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API Bank

API Bank akcionarsko društvo Beograd · MB 20439866 · PIB 105701111 · www.apibank.rs

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In the non-resident tariff, the basic package has no e-banking and cash-desk transfers cost from 1 500 RSD. NBS decision 89/2022 (t. 4–5) includes e-banking in the basic package and caps transfer prices — you can challenge this with a complaint.

Where to send the application

API Bank akcionarsko društvo Beograd Bulevar vojvode Bojovića 6-8 11000 Beograd

same as the sedište (registered office): Bulevar vojvode Bojovića 6-8, 11000 Beograd

In person: at any branch of the bank. Bring a second copy of the application and ask staff to mark it as received, with the date.

Where to send the prigovor

API Bank akcionarsko društvo Beograd Bulevar vojvode Bojovića 6-8 11000 Beograd

E-mail: [email protected]

Website form: https://www.apibank.rs/kontakt-i-lokacije/obavestenje-o-nacinu-podnosenja-prigovora-klijenata/

at the bank's premises (form available at branches, or free-form); via e/m-banking. Web form: “Svrha dopisa: prigovor”, mandatory JMBG/Matični broj field. The bank confirms receipt through the channel you chose.

In person: at any branch: the bank must accept a written complaint and give you a receipt with the place, time and name of the employee (t. 6 st. 1 Odluke NBS 51/2025).

All branches of the bank

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Basic account at this bank

Product
Platni račun sa osnovnim uslugama (Osnovni platni račun) — PUN rezident / nerezident
Fee
150 RSD / month
What's included
residents: opening/maintenance, cash (cash desk/ATM), transfers within Serbia, trajni nalog (standing order), e-banking and m-banking free, Dina Card; external e-banking transfers 0,14% (min. 14, max. 280). Non-residents: the same 150 RSD/month, but transfers via e/m-banking: “Usluga nije dostupna” (service not available); at the cash desk: within the bank 1 500 RSD, to another bank 0,8%, min. 1 500.
Bank's page
https://www.apibank.rs/stanovnistvo/tarife/
Contact center
+381 11 395 2265; +381 11 395 2213 · +381 11 395 2265

What people say

In 2024–2026 API is one of the main “account with a passport, no residence permit” banks in Russian-language guides (homesoverseas.ru 21.05.2024; parallax.company 05.05/23.09.2026). In September 2026 people reported waiting 2–4 weeks for an invitation call after the online questionnaire, delays in getting e-banking access, and a refusal to accept documents on a Friday after 15:00. On 04.11.2026 the bank itself posted a request for patience because of the volume of applications. wiki.private.law (30.08.2026) notes a separate tariff for incoming RUB and sanctions risk.

Caveats

  • The bank's questionnaire has no “platni račun sa osnovnim uslugama” option
  • Online pre-approval and the “5 working days to show up” rule are internal procedures; it is better to start the statutory 10-day deadline with a written application
  • The “Platni račun sa osnovnim uslugama” link on the home page returns 404 (06.11.2026)
  • The prigovor web form requires a JMBG/MB; there is no PDF prigovor form on the website
  • parallax.company states “account opening for a non-resident 3 000 RSD” — that is the Premium Plus package; the basic account is opened free of charge

Documents: no residence permit, non-resident

Do they open accounts?: yes — a dinar account and a multi-currency foreign-currency account; “Možete, uz obaveznu potvrdu o prelasku državne granice” (you can, with mandatory proof of crossing the state border: a passport stamp or a border police certificate); 1–2 working days according to the FAQ (in practice in 2026, weeks of waiting)

  • valid passport
  • proof of crossing the border (passport stamp or border police certificate)
  • a second document with an address (for Russian citizens, the internal passport, per the bank's sample)
  • Zahtev za uspostavljanje poslovnog odnosa

Asked for beyond the law:

  • source of funds under KYC
  • “Ograničenja upotrebe pojedinih usluga … kod stanovnika pojedinih zemalja” (restrictions on certain services for residents of certain countries)
  • paying utility bills via e/m-banking — only with a residence permit and ≥1 year in Serbia (FAQ)
  • to move funds out of Serbia — a certificate of tax payment
  • Tarifa za FL-nerezidente od 01.12.2025: basic 150 RSD/month; Premium Plus — opening 3 000 RSD, 700 RSD/month; certificates 1 200 RSD — https://www.apibank.rs/app/uploads/2025/09/Tarifa-naknada-za-usluge-Api-Bank-a.d.-Beograd-za-fizicka-lica-nerezidente-u-primeni-od-01.12.2025.pdf

Documents: resident with a residence permit

  • valid passport
  • a second identity document with your boravište/prebivalište (stay/residence) address
  • Zahtev za uspostavljanje poslovnog odnosa (form 2026/09)
  • EBS (field “Evidencijski broj stranca” in the questionnaire, if issued)
  • “Identifikacioni broj u matičnoj državi” (if you have one)

Asked for beyond the law:

  • for a foreigner — a document showing place of residence over the last year (in the sample for a Russian citizen, the internal passport)
  • under KYC — proof of the source of funds
  • online pre-approval via the web form, then a visit to a branch within 5 working days, otherwise the application lapses
  • the questionnaire has no “platni račun sa osnovnim uslugama” option — state it separately

Online: partly: preliminary application (PDF questionnaire + passport scan) via the web form on the Međunarodni klijenti/Tekući računi page; the contract is signed in person at a branch or by notarized power of attorney (no older than 3 months, with a translation)

Branches

Document intake at head office (pisarnica): no separate pisarnica listed; the head office (Bulevar vojvode Bojovića 6-8) is listed among locations with hours Mon–Fri 9–17

CityBranchAddressHours
BeogradBeograd - filijalaBalkanska 2, 11000 BeogradMon–Wed 9:00–16:30, Thu 10:00–17:30, Fri 9:00–16:30
BeogradBeograd - filijala 2Makedonska 44, 11000 BeogradMon 9:00–16:30, Tue 10:00–17:30, Wed–Fri 9:00–16:30
Novi SadNovi Sad - filijala
listed by the NBS as an ekspozitura
Narodnog fronta 12 (PC NIS), 21000 Novi SadMon–Wed 9:00–16:30, Thu 10:00–17:30, Fri 9:00–16:30
BeogradBeograd - centrala
sedište; client/document intake not confirmed
Bulevar vojvode Bojovića 6-8, 11000 BeogradMon–Fri 9:00–17:00

All branches: https://www.apibank.rs/kontakt-i-lokacije/

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