New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- India's second-largest private sector lender, ICICI Bank, increased its minimum balance requirement for all new savings bank accounts effective 1 August 2025.

Since its announcement, the institutional lender's decision to increase the minimum balance threshold has sparked mixed emotions among the banking customers. People have taken their concerns to the social media platform X with an overall opinion of how upset they are about the move.

A social media user and influencer, Anuj Prajapati, said that this is the 'worst decision' that ICICI Bank has ever taken, highlighting how the urban youth now search to invest their funds rather than having them sitting in a bank account.

"The Worst Decision of ICICI Bank," said...