How to open an account in Sberbank of Russia

The procedure of account opening in the savings Bank is quite simple and designed in such a way that Bank customers have the opportunity to open accounts in Russian rubles and in foreign currency. In addition , the savings Bank opens and maintains several types of accounts for individuals.

You will need

• Passport

Instruction

1. First of all you must decide for yourself what kind of Bank account you want to open. There are three main types of accounts. Current account is provided for the storage of funds and for financial transactions. Deposit account – for interest on deposits. And card account opened to conduct financial calculations with use of plastic cards.
   
2. For citizens of the Russian Federation in circulation in the savings Bank it will be enough to have a passport. Foreigners should present their passport and a document confirming the right of stay on the territory of Russia.
   
3. Go to the nearest branch of the savings Bank at the place of your residence. Refer to the employee of Department of Deposit operations with a question regarding opening a Bank account.
4. Educate the specialist about the currency in which you want to open an account and what transactions are going to cash. The Bank clerk will recommend suitable for you type of account and explain the benefits and talk about other types of Bank accounts that can be opened in this branch of Sberbank.
   
5. Having defined the kind of Bank account, give the Bank officer the original passport, which is required for registration of the Deposit agreement to be drawn up in two copies. Please note that your copy of the contract is required to present a round seal of the Bank.
   
6. It is possible that the Deposit Department employee will ask you to fill out a signature card in a special card. In the future, all of your signatures on the Bank documents will have to conform to this pattern.
7. After the contract is concluded, can transmit to the Bank for safekeeping your money. The receipt of money are done by the cash Department. To do this, go to the cash booth and tell the Bank employee contract, passport and money. In many branches of Sberbank, the staff of the Deposit give to the cashier all of these documents, and you will just have to come in the cash Department money.
   
8. After receiving the money and their conversion you will return your copy of the contract executed passbook, passport, and cash receipt order. In addition, you will issue a plastic debit card for the Deposit. Card you will be able to get through two weeks after opening the account in the savings Bank.