KYC Full Form - Know Your Customer
What is KYC?
KYC is the process by which financial institutions verify their customer identification and proof of address.
For example, if you are opening an
account at a bank, the bank will ask you to present the necessary paper to
prove your KYC, that is, your identity and address.
There are many different types of
paper for proof of identity and proof of address, such as Aadhaar card, PAN
card, voter identification card, driver's license, etc.
You can complete your KYC by providing
two of these documents
KYC need
KYC is very important to both the bank
and other financial institutions and the client, as necessary measures were
taken during KYC to ensure that the client is genuine and that there is no
risk.
Under the KYC process, verification of
the identification card, document verification and facial verification of any
person is carried out, thus authenticating the client and the information
provided by him.
The banking process has become very
secure today thanks to KYC, and RBI has made it necessary for all banks to
continue to update their customers on KYC on a regular basis.
In many cases, when the bank failed to
update customers' KYC, the RBI imposed a heavy penalty on them.
KYC includes the following details:
- Customer Name
- Date of Birth
- Father's Name
- Mother's Name
- Marital Status
- Address Proof
- Identity Proof
- Contact No.
- PAN Card
- Source of the Funds
You can
proof your address and identity by producing the following documents in
original-
- Aadhar card
- Pan card
- voter identity card
- Driving licence
- NREGA Card
- Ration card
- Letter of the national population register
You can provide one of the documents listed above for your proof of identity, such as the PAN card, and a piece of paper that you can provide as proof of your address, such as the voter identification card or driver's license.
KYC can be completed even if a person only has one Aadhaar card, but their bank account transaction limit will be very low.
What is
e-KYC
e- KYC
full form is Electronic KYC.
e-KYC is the process by which a customer's
identity and proof of address are electronically verified through Aadhaar
authentication.
Today, almost every citizen of India has an
Aadhaar card, and if a person's biometric details are recorded on the Aadhaar
card, anyone can prove their identity by entering their thumb into the finger
reader.
EKYC is a very safe and fast process in which it is not necessary to hand over paper or sign it anywhere.
