No Bank Account? Aid Goes to Postal Savings Bank

Finance Minister Sinisa Mali used his Instagram account today to answer questions from citizens, clarifying who among the recipients of the 6,000 dinars in one-time aid does not need to file anything, how citizens without a bank account will get the money, and how long the funds can be withdrawn once paid.

Applications for all adult citizens open on September 7, through the Treasury Administration portal at idp.trezor.gov.rs, using a valid ID card. The portal checks whether the citizen is registered with the Shareholder Fund, the primary source for the 6,000 dinars payment. If that fund does not cover the person, the money comes from the state budget instead.

Who does not need to apply

Two groups get the payment automatically, without filing anything: pensioners and recipients of cash social assistance. The Treasury Administration deposits the 6,000 dinars into their accounts on its own.

Recipients of child allowance form a third group, though their situation is narrower than it first appears. On September 14 they automatically receive a separate payment of 25,000 dinars, no application required. For that amount, they genuinely file nothing. For the 6,000 dinars, however, they have to go through the same process as every other adult citizen, applying through the Treasury Administration from September 7 onward. Mali drew that line explicitly in his Instagram answer, saying child allowance recipients “do not apply for that money, they only apply for the 6,000 dinars.”

There is no application for people who have died. Asked how heirs are supposed to apply for the 6,000 dinars, the minister was direct:

“There will be no need for them to apply, the money will be paid to them automatically.”

An account for those without one

Some citizens in Serbia have no checking account at any bank, and Mali addressed that case too. A dedicated account will be opened for them at Postal Savings Bank, and the funds will be deposited there without any extra steps on their part.

The deadline for withdrawing the money depends on where it comes from. Funds paid out of the Shareholder Fund carry no deadline and can be withdrawn at any time. Funds paid from the state budget must be withdrawn within one year of payment, after which the right to collect them lapses.

What was already known, what is new

The dates for the whole operation were reported earlier, when this outlet said the 6,000 dinars would start arriving on September 22, with applications opening September 7. What is new today is the exact list of who is exempt from applying, the fix for citizens without a bank account, and the rule on the withdrawal deadline, three details that had not been announced before.

The payment itself for adult citizens, including the budget-funded portion for those without a claim on the Shareholder Fund, is scheduled for September 22 to 25. The Finance Ministry has been rolling out the announcement and explanations through direct communication with citizens on social media rather than through a separate regulation or decree published so far, which makes Mali’s Instagram answers the only official source for these details for now.