need to be given the new branch Cancelled cheque

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Ok, So will people who have added me as a payee, need to change MICR or something before they transfer or even that would be taken care on its own (Thats the most important thing for me)

I don't know about other banks, but within icici to icici no need to change anything
 
Better, Shoot a Mail to them asking every query, that way you will have in written if there is any glitch from their end
 
Yeah, I will do that..If there is a change needed, will have to update in 2-3 places & inform 3-4 other folks once the change happens to avoid any mishaps
 
Last month I switched the home branch for my account.Since then I am unable to receive funds via NEFT.The Branch manager says my IFSC code will not change.Customer Care says My IFSC code has changed and I received a Cheque book with the new IFSC code printed on it.
 
My ICICI account is in Noida. My new company set it as the salary account, I stay in Bangalore. ICICI representative says that I can change my branch to any place in India with these changes1. Account Number will remain the same2. The Account will be in unusable state for 7 working days. You cannot do any transactions during this time.I have been thinking of this for a long time and even am concerned about others who added me as payees.
 

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