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I recently opened a new account. I already had an old account at a different bank, but I declined when they asked me if I had association with another bank. Does this matter?

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  • How did they define association when asking (assuming they provided any explanation at all)? They may have been asking about employment or regulatory/oversight association, rather than customer association.
    – yoozer8
    Dec 24, 2020 at 15:46
  • No, I believe they asked if i had an account in another bank. I dont get why they would need this info, so i replied no.
    – Anonymous
    Dec 24, 2020 at 15:52
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    I can't answer about Nepal, but in the USA, an "association" with another bank would be if you were employed by them or worked for a company that did work for them.
    – RonJohn
    Dec 24, 2020 at 16:25

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  1. It's extremely likely it is just a "stupid marketing question". In this case, answer No and that's it. (For example, in many countries now when you're at a chain store buying a t-shirt or lipstick, when you are paying they say "What is your phone number?" I always say "I do not give it out.")

  2. There is a (very) small chance that in your jurisdiction, there is some complicated reporting requirement, along the lines of KYC rules, which means banks are supposed to gather this information. Frankly, it is extremely unlikely anyone would have really in-depth working knowledge of whether this is the case in your jurisdiction (Nepal!).

I'd just repeat that it is extremely likely it is just a Dumb Marketing Question - to which you should answer No, as you did.

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