Terms and Conditions for Bank of India Mobile Banking (Core Banking) Services BOI Mobile / SMS

(The Customer accepts and unconditionally agrees to abide by the following terms and conditions.)

In this document the following words and phrases shall have the meanings as set below unless the context indicates otherwise:

"Account(s)" refers to the Customer's Savings/Current Account and/ or home loan account and/ or automobile loan account and/ or consumer durable loan account and/ or any other type of account so maintained with Bank of India which are eligible Account(s) for operations through the use of BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services (each an "Account" and collectively "Accounts")..

“Alerts” refers to the event-based message sent to the User, on his mobile phone or his email address subject to the User’s subscribing to that event-based message.

"Bank” means Bank of India, a body corporate constituted under the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 having its registered office at “Star House” Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai 400 051, India including any branch office, thereof.

“Customer” means a person including individual(s), Company, Proprietary Firm, HUF, etc…who has an Account with the Bank and who has been authorized by the Bank to avail of the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services interalia on the terms and conditions contained herein.

“Customer” means a person including individual(s), Company, Proprietary Firm, HUF, etc…who has an Account with the Bank and who has been authorized by the Bank to avail of the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services interalia on the terms and conditions contained herein.

“Password” is a secret series of characters comprising of letters of English alphabet and/or numeric numbers and/or special characters that enables a computer User to access a computer network, file, data or programme.

"Personal information" refers to the information provided by the Customer/User to the Bank.

"SMS Banking" shall mean the Bank's SMS banking facility under BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services which provides the Customer services such as information relating to Account(s) of the Customer, details about transactions, utility payment, funds transfer and such other services as may be provided on the Customer's Mobile Telephone using ‘Short Messaging Service’ (SMS) by the Bank from time to time.

“SMS Password” is a secret series of numeric numbers that enables a User to access BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services using SMS Banking.

“BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services” is the Bank’s Services extended to its Core Banking Branch Customers through Mobile Phones i.e. Mobile Banking, SMS Banking, like:

  • Account Status; which includes balance enquiry, transactional view, statement of accounts, etc.
  • Services/ Requests; like Request for Cheque book, Stop Payment, Utility Payments, deposit renewal etc.
  • Financial Transactions; which include transfer of funds (to self-account and/or credit/debit to third party account, IMPS P2P,IMPS P2M, NEFT,RTGS, Bill payments, term deposit Transactions) etc.
  • Administration Module
  • Event Based Alerts
  • Utilities; would include display of, deposit interest rates, etc

These facilities shall be offered in a phased manner at the convenience of the Bank. The Bank may also make additions/ modifications/ deletions to the facilities offered through BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services, at its sole discretion without any intimation to customer/user.

"Terms" refers to the terms and conditions for use of BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services as detailed in this document.

"TPIN" refers to the Telebanking Personal Identification Number and is a unique number, that is required for the accessing the facility and will be useful for general enquiry and requests, over Telephone.

“TELEBANKING” means the facility which may be provided by the Bank to the Customers for getting information through IVRS about the Customer’s Account/s using telephone with key pad facility and/or for registering for any services as may be offered by the Bank under tele-banking facility.

"Transaction PIN" refers to the Transaction Personal Identification Number and is a unique number that is required for executing the transactions over Telephone.

"User" refers to the person(s) authorized to use BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services by the Bank, on the request of its Customer.

  • In case of Customer being the Hindu Undivided Family (HUF), the Karta of the HUF shall be authorized to be use BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services and the same shall bind all the members of the HUF.
  • In case of customer being a company/firm/other bodies, the person authorized to use the BOI Mobile( Core Banking) Services and the same shall be binding on the company/firm/ other bodies
  • In case the Customer is an Individual the individual himself/herself

“User-ID” refers to short collection of characters and/or numerals to be used to identify the User who is using the password.
In this document all references to the User in masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine gender and vice versa.

These ‘Terms’ form the contract between the Customer/User and the Bank for BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services. A Customer/User who have read and understood the terms and conditions contained herein (and such other modifications which may be made by the Bank from time to time at its sole discretion) and agrees to unconditionally accept and abide by the same only shall apply to the Bank for availing the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services. By applying for availing of BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services, it shall be deemed that the Customer and User has accepted and agreed to abide by these Terms and conditions and such other modifications, which may be made by the Bank from time to time. It is further clarified that extending the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services to any Customer/User shall be at the sole discretion of the Bank and Bank may reject any applications submitted by any Customer/User without assigning any reasons. These terms will be in addition to and not in derogation of the terms and conditions relating to any account of the Bank Customer.

The BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services shall comprise of the followings:

  • Mobile Banking
  • SMS Banking

Customer/User are aware that these services cannot be claimed as a matter of right by any User/Customer and the same are provided at the sole discretion of the Bank. The Bank also reserves the right to refuse/withdraw the facility without assigning any reason.

Similarly for availing, BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services through Mobile phone, the User should have a Mobile phone with a mobile connection from any of the Mobile Service Providers (MSP) with ‘Short Messaging Service’ (SMS) enabled for SMS Banking and shall have internet connection. The Bank will advise/ publish the information on Play Store/ APP Store from time to time the Android and iOS versions which are supported for using BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services. There will be no obligation on the Bank to support all the versions of Android and iOS.

The Bank at its sole discretion may decide to extend limited/ additional functionality of BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services through Kiosks installed at the selected locations/ branches. The Services on this Kiosk will be made available to the User through their BOI Mobile Banking Credentials (User ID and Password/s). The Bank may also decide to extend this facility on a select basis.

When the Customer registers in BOI Mobile app they can set User ID, Login PIN and Transaction password for performing financial transactions of their choice. As a safety measure, the User shall change the Login PIN / Transaction Password as frequently thereafter as possible. In addition to User-id, Login PIN and Transaction Password the Bank may, at its discretion, advice the User to adopt such other means of authentication including but not limited to digital certification and/ or smart cards. The User shall not attempt or permit others to attempt accessing the Account information stored in the computers of the Bank through any means other than the BOI Mobile. In the event the Customer authorizes more than one person as the User, the Customer shall notify to the Bank the mode of operation by such persons (User), based on which the Bank shall issue necessary operational instructions to the User.

The User unconditionally undertakes to have BOI Mobile password(s), SMS password(s), TPIN and Transaction PIN/ Password of such number of letters/numerals/ special characters as may be notified by the Bank from time to time and ensure that the same is kept confidential; and not to let any person have access to the internet/telephone while the User is accessing the BOI Mobile Services (Core Banking) or otherwise. If the User forgets the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) password, the User can reset their password using BOI Mobile app. The Customer/User agrees and acknowledges that the Bank shall in no way be held responsible or liable, if the User/Customer incurs any loss as a result of information being disclosed by User / customer or otherwise regarding the Account(s) or carrying the instruction of the User pursuant to the access of BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services and the User/Customer shall fully indemnify and hold harmless the Bank in respect of any loss caused to the customer/ user. The User shall maintain the secrecy of all information of confidential nature and shall ensure that the same is not disclosed to any person voluntarily, accidentally or by mistake and the customer/ user is solely responsible for keeping the confidentiality of such information and Bank shall not be liable in any circumstance.

Biometric – Fingerprint, Face, Iris authentication Terms:

“You accept and agree to these terms and conditions and wish to use the Biometric authentication service for the purpose of login onto BOI mobile application. You agree and acknowledge that you have successfully registered/ activated the Biometric service and Biometric registered in your device/mobile can be used to access the Bank's mobile banking application services for login and thereby giving instruction for any transaction as may be allowed /determined by the Bank at its absolute discretion from time to time, using the fingerprints/face/Iris registered with your mobile device. You understand and agree that, authenticating a transaction using fingerprint or face or iris depends on the capability of the device/smartphone and the accuracy of the feature. The Bank doesn’t hold responsibility for any issues in the operation of this feature.

You are wilfully opting for and giving irrevocable permission to Mobile Banking to use the Finger print, Face, Iris Authentication feature of the device and that you are also aware that biometric authentication is not the only option, but you can login into the mobile application with MPIN & Internet banking credentials also. You also agree and confirm that your mobile device is always under your physical possession and you shall not register any other person’s fingerprint or face or iris on your mobile device. You are aware that any finger print or face or iris added/registered to the device will be able to transact on the Mobile Banking application. The Bank is not responsible for any fraud that might occur due to any person other than the genuine registered user adding his/her fingerprint to the device and transaction done through BOI Mobile Banking and in such event you shall alone be responsible for such use/ misuse of your device and /or credentials The user should ensure that only his/her fingerprint or face or iris is added/registered to his/her device and no one else has access to this biometric authentication feature.”

The User shall take all necessary precautions to prevent unauthorized and illegal use of BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services and unauthorized access to the Accounts provided by BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services.

The BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services will be available in case of joint accounts, only if the mode of operation is indicated as ‘either or survivor’ or ‘anyone or survivor’ or ‘former or survivor’. The Bank reserves the right to make available the Services on selective basis, in case of mode of operation are other than the mentioned above on such additional terms and conditions. The access rights on the account shall be dependent on the mode of operation given in the account. Further, all transactions arising from the use of BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services in the joint account shall be binding on all the joint account holders, jointly and severally.

The Customer undertakes to promptly inform the Bank on any change in the User and/or the mode of operation of account/s linked to the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services and also understands and agrees that the Bank may take minimum one working day to effect the changes for BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services. Where the Customer is a Company, Partnership firm, HUF, Trust, Club/Association, or anybody corporate, the change in existing User and appointment of new User shall be made only by way of proper resolution/authorization passed by such Customer and communicated to the Bank in writing.

All correspondence/delivery by the Bank shall only be made at the address and/or e-mail address as registered with the Bank. The Bank shall in no way be held responsible for any non-receipt of any such communication.

The customer agrees and acknowledges that in consideration of the Bank providing the Customer the BOI Mobile Services (Core Banking), the Bank is entitled to receive charges, service charges as the Bank determines from time to time. The Bank reserves the right to charge and recover from the Customer’s account such charges, service charges for providing services through BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services. The Customer hereby authorizes the Bank to recover the service charge by debiting any of the Accounts of the Customer or by sending a bill to the Customer who will be liable to make the payment within the specified period. Failure to do so shall result in recovery of the service charge by the Bank in a manner as the Bank may deem fit along with such interest stipulated by the Bank and/or withdrawal of the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services without any further notice to the customer/ user and without any liability to the Bank. All out of pocket expenses where ever applicable will be borne by the Customer, which may be in addition to the Normal Charges, which may be decided by the Bank from time to time. The Customer shall also be liable to pay service tax or any other fees/taxes as levied by Government or any other Regulatory authorities from time to time, failing which the Bank will be at liberty to make payment of such amount by debiting the customer’s account. In the event any authority decides that this document and/or the Application form submitted by the Customer/User is liable to be stamped, the liability to pay the same along with penalty and other monies if any levied, shall be on the Customer/User and in which case the Customer/User shall immediately pay such amounts to the concerned authority/Bank without demur. The Bank shall also be within its right to pay such amounts to the concerned authority by debiting the Customer’s account without any notice to the Customer/User.

The Customer shall maintain, at all times, such minimum balance in the accounts being accessed through BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services, as the Bank may stipulate from time to time. The Bank may, at its discretion, levy penal charges for non-maintenance of the minimum balance. The Bank may withdraw the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services, if at any time the amount of deposit falls short of the required minimum as aforesaid and/ or if the other charges remain unpaid, without giving any further notice to the Customer/User and/ or without incurring any liability or responsibility whatsoever by reason of such withdrawal.

The Customer/User shall not use or attempt to use the BOI Mobile for funds transfer without sufficient funds in the concerned Account or without a pre-existing arrangement with Bank for the grant of an overdraft. The Bank will endeavor to effect funds transfer transaction received through BOI Mobile subject to availability of sufficient funds in the Account. The Bank may specify from time to time the limit for carrying out various kinds of funds transfer or any other services through BOI Mobile Services (Core Banking) without giving any notice to the customer. The said facility will be provided as per conditions specified by Bank from time to time. Bank shall not be liable for any act or omission to make all or any of the payments or for late payments.

In the event of overdraft created due to oversight/inadvertently or due to any other reason, the Customer will be liable to pay overdrawn amount together with the interest on such over drawn amount, as decided by the Bank from time to time and shall be repaid by the customer forthwith.

The Customer irrevocably and unconditionally authorizes the Bank to access all his Account(s) for effecting banking or other transactions performed by the Customer/User through the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services. The instructions of the User shall be effected only after authentication of the User in accordance with the prescribed procedure for BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services. The Bank shall have no obligation to verify the authenticity of any transaction received from the User.

The display or printed output that is generated by the User at the time of operation of BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services is a record of the operation of the Internet access and shall not be construed as the Bank’s record of the relative transactions. The Bank’s own records of transactions maintained through its computer systems or otherwise shall be accepted as conclusive and binding on customer for all purposes.

While the Bank shall endeavor to carry out the instructions promptly, however, it may take minimum one working day to effect the User/Customer’s Instructions. The Bank shall not be responsible for any delay in carrying on the instructions due to any reason whatsoever, including due to failure of operational systems.

All instructions for availing the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services shall be given through respective device by the User in the manner indicated by the Bank. The User is also responsible for the accuracy and authenticity of the instructions provided to the Bank and the same shall be considered to be sufficient to operate the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services. The Bank shall not be required to independently verify the instructions; an instruction is effective unless countermanded by further written instructions by the customer within the specified time frame and in anyway before the transaction is effected as per earlier instructions. In cases where the Customer has appointed/authorized more than one person as User with instruction for “joint operation” the Bank shall not be bound to act upon unless the authorised users give the instructions jointly. The customer/ user shall also follow the time-to-time instructions/guidelines given by the Bank in respect of operation/authentication of the transactions under the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services.

The Bank shall have no liability if it does not or is unable to stop or prevent the implementation of the initial instruction/instruction of the Customer/User. Where the Bank considers the instructions to be inconsistent or contradictory Bank may(without being bound to do so) seek clarification from the User/Customer before acting on any instruction of the customer or act upon any such instruction as it deems fit, at its sole discretion. The Bank states that they have no liability or obligation to keep a record of the instructions to provide information to the User/Customer or for verifying customer's instructions. The Bank may refuse to comply with the instructions without assigning any reason and shall not be under any duty to assess the prudence or otherwise of any instruction and have the right to suspend the operations through the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services, at its sole discretion if it has reason to believe that the User/Customer's instructions will lead or expose to direct or indirect loss or claim to it. In such cases Bank may require an indemnity or such other security from the Customer before continuing to operate the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services and upon providing such indemnity in favour of Bank by the customer also Bank is at liberty to decide to allow operation at its discretion.

The Customer and User is responsible for the correctness of information supplied to the Bank for use of the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services. The Bank accepts no liability for the consequences arising out of erroneous information supplied by the Customer and/ or User. If the User/Customer notices an error in the information supplied to the Bank either in the application form or any other communication, he shall immediately advise the Bank, which will endeavor to correct the error wherever possible on a "reasonable efforts" basis. It is clarified that Bank shall not be liable to the Customer and /or User and/or any other person for acting on such erroneous information supplied by the Customer and /or User. The Customer also undertakes that they shall fully indemnify and keep Indemnified the Bank for any loss, damage or claim sustained to the Bank due to the Bank acting on such erroneous information supplied by the Customer and/ or User.

The Bank shall not be liable for any unauthorized transactions occurring through the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services and the Customer and User hereby fully indemnifies and holds the Bank harmless against any action, suit, proceeding initiated against it, and all legal expenses including but not limited to the Attorney’s fees or any loss, cost or damage incurred by it as a result thereof. The Bank shall under no circumstance be held liable to the Customer and/ or User if the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services is not available in the desired manner for reasons including but not limited to natural calamities, legal restraints, faults in the telecommunication network or network failure, or any other reason. Under no circumstances shall the Bank be liable for any loss or damages whatsoever whether such loss or damages are direct, indirect, incidental consequential and irrespective of whether any claim is based on loss of revenue, interruption of business or any loss of any character or nature whatsoever and whether sustained by the Customer and / or User and/ or by any other person. Illegal or improper use of the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services by the User shall render the Customer liable for payment of financial charges as decided by the Bank or will result in suspension of the operations through the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services, in addition to the Customer’s liability as per the law of land

The Customer hereby agrees and declares that they shall be bound by whatever action of the Customer and / or User or any inaction on his/their part and shall not challenge the same and further hold the Bank harmless and indemnified in this regard.

In consideration of the Bank providing the Customer the BOI Mobile Services (Core Banking), the Customer hereby Indemnify and keep indemnified and hold the Bank, including their officers, employees and agents, indemnified against all claims, losses, damages and expenses on full indemnity basis which the Bank may incur, sustain, suffer or is likely to suffer in connection with the execution of the Customer's instructions and against all actions, suit, claims, demands, proceedings, losses, damages, costs, charges, expenses and all legal expenses including but not limited to Attorney’s fees, as a consequence and/ or by reason of providing a service through BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services and/ or by following the instructions of the customer and / or user. The Customer will pay the Bank such amount as may be determined by the Bank to be sufficient to indemnify it against any such, loss or expenses even though they may not have arisen or are contingent in nature.

The Customer and User agrees that the Bank or their agents may hold and process their Personal Information and all other information concerning their Account(s) or otherwise in connection with the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services as well as for analysis, credit scoring and marketing. The Customer and User also agrees that the Bank may disclose, to other institutions/Government departments/statutory bodies/RBI/Credit Information Bureau of India Ltd/ any other Regulatory Authority such Personal Information as may be required for reasons inclusive of but not limited to participation in any telecommunication or electronic clearing network, in compliance with a legal or regulatory directives, for credit rating by recognized credit scoring agencies, for fraud prevention purposes.

The Bank has the absolute discretion to amend or supplement any of the Terms specified in this document at any time and will endeavor to notify such changes wherever feasible. The Bank may introduce new services within BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services from time to time at its discretion. The existence and availability of the new functions, changes etc… will be published on Play Store/APP Store or by any other means, as and when they become available. The Customer and User agrees to be bound and shall abide by the terms and conditions as applicable.

The grant of BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services to a Customer is not transferable under any circumstance and shall be used only by the customer or User duly authorized by the Customer.

The Customer may de-register from BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services facility any time using the Deregister option available in the app. The Customer will remain responsible for all transactions made and those scheduled for a future date on his/her account(s) prior to the time of such cancellation/termination of the BOI Mobile Services (Core Banking) comes into effect. The Bank may at its sole discretion withdraw the BOI Mobile facility at any time without incurring any liability to the Bank. The closure of account by the Customer will automatically terminate the BOI Mobile Services (Core Banking). The Bank may suspend or terminate the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services forthwith without prior notice if the Customer and /or user have/ has committed breach of any of these terms and conditions or the Bank learns of the death, any proceeding for winding up, bankruptcy legal incapacity of the Customer.

Notice(s) under these Terms may be given by the Bank to the Customer in writing by delivering them by hand or by sending them by post to the last address given by the Customer and /or by electronic mail and in the case of Bank to its corporate office address as set out hereinabove. In addition, the Bank may also publish the notices in a newspaper or on its web site located at www.bankofindia.com. Such notices will have the same effect as a notice served individually to each Customer. Notice and instructions will be deemed served 7 days after posting or immediately upon receipt in the case of hand delivery, cable, telex or facsimile or upon publishing in any newspaper or the Web Site of the Bank.

The Customer hereby acknowledges that he/ she and/ or user is utilizing the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services at his/her own risk. These risks would include the following risks

  • Misuse of password/ PIN:
    The Customer and/ or User acknowledges that if any unauthorized/third person obtains access to his password or PIN, such unauthorized/third person would be able to have access to the facility and to provide instructions to the Bank and transact all his accounts. In such case, the Bank shall not be liable for any loss, damage sustained to Customer and /or user. The Customer and User shall ensure that the terms and conditions applicable to the use of the password as contained in the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services are complied with at all times and it is the responsibility of the customer and/ or user only to keep credentials like user name , password etc. confidential.
  • Internet Frauds:
    The Internet per se is susceptible to a number of frauds, misuse, hacking and other actions, which could affect instructions given to the Bank. Whilst the Bank shall aim to provide security to prevent the same, there cannot be any guarantee from such internet frauds, hacking and other actions which could affect the instructions given to the Bank. The Customer shall separately evolve/evaluate all risk arising out of the same and the Bank shall not be liable under any circumstances for any loss, damage, etc caused to the customer and/ or user and /or any other person.
  • Mistakes and Errors:
    The Customer and User are aware that they are required to mention correct details. In the event of any inaccuracy in this regard, the funds could be transferred to incorrect accounts, for which Bank shall not be liable. The User and Customer shall ensure that there are no mistakes and errors and the information/ instructions given by the User and Customer to the Bank in this regard are without error, accurate, proper and complete at all points of time. On the other hand, in the event of Customer's account receiving an incorrect credit by reason of a mistake, the Customer/User shall immediately inform and return such amounts to the Bank together with interest at such rates determined by the Bank, till repayment. The Bank shall also be entitled to recover such amounts together with interest as above and reverse the incorrect credit at any time whatsoever without prior notice / consent of the Customer. The Customer shall be liable and responsible to the Bank and shall accede and accept instructions of the Bank without demur for any unfair or unjust gain obtained by the Customer and /or user.
  • Transactions:
    The transactions as per customer’s and/ or User's instructions under BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services may not fructify or may not be completed for any reason whatsoever. In such cases, the Customer and/ or user shall not hold the Bank responsible or involved in any manner in the said transaction(s) and contracts and Customer's sole recourse in this regard shall be with the party to whom customer’s and /or User’s instructions were favoring. The Bank is merely providing the services to the Customer and the Bank shall not be responsible in this regard.
  • Technological Risks:
    The technology for enabling BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services offered by the Bank could be affected by virus or other malicious, destructive or corrupting code or programme. It may also be possible that the site of the Bank may require maintenance/repairs and during such time it may not be possible to process the request of the Customer/User. This could result in delays in processing of instructions of customer / user or failure in the processing of instructions of customer/ user and other such failures and mobility. The Customer undertakes and agrees that the Bank disclaims all and any liability, whether direct or indirect, arising out of loss or profit or otherwise arising out of any failure or inability by the Bank to honor Customer's/User’s instructions for whatsoever reason. Bank shall not be liable if the instruction given by the customer’s and /or User’s is not received correctly and/or is not complete and/or is not in readable form and/ or is ambiguous.
    The Customer and User understands and accepts that the Bank shall not be responsible for any of the aforesaid risks. The Customer and user also accepts that the Bank shall disclaim all liability in respect of the said risks.

These terms and conditions and/or operations in the accounts of the Customer maintained by the Bank and/or the use of services provided through BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services shall be governed by the provisions of Information & Technology Act, 2000 and by the other laws of the Republic of India and no other nation. The Customer/User agrees to abide by prevailing laws in respect of BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services applicable in Republic of India. Bank accepts no liability whatsoever, direct or indirect for non-compliance with the laws of any jurisdiction by the customer/ user.. The Customer/User agrees to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts located in Mumbai (Maharashtra), India as regards any claim or matters arising under these terms and conditions. However, the Bank may initiate legal action at any other Court of competent jurisdiction.

The mere fact that BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services can be accessed through Internet by a customer/User from a country other than India shall not be interpreted to imply that the laws of the said country govern these terms and conditions and/or the operations in the accounts of the Customer through Internet and/or the use of BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services.

The rules and regulations applicable to normal banking transactions in India will be applicable mutatis mutandis for the transactions executed through BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services. The Customer and User are also aware that it is their responsibility to comply with all the laws, rules and regulations prevailing in the country from where he is accessing the Internet.

The Customer agree that if the Customer opens further Account(s) with/subscribes to any of the products/services of Bank, and Bank may extend the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services to such Accounts or products or services upon the request of the customer but at Bank’s discretion. In such case these Terms and conditions shall automatically apply to such further use of the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services by the Customer/ user.

Bank shall be entitled to sell, assign, securitize or transfer Bank's right and obligations under the Terms and any security in favour of Bank (including all guarantee/s) to any person of Bank's choice in whole or in part and in such manner and on such terms and conditions as Bank may decide. Any such sale, assignment, securitization or transfer shall conclusively bind the Customer/User and all other persons. The Customer/User and their respective heirs, legal representatives, executors, administrators and successors are bound by the Terms. However, the Customer and / or User shall not be entitled to transfer or assign any of their rights and obligations hereunder unless permitted by the Bank in writing.

Bank shall have the right of set-off and lien, irrespective of any other lien or charge, present as well as future, on the deposits held in the Account(s) or in any other account, whether in single name or joint name(s), to the extent of all outstanding dues, including but not limited to the dues arising as a result of the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services extended to and/ or used by the Customer/ user.

The Customer acknowledges that the software underlying the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services as well as other Internet related software which are required for accessing BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services are the legal property of the Bank. The permission given by Bank to access BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services will not convey any proprietary or ownership rights in such software to the customer/ user/ any other person. The Customer/User shall not attempt to modify, translate, disassemble, decompile or reverse engineer the software underlying BOI Mobile or create any derivative product based on the software.

The clause headings herein are for only for convenience and do not affect the meaning of the relative clause. Bank may sub-contract and employ agents for providing BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services. All costs incurred by the Customer and/or user including telecommunication costs to use the BOI Mobile (Core Banking) Services would be borne by the Customer.


PRIVACY POLICY

We are bound by the Acts and Regulations relating to Privacy and will protect your non-public personal information against unauthorised disclosure, misuse, reuse or use in unrestricted manner in accordance with the law. Respecting and maintaining your online privacy and the security of your personal information is extremely important to us. These principles govern how we can collect, use, hold and disclose your personal information. This Bank of India (called Bank) Privacy Policy is designed to inform you of our online and offline information privacy practices, the types of information we collect, how the information is used, and to assure you that we maintain strict security procedures to protect your information.

Information can be broadly categorised as publicly available information and non-public (both personal and financial) information.

Non-public information is covered under this privacy policy.

Publicly available information is any information Bank reasonably believes is lawfully publicly available. The nature of the information, not the source of the information, determines whether it is publicly available information for purposes of the privacy policy.

It applies to all our customers, account holders, consumers, clients, service providers, contractors, sub-contractors, affiliates and their clients.

Personal information includes any information or opinion, about an identified individual or an individual who can be reasonably identified from the information. The information or opinion will still be personal information whether it is true or not and regardless of whether we have kept a record of it.

When you apply for our products or services, we collect information that is necessary to be able to properly identify you, to know your requirements, expectations, and instructions in order to provide you with those products or services. For instance, we may ask for identification information such as your name, address, date of birth, details of services etc.

Each time you visit our website, we collect information about your use of the website, which may include the date and time of visits, pages visited, location information, device used and IP addresses etc.

We, including our service providers, may monitor, record electronically, and retain telephone conversations and electronic communications between you (including anyone acting on your behalf) and us.

We have electronic surveillance systems like closed circuit TV and video recording of certain sensitive locations where your images may be captured.

Other Online Information We Collect and Use
We may collect and use other information, such as:

  • Cookies: Cookies are pieces of data stored directly on the device/browser you are using when you visit our website. We may read cookies to collect information such as browser type, date and time spent on our website, and pages visited. Information collected through cookies may be used for security purposes, to facilitate navigation, to display information more effectively, to personalize and enrich your experience, to recognize your device, gather statistical information about the usage of the website, to monitor responses to our advertisements and to assist us with resolving website questions.
    The cookies in your computer cannot read your hard drive, obtain any information from your browser or command your computer to perform any action. They are designed so that they cannot be sent to another site, or be retrieved by any non-Bank of India web server
    Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
    You can disable use of cookies through your browser settings. In this case our services may not be optimally effective.
  • IP Address: Your IP Address is a number that is automatically and dynamically assigned to the device that you are using by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or it is statically obtained by you. An IP Address is identified and logged automatically in our server log files whenever a user visits the website, along with the time of the visit and the page(s) that were visited. We use IP Addresses for keeping activity logs and having forensic capabilities if required for investigation purposes.
  • Details of device used for online banking: For secure online banking we provide you the facility of multifactor authentication. One of the factors can be the endpoint devices used by you to do the banking. For security reasons, we obtain the endpoint details to bind it to your account so that this endpoint device acts as a second factor.
  • Private Security Keys: For security reasons we may use PKI based authentication / digital certificate technologies. We may place a private key on your PC or mobile device to help us identify you or the device as belonging to you.
  • Biometrics: We may use some customer biometric information with the use of your fingerprint, facial, or eye biometric information or behavioural biometric like how you use keyboard, mouse or move your finger on the screen etc.


We never ask for the information like passwords, PIN (Personal identification No.), OTP (One time passwords), card numbers, CVV / CVC and expiry date from anyone. We advise all not to share this with anyone including Bank officials nor keep it in any readable form.

We advise you not to disclose the information about date of birth, Aadhaar No, driving license number, PAN, passport no, account number and balance, address to anyone without a valid reason and reasonable assurance that the information would not be misused.

Mobile Applications

Bank of India mobile banking applications allow you access to your account balances, transfer funds, pay bills, and make deposits on your mobile device. This policy applies to any personal or other information that we may collect through the mobile applications.

To help us serve your financial needs, provide services, and offer new products and services to you, we collect personally identifiable information about you from:

  • Information you disclose when you visit our branch/office or our website.
  • Information you disclose on phone or direct conversation or through email.
  • Information we receive from you on online applications, forms, and instructions.
  • Information we receive from you from the written documents submitted to us.
  • Information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, and others.
  • Other organisations, who jointly with us, provide products or services to you.
  • Information we receive from Govt. organisations like UIDAI etc.
  • Information we receive from consumer reporting agencies.
  • Publicly available sources of information, such as public registers
  • Your representatives (including your legal adviser, mortgage broker, financial adviser, executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, solicitor or attorney)
  • Your employer
  • Commercial information service providers, such as companies that provide fraud prevention reports, credit scores, land records etc

We won't ask you to supply personal information publicly over Facebook, Twitter, or any other social media platform or any public site in internet.

The purposes are:

  • to evaluate your eligibility for accounts, loans, and other products and services for which you apply
  • to respond to your inquiries and fulfil your requests
  • to administer, manage and service your accounts, products, and services
  • to send you marketing communications on products and services that we believe may be of interest to you, and/or to prequalify you for such products and services
  • to personalize your experience on our website by presenting products and offers tailored to you
  • to verify your identity in order to allow you online access to your accounts, conduct online transactions and to maintain measures aimed at preventing fraud and protecting the security of your account and personal information
  • to facilitate your transactions
  • to send you important information about your account(s), products and services
  • to comply with applicable law and regulation, other legal process, and law enforcement requirements
  • for our business purposes, such as data analysis, audits, developing new and improving our existing products and services, enhancing our website, identifying usage trends, and determining the effectiveness of promotional campaigns

Much of the personal information we hold are stored electronically in our data center or with our trusted partners. These data centres are located in India. Also personal information is stored in paper forms. We use a wide range of security measures, to protect the personal information we hold.

Protecting Your Information, Integrity, Confidentiality, and Security

We protect information we collect about you by maintaining physical, logical, administrative, electronic, and procedural safeguards. These safeguards restrict access to your confidential information to only authorized personnel with specific need to access and utilize your information. We train our employees on how to handle your information to maintain confidentiality and privacy. To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with law and industry level best practices. These measures include computer and system safeguards, strong access controls, network and application controls, security policies, processes, trained personnel and secured repositories and buildings etc. We regularly monitor and review our compliance with internal policies, regulatory guidelines and industry best practice. We educate our employees to protect the information. The same policy applies to our trusted partners through contracts and agreements.
We take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify any personal information after which it can no longer be used.

Categories of Third-Parties with Whom Bank of India May Share Information

Bank of India shares personal information with third-parties only as permitted and required by law, as per Bank’s approved guidelines and your consent in connection with the administration, processing, and servicing of account and account-related transactions, in order to perform services for you and on your behalf, for example, credit reporting agencies, bill payment processors, credit, debit and ATM card processing networks, data processing companies, insurers, marketing and other companies in order to offer and/or provide financial products and services to you, and in response to legal or regulatory requirement, court order and/or other legal process or investigation.
For all third-party outsourcing of services the information is shared and used as per the service level agreement and non-disclosure agreement.
To be more specific the information may be shared with the following:

  • our agents, contractors, valuers, solicitors and external service providers
  • authorised representatives and agents who sell products and services on our behalf
  • insurers, re-insurers and health care providers
  • payment systems operators (for example, merchants receiving card payments)
  • other organisations, who jointly with us, provide products or services to you
  • other financial services organisations, including banks, mutual funds, stockbrokers, custodians, funds managers and portfolio service providers
  • debt collectors
  • our financial advisers, legal advisers or auditors
  • your representatives (including your legal heirs, legal adviser, accountant, mortgage broker, financial adviser, executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, or attorney)
  • fraud bureaus or other organisations to identify, investigate or prevent fraud or other misconduct
  • agencies providing credit scores
  • Govt. agencies for verification of land records etc.
  • external dispute resolution schemes
  • regulatory bodies, government agencies and law enforcement bodies in any jurisdiction
  • we are required or authorised by law or where we have a public duty to do so
  • your express instructions or consent to the disclosure with specific entities
  • any act or regulation which force us to disclose the information to any specified entity; law enforcement and judicial entities
  • for international transactions, such as currency exchanges, we may need to disclose your information to the corresponding international party in order to process the transaction. The countries we disclose your information to will depend on the details of the transaction you ask us to carry out.

Change / Correction / Modification of your information.

Keeping your Bank account information up to date is very important. If your account information is inaccurate, incomplete, or not current, you should update it immediately by contacting us. You can ask us at any time to change the personal information with reasonable proof to justify the change.
A fee may be charged for the change or it can be free as per the Banks rules at the time of the change.
There may be circumstances in which we may not be able to give you access to your personal information or make changes/corrections due to restraint orders by regulators, judicial bodies, law-enforcement bodies or orders from the Government.

Advertising and Marketing

We use your personal information to offer you products and services we believe may interest you, but we will not do so if you tell us not to. These products and services may be directly offered by the Bank or an outsourced service provider for the Bank. The products and services may be offered by various means, including by mail, telephone, email, SMS or other electronic means , such as through social media or targeted advertising etc.
If you prefer that Bank of India not send you advertisements and other marketing information you can opt-out by calling our help desk number or opting out of the campaign by replying to the email.

Links to Other Websites

We may provide links to other websites. Within our websites, there may be embedded applications, plug-ins, widgets, as well as links to third-party sites that may offer you goods, services, or information. Some of these sites may appear within our site. When you click on one of these applications, plug-ins, widgets, or links, you will leave our site and will no longer be subject to Bank of India Privacy Policy and privacy practices. We are not responsible for the information collection practices of the other sites that you visit, and we urge you to review their privacy policies before you provide them with any non-public information about you. Third-party sites may collect and use information about you in ways that are different from Bank of India privacy policy. Thus if you follow links to websites not controlled by the Bank, you take the responsibility of reviewing their privacy policies and other terms and provide your information, as they may be different from our website and Bank of India will not be liable for any disclosure of information resulting from such activity.

Resolving Your concerns about your information

If you are concerned about how your personal information is being handled or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us. We will handle your complaints in a time bound manner. You may also inform the Bank ombudsman or any other authorities.

Opting out of Information Sharing

You (a consumer, customer, account holder etc.) cannot opt out of all information sharing in all cases.
You cannot opt out of information sharing with others where it is required to service you and your interest, market bank’s service and products, market services and products of affiliated companies, protect against fraud, protect national interest, against judicial, law enforcement orders and Govt. orders and such processes etc.
Bank can stop sharing of your information with anyone to comply with orders of competent authorities, to protect its interest or the interest of its affiliate companies.

Terminated Relationships

If your Bank account relationship is terminated we will not share information we have collected about you, except as permitted or required by law. We will irretrievably destroy the information after the limitation period as mandated by law or court order.

Protecting Children's Privacy

The same policy applies to minor account holders.

Updates to this Policy

This privacy policy is subject to change. It would be reviewed periodically, at least once in a year or upon any major changes in Acts / Rules/ guidelines/ technologies/ processes/ services/ banking products etc. Any changes and the reviewed policy will become effective when published and it will come into effect immediately.

Sharing and distribution of the Policy

This policy is available to all customers in printed form on demand. It is published on the Bank’s website www.bankofindia.co.in.

Authority

The Board of the bank has approval for this policy. Any changes to this effective only after approval of the Board.

Disclaimer

You might have provided the same non-public information to other entities without the knowledge or permission of Bank of India. Bank of India will not be held liable for disclosure or sharing of such information from these sources.

Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding this kindly contact Bank of India.