{"id":1587,"date":"2024-04-24T05:58:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T05:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamawealth.com\/askguru\/?p=1587"},"modified":"2026-03-02T19:24:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:24:46","slug":"do-post-offices-also-open-a-demat-account-along-with-a-savings-account-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/24\/do-post-offices-also-open-a-demat-account-along-with-a-savings-account-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Do post offices also open a Demat account along with a savings account in India?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You cannot open a demat account with a post office at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can invest in mutual funds though, as the Post Office Savings Bank has tied up with UTI Mutual Fund to distribute its products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However please beware that banks in general offer only regular plans. So you will incur significant commissions that erode your wealth in the long run (1% to 1.5%). You are better off with a financial planning platform that offers&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jama.co.in\/?utm_source=quora&amp;utm_medium=answer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">direct mutual funds<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- mw-cta-block -->\n\n<div class=\"mw-cta-block\" style=\"background:#EEF3FC;border-left:5px solid #1C52A0;padding:22px 26px 20px;margin:36px 0 24px;border-radius:0 10px 10px 0;\">\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 4px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;color:#276FC4;letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase;\">Maxiom Wealth \u2014 Free Tool<\/p>\n  <h3 style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-size:19px;font-weight:700;color:#113E81;line-height:1.3;\">Is Your Mutual Fund Working Hard Enough?<\/h3>\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 18px;color:#444;font-size:15px;line-height:1.65;\">Two funds with similar star ratings can deliver very different outcomes. Use our fund comparison tool to check if you&#8217;re in the right scheme for your risk profile and investment horizon.<\/p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/resources\/calculators\/better-funds-checker\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#1C52A0;color:#fff!important;padding:11px 22px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;margin:0 10px 8px 0;\">Compare Funds \u2192<\/a>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/meeting\" style=\"display:inline-block;border:2px solid #1C52A0;color:#1C52A0!important;padding:9px 22px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;margin-bottom:8px;\">Talk to a Financial Advisor<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You cannot open a demat account with a post office at this time. You can invest in mutual funds though, as the Post Office Savings Bank has tied up with UTI Mutual Fund to distribute its products. However please beware that banks in general offer only regular plans. So you will incur significant commissions that&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/24\/do-post-offices-also-open-a-demat-account-along-with-a-savings-account-in-india\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Do post offices also open a Demat account along with a savings account in India?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[219,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-platforms-and-demat-stocks","category-stocks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3436,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587\/revisions\/3436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}