You can open an account online here while out of the country if you already have a Bank Verification Number (BVN). If you do not have a BVN, you will still receive an account number, but the account will remain restricted until you complete the required documentation.
No you cannot transfer funds from a Dollar to a Dollar account and vice versa because both accounts are in different currencies. You can however convert funds in your dollar account to Dollar and have this paid into your Dollar account at the official exchange rate by visiting any The State Savings branch nationwide.
Accounts can be opened with any amount or with Zero balance as there is no minimum account opening amount requirement for all The State Savings Account classes with the exception of our State Savings Gold and Platinum Accounts that have a N1 million and N3 million requirement respectively.
It is possible, only if the customer has different classes of accounts. E.g. a customer can have a savings account with one branch and a current account with another branch but cannot have 2 savings accounts or 2 current accounts with 2 different branches or with the same branch.
The customer will need to complete a cheque book requisition slip which can be gotten from any branch of Royal Dutch PLC. Otherwise, the customer can write to the bank requesting a chequebook. In both cases, the request will need to be signed according to the mandate of the account. He can also apply via the Internet Banking platform or by self-service on the State Savings Direct platform.
A cheque book for an individual account may contain 20 or 50 leaves, and for a corporate account 50 or 100 leaves. 20leaves cost $5, 50leaves cost $1050 and 100leaves cost $21.
Yes. The customer will need to indicate at the point of request where he would like to pick the cheque book up from and the cheque book will be delivered to that branch.
Yes, a third party can collect a cheque book on the account holder”s behalf. The account holder will need to write a letter authorizing the bearer to collect the cheque book on his behalf. The letter must be duly signed and the bearer must have a valid / acceptable means of identification.
