Account Opening Form Individual
Account Opening Form Individual
Account Title
(To be filled by Bank Official)
B. APPLICANT DETAILS
Surname
Other Name(s) Date of Birth: DD / MM / YYYY
Gender Male Female Marital Status
C. SPECIMEN
Signing mandate Applicant’s Photo Specimen Signature
Alone
Either to sign
All/Both to sign
Other(Specify)
D. EMPLOYMENT/ BUSINESS DETAILS
Source(s) of Income Salary Business Other (Specify)
If self-employed, specify the nature of business involved
in e.g. Agriculture, Trade, Tourism, Transportation, etc.
E. NEXT OF KIN
Names Relationship
Address Telephone No.
Email
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. These terms set out the terms and conditions upon which we, the Bank will provide banking services to you and references to
‘we’, ‘us’, or ‘our’ read to mean the Bank. References to ‘you’ or ‘your’ or ‘yourself’ are references to the person or persons in
whose names the account is held.
1.2. The terms and conditions are limited to providing general banking services and form a legal agreement between you and us; so
please confirm that you understand all of them.
1.3. The terms and conditions apply to all accounts (both transactional and savings) whether opened on the date of signing these
terms and conditions or on a later/prior date.
1.4. We reserve the right to change or amend any or all of these terms upon giving you notice in accordance with the Bank of Uganda
Consumer Protection Guidelines.
2. ACCOUNT OPENING
2.1. By signing these terms, you guarantee the accuracy of the information submitted on this application. We shall not be held liable
for any misrepresentation or any legal consequences arising from reliance on the information provided by yourself.
2.2. We may at our discretion decline to open an account for any applicant for an account. We are under no obligation to communicate
the reason for our decision to the applicant.
2.3. At account opening and at any time throughout the lifetime of the account, you are agreeing to provide us with any supplementary
documentation and information we may request for from time to time in order to undertake our due diligence as required.
2.4. You will provide us with specimen signatures of each of the persons authorized to operate your account.
2.5. If false or inaccurate information is provided and fraud is identified or suspected, your details may be forwarded to the relevant
enforcement agencies for any further action as may be required.
3. ACCOUNT OPERATION OBLIGATIONS
3.1. We shall not be liable whatsoever for funds handed to Bank Tellers outside banking hours and/or outside designated banking
premises or channels.
3.2. It shall be incumbent on you to request for and/or acquire a duly signed deposit slip or acknowledgement receipt at all times when
you make a deposit transaction from any of our designated points of representation to aid your transaction confirmation and
reconciliation.
3.4. We shall not make any payment out of your account to any party unless you have consented by giving instruction in accordance
with the mandate held by us.
3.5. Any cancellation of an instruction shall be communicated to us at least one working day before the payment is due to be debited.
For avoidance of doubt, the time of receipt is the time we receive the instructions not the time you send them.
3.6. We shall at any time freeze your account as long as there is any dispute or reason to suspect any fraud on the persons entitled to
operate the same.
3.8. We shall notify you with reasons in case we decline to honor instructions, unless if we are limited by circumstances beyond our
control preventing us to give this information.
3.9. You shall keep confidential at all times your ATM Card/Password/PIN/Login credentials/phone messages or any other security
information secure to prevent any fraudulent use to them. We will not be held liable in case your password/PIN/Login credentials/-
phone messages are misappropriated by a third party to access and/or transact on your account.
3.10. You shall within 24 hours write to us if any card/PIN/security device or security details are lost or stolen or suspect to be used
or accessed by an unauthorized person.
4. COMPLAINTS
4.1 We shall not be liable for any matters unless you make a complaint to us as soon as reasonably possible either verbally or in
writing, through our official communication or feedback channels provided.
5. INCIDENT COMMUNICATION
5.1. You will communicate to us in writing in the event of any significant incident or decision alteration (such as change in signatories
or signing mandate) in the general operations of your account.
5.2. In the unfortunate event of death of any signatory of a joint account holding, the survivor(s) undertake(s) to advise the bank in
writing of such death within reasonable time. In absence of acknowledgment (in any form) of receipt of such notification, the Bank
shall not be held liable for allowing continuation of operations on any affected account(s).
6. BANK CHARGES
6.1. We may apply charges for use of the account and for services provided to you in accordance with our prevailing tariff guide in
accordance with the Consumer Protection Guidelines issued by the regulator.
6.2. We may apply new or revised charges to your account at least 30 calendar days after the change notice is given in print media
and displayed in our designated branches and website.
6.3. We are mandated to debit your account for any of the followings;
- Interest on any facility granted by us at a prescribed date, unless otherwise agreed in writing.
- All charges including but not limited to statement printing, taxes and duties and any other expense incurred in operating this
account.
7. DEBIT INSTRUMENTS
7.1. We have the discretion to issue you with a debit card for operations of your account and to retain or cancel your instruments if
there is any suspicion of fraud regarding your account.
7.2. We shall not be liable for any loss arising from lost or misplaced debit instruments e.g. In-house vouchers or voucher book(s) if
we are not notified within a reasonable period (at most within 24 hours of its loss).
8. STATEMENTS
8.1. We shall provide you with free regular electronic copies of your statements onto your availed email address and upon registration
on the Bank’s internet banking platform, the same shall be available online. Any paper statements or additional requests will be
charged in accordance with our prevailing tariff guide.
8.2. We shall avail your transactional information for a period of 10 years preceding the date of request in accordance with the regula-
tions; any information required exceeding 10 years will be at our discretion.
9.2. We may provide all your credit information with any Credit Reference Agencies who may make this information available to other
organizations at any time during the operation of your account to help us, as financial service providers, make credit decisions
and/or detect crime.
11.2. We may terminate your account immediately if we have reasonable grounds to suspect any of the following:
- That you provided us with false information.
- That it is being used for illegal dealings.
I/We, the undersigned confirm that the information given is true and complete and agree that I/We have read and understood the
above terms and conditions and hereby fully consent to be bound by them as construed and governed by the laws of Uganda.
DD / MM / YYYY
DD / MM / YYYY
DD / MM / YYYY
DD / MM / YYYY
Customer Deposits are protected by the Deposit Protection Fund of Uganda. PostBank is regulated by the Central Bank of Uganda