A Must Read Announcement By PNB Regarding Old Cheque Book

If you are a customer of Punjab National Bank of India (PNB), you should be aware of this important announcement issued by the bank. The bank has informed its customers through Twitter that Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank's existing cheque books would be phased out on October 1, 2021. In this regard, the bank has requested customers to apply for a new cheque book via ATM, Internet Banking, and Bank Branch.

The bank via its Twitter handle has said that "Dear customers, old cheque book of eOBC and eUNI are going to be discontinued from 01-10-2021. Please replace your old cheque book of eOBC & eUNI with PNB cheque book with uploaded PNB IFSC and MICR. Get your new cheque book from your branch or apply through ATM/IBS/PNB ONE."
PNB has further added that "All customers are requested to use new PNB Cheque Book with updated PNB IFSC & MICR only from now onwards to avoid any transactional inconvenience."

Following the merger of OBC and United Bank into the PNB in April 2020, the new regulations are in force as of now. PNB has also issued a checklist of frequently asked questions for OBC and United Bank customers, which customers may read to clear up any account-related issues. Click here to read the FAQs of PNB.

Apart from reading the FAQs, customers can also contact PNB at 1800-180-2222 (toll-free) for any assistance or query.

Recently, PNB has also waived off processing fees on retail loan segments. This implies that customers of PNB who want to apply for a car loan, home loans, etc can apply for the same without processing fees. To know more about this big update, please click here.