No, RBI didn't say that you'd be penalized for keeping accounts in two banks.
A 'supposed' news is viral claiming you'd be penalized if you keep accounts in two or more banks. Almost all of the websites sharing this false info is using RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das's photo along with the quote, claiming he said this. Websites -
https://twitter.com/ImAsimMalik/status/1818252178802569282 https://twitter.com/MDSADIQ01291427/status/1816501947572396369 https://twitter.com/UmeshKa66353462/status/1816330388568170739 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1746887302803692 https://www.facebook.com/Doabadastaknews/posts/pfbid02qsx65x3FiwzGhM67rNr37ZfF35HRe3y2wmQ9W2CQ9z1TEJ4Zckygo1hLDBw7vwMZl
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This Claim is completely False. Neither RBI nor RBI Governor has issued any such guidelines. We have confirmed with the official RBI Spokesperson. https://twitter.com/bijoybaba/status/1819986762602602638 Usually such 'supposed' news are clickbaits. Websites, laden with popups/advertisements earn from traffic i.e. visits on their site/pages etc.and use interesting, disturbing etc kind of headlines so people out of curiosity open their site to read further which earns them money. https://sarkariejob.in/rbi-banking-rule/ http://web.archive.org/web/20240805090552/ https://yojanaupdates.link/rbi-banking-rule/ https://govtnewsindia.com/rbi-banking-rule-for-more-than-1-account/ https://pangighatidanikapatrika.in/interesting-news/banking/rbi-banking-rule-ll-strict-penalty-will-be-imposed-for/article-9287 Read the full article
