In a term deposit, money deposited by a customer with the Bank is held for a fixed term at a fixed interest rate. Interest rates offered on these deposits vary with the tenure, value and currency of the deposit. Term deposit is a savings proposition that can help you earn fixed returns on your savings.
Term deposits are currently offered to individual customers only on fixed rate basis.
The currencies acceptable for a term deposit account are SGD, USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CAD and CHF. The minimum deposit requirement is 5000 currency units in any currency.
Term deposits can be placed for as short a period as 7 days and up to maximum of 3 years.
Interest rates offered on term deposits vary with the tenure, value and currency of the deposit. As the rates applicable vary on a weekly basis, you can confirm the interest rates applicable by checking here.
The interest* can be paid out quarterly, semi-annually, annually or at the time of maturity of the term deposit depending upon choice of customer as intimated to the Bank.
*Please note intermediate payouts like quarterly, semi -annually, annually are only for SGD and USD deposits, for foreign currency deposits like AUD, CAD, EUR, GBP, CHF interest is paid only on maturity.
You have to provide maturity instructions at the time of deposit placement specifying which of your bank accounts you wish the funds to be credited to on maturity.
However, if your instructions are received on a Saturday or Sunday, such instructions will only be processed on the following business day. Daily interest will be calculated accordingly till your instruction is processed.
Yes, you can opt for auto renewal at the time of opening the term deposit. Auto renewal allows your term deposit to get renewed automatically for the same period opted by you. The rates applicable shall be the rates prevailing at the time of such renewal.
No, term deposits are non-transferable and non-negotiable.
Deposit Insurance Scheme
Singapore dollar deposits of non-bank depositors are insured by the Singapore Deposit Insurance Corporation, for up to S$100,000 in aggregate per depositor per scheme member by law. Foreign currency deposits, dual currency investments, structured deposits and other investment products are not insured. For further information, please visit: www.sdic.org.sg
In case a fixed deposit is withdrawn prematurely, do note that the Bank may not pay all the interest accrued from the time of opening the fixed deposit up to the time of its premature withdrawal. Additionally, there is also a premature withdrawal fee of 1% flat, payable on the principal amount and interest (on the amount considered by the Bank to be payable as interest), subject to protection of only the principal amount and not the interest accrued. Please visit our branches and check with our branch staff for more details and consider carefully before performing a premature withdrawal of your fixed deposit
For example:
A person wishes to close his 2 year fixed deposit prematurely.
Scenario A. Where closure is within 30 days of opening the deposit, no interest would be payable.
Scenario B. Where deposit is held for a period greater than 30 days.
If deposit sought to be withdrawn is held for period for which deposits are offered by Singapore Branch (3, 6, 12, 18, 24 months and so on) | If deposit sought to be withdrawn is held for a period that falls between two tenures for which deposits are offered by the Singapore Branch | If interest has been paid out |
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Interest calculated at the rate applicable for deposits of such tenure (as existing at the time of opening of the deposit sought to be withdrawn), less the premature withdrawal fee of 1% flat on the principal and on the interest, subject to protection of only the principal | Interest calculated at rate applicable for deposits of the shorter of the two tenures (as existing at the time of opening of the deposit sought to be withdrawn), less the premature withdrawal fee of 1% flat on the principal and on the interest, subject to protection of only the principal | The premium is adjusted against any payment due to the customer, this would mean that even in cases where principal is protected, the amount returned could be less than the principal to the extent of interest already paid out to the customer. |
So, in this example, if he is closing prematurely in exactly one year, since Singapore branch offers one year deposits, customer will get the rate which a one year deposit offers (when he had opened his two year deposit) less 1% withdrawal fee on principal and interest | Hence, in this example, if he would break the deposit in 15 months, the customer would still get the rate which a one year deposit offers (when he had opened his two year deposit) less 1% withdrawal fee on principal and interest |
Premature closure of term deposit will not be ordinarily allowed. In case there is a need to withdraw the term deposit prematurely, the request will be considered in extraordinary circumstances (For example, where such premature closure is required under any applicable law or regulation, or in relation to any estate related matters). If the request is approved by the Bank, no interest will be paid and there may be a loss to your principal amount of the term deposit.
It's quite simple. Please visit our branch, fill the Account Opening Form and furnish the following supporting documents.
a) Proof of Identity:
- Singapore Citizens / Permanent Residents - Copy of pink / blue NRIC card
- Singapore Residents (Other than Permanent Residents) - Copy of documents issued by the relevant Government Agencies/ Ministries in Singapore (e.g.: Employment Pass). and Passport
- Singapore Non Residents - Copy of Passport
b) Proof of Residential Address - E.g. latest copy of utility bills, bank statements etc - issued within last 3 months
Please carry the originals of the above mentioned documents with you so that our staff may verify the same.
Yes, you can hold a term deposit account in joint names up to a maximum of four account holders. The account operations shall be in accordance with the instructions provided by the primary account holder with the signature of all joint account holders at the time of deposit opening.
You will be mailed a Deposit Confirmation Advice, bearing all the deposit details at the communication address as mentioned in your Account opening form.
Please visit our branch.
You have to provide maturity instructions at the time of deposit placement specifying which of your bank accounts you wish the funds to be credited to on maturity. However, if your instructions are received on a Saturday or Sunday, such instructions will only be processed on the following business day. Daily interest will be calculated accordingly till your instruction is processed.
Yes, in case of premature withdrawal subject to protection of the principal amount, the amount repayable to the customer will be calculated as follows.
- If deposit is withdrawn within 30 days of opening of deposit, no interest would be payable.
- Where deposit is held for a period greater than 30 days.
- In case the deposit sought to be withdrawn is held for a period equivalent to a tenure for which deposits are offered by Singapore Branch, the interest on the deposit will be calculated at the rate applicable for deposits of such tenure (as existing at the time of opening of the deposit sought to be broken), less the premature withdrawal fee of 1% flat on the principal and interest, subject to protection of the principal.
- In case the deposit sought to be withdrawn is held for a period that falls between two tenures for which deposits are offered by the Singapore Branch, the interest on the deposit would be calculated at the rate applicable for deposits of the shorter of the two tenures tenure (as existing at the time of opening of the deposit sought to be broken), less the premature withdrawal fee of 1% flat on the principal and interest, subject to protection of the principal.
- In case where the interest has been paid out, the penalty is adjusted against any payment due to the customer. This would mean that even in cases where principal is protected, the amount returned could be less than the principal to the extent of interest already paid out to the customer.
Premature closure of term deposit will not be allowed. The Bank may allow premature withdrawal only where such premature closure is required under any direction from any statutory and/or regulatory authority or deceased claim settlement cases. In the event of premature withdrawal of these deposits under abovementioned exceptional circumstances, the Bank will not pay any interest on the principal amount of the deposit. Any interest credited or paid upto the date of such premature closure will be recovered from the deposit amount.
For service or product related issues, you may contact our Customer Service Officers at our branch or write to us at sg.service@icicibank.com.
For any complaints, you may write to our Complaint Officer by addressing your complaint/ grievance to The Complaint Officer, ICICI Bank Limited, 9 Raffles Place
#50-01 Republic Plaza, Singapore or by email on sg.complaints@icicibank.com.
We currently offer accounts to people above 18 years of age.
English is the language of communication with ICICI Bank.
There is no limit to the amount that can be deposited however for amounts over > SGD 20,000, you would be required to furnish proof of funds
For any amount over 10,000 currency units, you would be required to furnish proof of funds
The following are acceptable as proof of funds provided the same is dated within last 4 days as of deposit/remittance as the case maybe -
- ATM Slip
- Bank withdrawal slip
- Account statement
- Passbook
An account (current, savings or fixed deposit) that does not have any financial activity (excluding interests/maturity/pre-maturity proceeds credited/debited and other charges, whether they are system-generated or via customer’s instruction) for more than twelve (12) months, regardless of whether such account contains any outstanding balances, will be listed as “dormant”.
If you have a Customer ID created but your account (current, savings or fixed deposit) is not opened within six months of its creation, then your Customer ID will be listed as “dormant”.
The bank will accept only those post dated cheques that can be sent for clearing within the next 5 working days from the date of receipt of such cheques. Only cheques with issue date in the last 6 months can be sent for clearing. Any date beyond that will be treated as stale and will have to be returned to the customer.
Min. amount for accepting a Direct Mark Request for Outward clearing will be S$50,000. Customer has to pay charges of SGD50.00 to each ICICI Bank and Paying Bank respectively regardless whether the cheque is good for payment or not.
Cheques deposited by 1500 hrs will be made available, subject to clearing, after 1400 hrs on the following working day.
Clearing takes place only between Monday and Friday. No clearing happens on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.
The Presenting Bank can transmit an item for express clearing. This item will be sent to the Paying Bank’s inward queue immediately once the BeCTS (Back end Cheque Truncation System) Host has processed the item