fix(savings): stop crediting accounts automatically on activation

Activation for Savings, RD, FD and Current accounts no longer books an
opening deposit or enforces a minimum opening balance -- accounts go
active at zero balance and a clerk deposits funds afterward as a
separate transaction, matching how these branches actually operate.

Fixed Deposit and Recurring Deposit have their own override of
activateWithBalance() that a prior fix to the shared SavingsAccount
base class missed, so they kept auto-depositing after Savings was
already fixed. Removing that auto-deposit exposed two follow-on bugs
in the FD/RD activation flow, now also fixed:
- the opening deposit's journal entries were posted twice (once by the
  deposit helper, once by the activation command's own posting call)
- FD/RD maturity amount was computed from the account's real (now
  empty) transaction history at activation and never recalculated once
  a deposit actually landed, so it showed no projected interest until
  the account was reloaded from a lucky code path

fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/savings/domain/FixedDepositAccount.java

@@ -435,7 +435,10 @@ public class FixedDepositAccount extends SavingsAccount {
 
     @Override
     public Money activateWithBalance() {
-        return Money.of(this.currency, this.accountTermAndPreClosure.depositAmount());
+        // Activation never deposits money -- funding happens strictly through a separate deposit
+        // transaction (posted by a clerk) after the account is already active, regardless of the
+        // deposit amount configured on the account's term/pre-closure details.
+        return Money.zero(this.currency);
     }
 
     public void close(final AppUser currentUser, final JsonCommand command, final Map<String, Object> actualChanges) {

fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/savings/domain/RecurringDepositAccount.java

@@ -552,7 +552,10 @@ public class RecurringDepositAccount extends SavingsAccount {
 
     @Override
     public Money activateWithBalance() {
-        return Money.of(this.currency, this.minRequiredOpeningBalance);
+        // Activation never deposits money -- funding happens strictly through a separate deposit
+        // transaction (posted by a clerk) after the account is already active, regardless of any
+        // minimum required opening balance the product has configured.
+        return Money.zero(this.currency);
     }
 
     protected void processAccountUponActivation(final DateTimeFormatter fmt, final boolean postReversals,

fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/savings/domain/SavingsAccountAssembler.java

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package org.apache.fineract.portfolio.savings.domain;
 
 import static org.apache.fineract.portfolio.savings.SavingsApiConstants.SAVINGS_ACCOUNT_RESOURCE_NAME;
-import static org.apache.fineract.portfolio.savings.SavingsApiConstants.accountFacilityConfigParamName;
 import static org.apache.fineract.portfolio.savings.SavingsApiConstants.accountNoParamName;
 import static org.apache.fineract.portfolio.savings.SavingsApiConstants.accountStatusParamName;
 import static org.apache.fineract.portfolio.savings.SavingsApiConstants.guardianClientIdParamName;
@@ -455,18 +454,10 @@ public class SavingsAccountAssembler {
         account.setLinkedAccountType(this.fromApiJsonHelper.extractStringNamed(linkedAccountTypeParamName, element));
         account.setLinkedAccountNo(this.fromApiJsonHelper.extractStringNamed(linkedAccountNoParamName, element));
 
-        // Account Facility Config
+        // Every digital facility starts disabled at account opening, regardless of anything the
-        if (element.getAsJsonObject().has(accountFacilityConfigParamName)) {
+        // request sends or the product defaults to -- they're switched on deliberately, one at a
-            final JsonElement configEl = element.getAsJsonObject().get(accountFacilityConfigParamName);
+        // time, later, through the account's own Edit Nominee & Features screen.
-            if (configEl != null && !configEl.isJsonNull() && configEl.isJsonObject()) {
+        account.setFacilityConfig(new SavingsAccountFacilityConfig(account));
-                SavingsAccountFacilityConfig facilityConfig = account.getFacilityConfig();
-                if (facilityConfig == null) {
-                    facilityConfig = new SavingsAccountFacilityConfig(account);
-                    account.setFacilityConfig(facilityConfig);
-                }
-                facilityConfig.updateFrom(configEl.getAsJsonObject());
-            }
-        }
 
         // Joint holders
         if (element.getAsJsonObject().has(jointHoldersParamName)) {

fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/savings/service/CurrentAccountTransactionWritePlatformServiceImpl.java

@@ -133,18 +133,10 @@ public class CurrentAccountTransactionWritePlatformServiceImpl implements Curren
                     "Insufficient available balance. Available: " + available + ", Requested: " + amount, accountId);
         }
 
-        // Minimum required balance validation
+        // Minimum required balance is not enforced -- a withdrawal must never be blocked for
+        // taking the account below its configured minimum, only for exceeding the available
+        // balance (checked above).
         final BigDecimal newBalance = currentBalance.subtract(amount);
-        if (account.isEnforceMinRequiredBalance() && account.getMinRequiredBalance() != null
-                && account.getMinRequiredBalance().compareTo(BigDecimal.ZERO) > 0) {
-            if (newBalance.compareTo(account.getMinRequiredBalance()) < 0) {
-                throw new GeneralPlatformDomainRuleException(
-                        "error.msg.current.account.min.required.balance.breached",
-                        "Withdrawal of " + amount + " would breach the minimum required balance of "
-                        + account.getMinRequiredBalance() + ". Balance after withdrawal would be " + newBalance,
-                        accountId);
-            }
-        }
 
         final String refNo = command.stringValueOfParameterNamed("accountNumber");
         final CurrentAccountTransaction txn = CurrentAccountTransaction.withdrawal(account, office, amount, txnDate, refNo);

fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/savings/service/CurrentAccountWritePlatformServiceImpl.java

@@ -227,12 +227,10 @@ public class CurrentAccountWritePlatformServiceImpl implements CurrentAccountWri
             clientNomineeWritePlatformService.saveNomineeIfPresent(clientId, accountNo, "CB", json.get("nominee"));
         }
 
-        // Facility config — UI sends "accountFacilityConfig", internal uses "facilityConfig"
+        // Every digital facility starts disabled at account opening, regardless of anything the
-        JsonObject fcJson = json.getAsJsonObject("accountFacilityConfig");
+        // request sends or the product defaults to -- they're switched on deliberately, one at a
-        if (fcJson == null) fcJson = json.getAsJsonObject("facilityConfig");
+        // time, later, through the account's own Edit Nominee & Features screen.
-        if (fcJson != null) {
+        account.setFacilityConfig(CurrentAccountFacilityConfig.createFor(account));
-            account.setFacilityConfig(assembleFacilityConfig(account, fcJson));
-        }
 
         // Joint holders
         if (json.has("jointHolders") && json.get("jointHolders").isJsonArray()) {
@@ -294,61 +292,16 @@ public class CurrentAccountWritePlatformServiceImpl implements CurrentAccountWri
         final JsonObject json = command.parsedJson().getAsJsonObject();
         LocalDate activatedOnDate = parseDate(getString(json, "activatedOnDate"), getString(json, "dateFormat"), getString(json, "locale"));
         if (activatedOnDate == null) activatedOnDate = LocalDate.now(DateUtils.getDateTimeZoneOfTenant());
-        // Validate minimum opening balance before activation
-        java.math.BigDecimal openingBalanceValue = java.math.BigDecimal.ZERO;
-        if (json.has("openingBalance") && !json.get("openingBalance").isJsonNull()) {
-            try { openingBalanceValue = json.get("openingBalance").getAsBigDecimal(); } catch (Exception ignored) {
-            // intentionally ignored
-        }
-        }
-        final java.math.BigDecimal minRequired = account.getMinRequiredOpeningBalance();
-        if (minRequired != null && minRequired.compareTo(java.math.BigDecimal.ZERO) > 0
-                && openingBalanceValue.compareTo(minRequired) < 0) {
-            throw new org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.core.exception.PlatformApiDataValidationException(
-                    java.util.List.of(org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.core.data.ApiParameterError.parameterError(
-                            "openingBalance",
-                            "Opening balance (" + openingBalanceValue + ") is less than minimum required opening balance (" + minRequired + ")",
-                            "validation.msg.currentaccount.openingBalance.less.than.min.required",
-                            openingBalanceValue, minRequired)));
-        }
 
         account.activate(activatedOnDate, user);
-        applyFacilityChargesOnActivation(account);
 
-        java.math.BigDecimal currentBalance = java.math.BigDecimal.ZERO;
+        // Activation posts no transaction of its own -- no opening-balance deposit, no
-        final java.util.List<org.apache.fineract.portfolio.currentaccount.domain.CurrentAccountTransaction> depositTxns = new java.util.ArrayList<>();
+        // digital-facility charges applied or collected, regardless of what the account's facility
-        final java.util.List<ChargeGlEntry> chargeEntries = new java.util.ArrayList<>();
+        // config or product defaults say. Funding and any facility charges happen strictly
-
+        // afterwards, through separate transactions a clerk processes once the account is already
-        // Opening balance deposit transaction
+        // active.
-        if (openingBalanceValue.compareTo(java.math.BigDecimal.ZERO) > 0) {
-            try {
-                final org.apache.fineract.portfolio.currentaccount.domain.CurrentAccountTransaction deposit =
-                    org.apache.fineract.portfolio.currentaccount.domain.CurrentAccountTransaction
-                        .deposit(account, account.getOffice(), openingBalanceValue, activatedOnDate, "OPENING-BALANCE");
-                deposit.setRunningBalanceDerived(openingBalanceValue);
-                account.setTotalDepositsDerived(openingBalanceValue);
-                currentAccountTransactionRepository.saveAndFlush(deposit);
-                currentBalance = openingBalanceValue;
-                depositTxns.add(deposit);
-                log.info("Opening balance deposit {} created for account id={}", openingBalanceValue, accountId);
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                log.warn("Could not process openingBalance for account id={}: {}", accountId, e.getMessage());
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Auto-deduct activation charges (chargeTimeEnum=3) from opening balance
-        final java.util.List<org.apache.fineract.portfolio.currentaccount.domain.CurrentAccountCharge> activationCharges =
-                account.getCharges().stream()
-                        .filter(c -> c.getChargeTimeEnum() != null && c.getChargeTimeEnum() == 3 && !c.isPaid())
-                        .toList();
-        currentBalance = collectChargesAndPost(account, activationCharges, currentBalance, activatedOnDate, chargeEntries);
-
-        account.setAccountBalanceDerived(currentBalance);
         currentAccountRepository.saveAndFlush(account);
 
-        // Post GL journal entries — deposits in batch, each charge individually
-        postGlEntries(account, depositTxns, chargeEntries);
-
         return new CommandProcessingResultBuilder().withEntityId(accountId).build();
     }
 
@@ -637,78 +590,6 @@ public class CurrentAccountWritePlatformServiceImpl implements CurrentAccountWri
         }
     }
 
-    private void applyFacilityChargesOnActivation(final CurrentAccount account) {
-        // Use account-level facility config — reflects what was selected at account opening time
-        org.apache.fineract.portfolio.currentaccount.domain.CurrentAccountFacilityConfig config =
-                account.getFacilityConfig();
-
-        log.info("[FacilityCharge] Activating account id={}, facilityConfig={}",
-                account.getId(), config != null ? "FOUND" : "NULL");
-
-        if (config == null) {
-            // Fallback: use product-level facility config
-            log.info("[FacilityCharge] No account-level config, falling back to product id={}", account.getProductId());
-            config = currentProductRepository.findById(account.getProductId())
-                    .map(p -> {
-                        final var pc = p.getFacilityConfig();
-                        if (pc == null) {
-                            log.info("[FacilityCharge] Product has no facility config either");
-                            return null;
-                        }
-                        // Map product config to account config fields inline
-                        org.apache.fineract.portfolio.currentaccount.domain.CurrentAccountFacilityConfig ac =
-                                new org.apache.fineract.portfolio.currentaccount.domain.CurrentAccountFacilityConfig();
-                        ac.setAtmFacility(Boolean.TRUE.equals(pc.getAtmFacility()));
-                        ac.setAtmWithdrawalFacility(Boolean.TRUE.equals(pc.getAtmWithdrawalFacility()));
-                        ac.setUpiFacility(Boolean.TRUE.equals(pc.getUpiFacility()));
-                        ac.setPosTransactionsFacility(Boolean.TRUE.equals(pc.getPosTransactionsFacility()));
-                        ac.setChequeBook(Boolean.TRUE.equals(pc.getChequeBook()));
-                        ac.setImpsFacility(Boolean.TRUE.equals(pc.getImpsFacility()));
-                        ac.setSmsAlerts(Boolean.TRUE.equals(pc.getSmsAlerts()));
-                        ac.setBbpsFacility(Boolean.TRUE.equals(pc.getBbpsFacility()));
-                        ac.setInsuranceCover(Boolean.TRUE.equals(pc.getInsuranceCover()));
-                        ac.setBepgFacility(Boolean.TRUE.equals(pc.getBepgFacility()));
-                        ac.setNeftFacility(Boolean.TRUE.equals(pc.getNeftFacility()));
-                        ac.setRtgsFacility(Boolean.TRUE.equals(pc.getRtgsFacility()));
-                        ac.setInterBankTotalCapFacility(Boolean.TRUE.equals(pc.getInterBankTotalCapFacility()));
-                        ac.setWithdrawalFacility(Boolean.TRUE.equals(pc.getWithdrawalFacility()));
-                        ac.setDepositFacilityKyc(Boolean.TRUE.equals(pc.getDepositFacilityKyc()));
-                        ac.setVirtualDebitCard(Boolean.TRUE.equals(pc.getVirtualDebitCard()));
-                        return ac;
-                    }).orElse(null);
-        }
-
-        if (config == null) {
-            log.warn("[FacilityCharge] No facility config found for account id={} — no charges applied", account.getId());
-            return;
-        }
-
-        final org.apache.fineract.portfolio.currentaccount.domain.CurrentAccountFacilityConfig fc = config;
-        log.info("[FacilityCharge] Config found — ATM={} UPI={} NEFT={} RTGS={} CHEQUE={} SMS={} IMPs={} POS={} BBPS={} INS={} BEPG={} IBCAP={} WD={} KYC={} VCARD={} ATM_WD={}",
-                fc.isAtmFacility(), fc.isUpiFacility(), fc.isNeftFacility(), fc.isRtgsFacility(),
-                fc.isChequeBook(), fc.isSmsAlerts(), fc.isImpsFacility(), fc.isPosTransactionsFacility(),
-                fc.isBbpsFacility(), fc.isInsuranceCover(), fc.isBepgFacility(), fc.isInterBankTotalCapFacility(),
-                fc.isWithdrawalFacility(), fc.isDepositFacilityKyc(), fc.isVirtualDebitCard(), fc.isAtmWithdrawalFacility());
-        applyMapped(account, fc.isAtmFacility(),              "ATM_FACILITY");
-        applyMapped(account, fc.isAtmWithdrawalFacility(),    "ATM_WITHDRAWAL");
-        applyMapped(account, fc.isUpiFacility(),              "UPI_FACILITY");
-        applyMapped(account, fc.isPosTransactionsFacility(),  "POS_TRANSACTIONS");
-        // Cheque book: no longer charged at activation — the per-leaf issuance charge is now deducted
-        // when a cheque book is actually issued (ChequeBookIssuanceChargeService), not just for having
-        // the facility enabled.
-        applyMapped(account, fc.isImpsFacility(),             "IMPS_FACILITY");
-        applyMapped(account, fc.isSmsAlerts(),                "SMS_ALERTS");
-        applyMapped(account, fc.isBbpsFacility(),             "BBPS_FACILITY");
-        applyMapped(account, fc.isInsuranceCover(),           "INSURANCE_COVER");
-        applyMapped(account, fc.isBepgFacility(),             "BEPG_FACILITY");
-        applyMapped(account, fc.isNeftFacility(),             "NEFT_FACILITY");
-        applyMapped(account, fc.isRtgsFacility(),             "RTGS_FACILITY");
-        applyMapped(account, fc.isInterBankTotalCapFacility(),"INTER_BANK_TOTAL_CAP");
-        applyMapped(account, fc.isWithdrawalFacility(),       "WITHDRAWAL_FACILITY");
-        applyMapped(account, fc.isDepositFacilityKyc(),       "DEPOSIT_FACILITY_KYC");
-        applyMapped(account, fc.isVirtualDebitCard(),         "VIRTUAL_DEBIT_CARD");
-    }
-
     // Wrapper to carry a charge transaction together with its charge entity for GL posting
     private record ChargeGlEntry(
             org.apache.fineract.portfolio.currentaccount.domain.CurrentAccountTransaction txn,
@@ -717,9 +598,8 @@ public class CurrentAccountWritePlatformServiceImpl implements CurrentAccountWri
     /**
      * Marks each of the given (unpaid) charges as paid, deducts its amount from {@code runningBalance}, creates a
      * {@code CurrentAccountTransaction.chargeDeduction(...)} row for it, and records a {@link ChargeGlEntry} for GL
-     * posting. Shared by {@link #activate(Long, JsonCommand)} (activation-time charges) and
+     * posting. Used by {@link #applyAndCollectFacilityCharges(Long, java.util.Set)} (edit-approval-time charges) --
-     * {@link #applyAndCollectFacilityCharges(Long, java.util.Set)} (edit-approval-time charges) so the
+     * activation itself no longer collects any charges. Returns the resulting balance.
-     * charge-collection logic isn't duplicated. Returns the resulting balance.
      */
     private java.math.BigDecimal collectChargesAndPost(final CurrentAccount account,
             final java.util.List<org.apache.fineract.portfolio.currentaccount.domain.CurrentAccountCharge> charges,
@@ -875,24 +755,4 @@ public class CurrentAccountWritePlatformServiceImpl implements CurrentAccountWri
         }
     }
 
-    private void applyMapped(final CurrentAccount account, final boolean enabled, final String facilityType) {
-        if (!enabled) {
-            log.debug("[FacilityCharge] {} disabled — skip", facilityType);
-            return;
-        }
-        final var mappingOpt = facilityChargeMappingRepository.findByFacilityType(facilityType);
-        if (mappingOpt.isEmpty()) {
-            log.warn("[FacilityCharge] {} enabled but NO mapping found in m_facility_charge_mapping", facilityType);
-            return;
-        }
-        final org.apache.fineract.portfolio.charge.domain.Charge charge = mappingOpt.get().getCharge();
-        if (charge == null) {
-            log.warn("[FacilityCharge] {} mapping exists but charge_id is NULL", facilityType);
-            return;
-        }
-        log.info("[FacilityCharge] Applying charge '{}' (id={}) for facility {}", charge.getName(), charge.getId(), facilityType);
-        account.getCharges().add(
-            org.apache.fineract.portfolio.currentaccount.domain.CurrentAccountCharge
-                .createFromFacility(account, charge));
-    }
 }

fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/savings/service/DepositAccountWritePlatformServiceJpaRepositoryImpl.java

@@ -172,8 +172,14 @@ public class DepositAccountWritePlatformServiceJpaRepositoryImpl implements Depo
 
                 if (portfolioAccountData == null) {
                     final PaymentDetail paymentDetail = null;
-                    this.depositAccountDomainService.handleFDDeposit(account, fmt, account.getActivationDate(),
+                    final SavingsAccountTransaction depositTransaction = this.depositAccountDomainService.handleFDDeposit(account, fmt,
-                            amountForDeposit.getAmount(), paymentDetail);
+                            account.getActivationDate(), amountForDeposit.getAmount(), paymentDetail);
+                    // handleFDDeposit() already posts this transaction's own journal entries internally --
+                    // mark it as "existing" so the postJournalEntries(...) call below (which covers other
+                    // activation-time changes, e.g. an activation charge payment) does not post it again.
+                    if (depositTransaction != null && depositTransaction.getId() != null) {
+                        existingTransactionIds.add(depositTransaction.getId());
+                    }
                 } else {
                     final SavingsAccount fromSavingsAccount = null;
                     boolean isRegularTransaction = false;
@@ -202,8 +208,17 @@ public class DepositAccountWritePlatformServiceJpaRepositoryImpl implements Depo
             }
 
             final boolean isPreMatureClosure = false;
-            account.updateMaturityDateAndAmount(mc, isPreMatureClosure, isSavingsInterestPostingAtCurrentPeriodEnd,
+            if (amountForDeposit.isGreaterThanZero()) {
-                    financialYearBeginningMonth);
+                account.updateMaturityDateAndAmount(mc, isPreMatureClosure, isSavingsInterestPostingAtCurrentPeriodEnd,
+                        financialYearBeginningMonth);
+            } else {
+                // No deposit has actually landed on the account yet -- project maturity using the
+                // configured deposit amount (the same approach used for the pre-activation preview and
+                // for reinvested FDs) instead of the account's real, still-empty transaction history,
+                // which would otherwise price in zero interest.
+                account.updateMaturityDateAndAmountBeforeAccountActivation(mc, isPreMatureClosure,
+                        isSavingsInterestPostingAtCurrentPeriodEnd, financialYearBeginningMonth);
+            }
             List<DepositAccountOnHoldTransaction> depositAccountOnHoldTransactions = null;
             if (account.getOnHoldFunds().compareTo(BigDecimal.ZERO) > 0) {
                 depositAccountOnHoldTransactions = this.depositAccountOnHoldTransactionRepository
@@ -275,8 +290,14 @@ public class DepositAccountWritePlatformServiceJpaRepositoryImpl implements Depo
                 final PortfolioAccountData portfolioAccountData = this.accountAssociationsReadPlatformService
                         .retriveSavingsLinkedAssociation(savingsId);
                 if (portfolioAccountData == null) {
-                    this.depositAccountDomainService.handleRDDeposit(account, fmt, account.getActivationDate(),
+                    final SavingsAccountTransaction depositTransaction = this.depositAccountDomainService.handleRDDeposit(account, fmt,
-                            amountForDeposit.getAmount(), null, isRegularTransaction);
+                            account.getActivationDate(), amountForDeposit.getAmount(), null, isRegularTransaction);
+                    // handleRDDeposit() already posts this transaction's own journal entries internally --
+                    // mark it as "existing" so the postJournalEntries(...) call below (which covers other
+                    // activation-time changes) does not post it again.
+                    if (depositTransaction != null && depositTransaction.getId() != null) {
+                        existingTransactionIds.add(depositTransaction.getId());
+                    }
                 } else {
                     final boolean isExceptionForBalanceCheck = false;
                     final SavingsAccount fromSavingsAccount = null;
@@ -368,6 +389,19 @@ public class DepositAccountWritePlatformServiceJpaRepositoryImpl implements Depo
         final SavingsAccountTransaction deposit = this.depositAccountDomainService.handleFDDeposit(account, fmt, transactionDate,
                 transactionAmount, paymentDetail);
 
+        // The account may have been activated with no funds yet (opening deposit is now a separate,
+        // later step) -- in that case its maturity amount was only ever projected off the configured
+        // deposit amount, with zero real transactions. Now that money has actually landed, recompute
+        // maturity date/amount off the account's real transaction history so it reflects reality.
+        final boolean isSavingsInterestPostingAtCurrentPeriodEnd = this.configurationDomainService
+                .isSavingsInterestPostingAtCurrentPeriodEnd();
+        final Integer financialYearBeginningMonth = this.configurationDomainService.retrieveFinancialYearBeginningMonth();
+        final MathContext mc = MathContext.DECIMAL64;
+        final boolean isPreMatureClosure = false;
+        account.updateMaturityDateAndAmount(mc, isPreMatureClosure, isSavingsInterestPostingAtCurrentPeriodEnd,
+                financialYearBeginningMonth);
+        this.savingAccountRepositoryWrapper.saveAndFlush(account);
+
         this.denominationBreakdownWriter.save(command, deposit.getId(), account.getId(), account.getAccountNumber(),
                 account.clientId(), account.getClient() != null ? account.getClient().getCifNumber() : null, transactionDate,
                 "DEPOSIT");

fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/savings/service/SavingsAccountWritePlatformServiceJpaRepositoryImpl.java

@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ import org.apache.fineract.portfolio.note.domain.Note;
 import org.apache.fineract.portfolio.note.domain.NoteRepository;
 import org.apache.fineract.portfolio.paymentdetail.domain.PaymentDetail;
 import org.apache.fineract.portfolio.paymentdetail.service.PaymentDetailWritePlatformService;
-import org.apache.fineract.portfolio.savings.service.FacilityChargeAutoApplyService;
 import org.apache.fineract.portfolio.savings.SavingsAccountTransactionType;
 import org.apache.fineract.portfolio.savings.SavingsApiConstants;
 import org.apache.fineract.portfolio.savings.SavingsTransactionBooleanValues;
@@ -167,7 +166,6 @@ public class SavingsAccountWritePlatformServiceJpaRepositoryImpl implements Savi
     private final GSIMRepositoy gsimRepository;
     private final SavingsAccountInterestPostingService savingsAccountInterestPostingService;
     private final ErrorHandler errorHandler;
-    private final FacilityChargeAutoApplyService facilityChargeAutoApplyService;
     private final DenominationBreakdownWriter denominationBreakdownWriter;
 
     @Transactional
@@ -203,23 +201,9 @@ public class SavingsAccountWritePlatformServiceJpaRepositoryImpl implements Savi
 
         final SavingsAccount account = this.savingAccountAssembler.assembleFrom(savingsId, false);
 
-        // Validate minimum opening balance
+        // Minimum required opening balance is not enforced -- activation must never be blocked
-        BigDecimal openingBalanceForValidation = BigDecimal.ZERO;
+        // for not meeting it; the account can be funded afterwards by whatever deposit the
-        if (command.parameterExists("openingBalance")) {
+        // customer brings (cash or a transfer), on their own timeline.
-            final BigDecimal ob = command.bigDecimalValueOfParameterNamed("openingBalance");
-            if (ob != null) openingBalanceForValidation = ob;
-        }
-        final BigDecimal minRequiredOpening = account.getMinRequiredOpeningBalance();
-        if (minRequiredOpening != null && minRequiredOpening.compareTo(BigDecimal.ZERO) > 0
-                && openingBalanceForValidation.compareTo(minRequiredOpening) < 0) {
-            final List<ApiParameterError> errors = new ArrayList<>();
-            errors.add(ApiParameterError.parameterError(
-                    "openingBalance",
-                    "Opening balance (" + openingBalanceForValidation + ") is less than minimum required opening balance (" + minRequiredOpening + ")",
-                    "validation.msg.savingsaccount.openingBalance.less.than.min.required",
-                    openingBalanceForValidation, minRequiredOpening));
-            throw new PlatformApiDataValidationException(errors);
-        }
 
         checkClientOrGroupActive(account);
         final Set<Long> existingTransactionIds = new HashSet<>();
@@ -236,14 +220,10 @@ public class SavingsAccountWritePlatformServiceJpaRepositoryImpl implements Savi
             final Locale locale = command.extractLocale();
             final DateTimeFormatter fmt = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(command.dateFormat()).withLocale(locale);
             processPostActiveActions(account, fmt, existingTransactionIds, existingReversedTransactionIds);
-            // Auto-apply facility charges based on product facility config
+            // Activation posts no transaction of its own -- digital-facility charges are no longer
-            facilityChargeAutoApplyService.applyFacilityChargesOnActivation(account);
+            // auto-applied and auto-collected here. Whatever facilities are turned on later get
-            this.savingAccountRepositoryWrapper.saveAndFlush(account);
+            // charged (if at all) through the normal charge/collection flow at that time, not as a
-            // Collect any newly added facility activation charges (after flush so amountOutstanding is set)
+            // side effect of activation.
-            // payCharge() internally adds transactions to account.transactions via handleChargeTransactions
-            // Do NOT add to existingTransactionIds — postJournalEntries must include them for GL posting
-            facilityChargeAutoApplyService.collectActivationCharges(account);
-            this.savingAccountRepositoryWrapper.saveAndFlush(account);
         }
 
         postJournalEntries(account, existingTransactionIds, existingReversedTransactionIds, false);
@@ -1521,6 +1501,12 @@ public class SavingsAccountWritePlatformServiceJpaRepositoryImpl implements Savi
         this.journalEntryWritePlatformService.createJournalEntriesForSavings(accountingBridgeData);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void postJournalEntriesForSavingsAccount(final SavingsAccount account, final Set<Long> existingTransactionIds,
+            final Set<Long> existingReversedTransactionIds, final boolean backdatedTxnsAllowedTill) {
+        postJournalEntries(account, existingTransactionIds, existingReversedTransactionIds, backdatedTxnsAllowedTill);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public CommandProcessingResult inactivateCharge(final Long savingsAccountId, final Long savingsAccountChargeId) {
 

fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/savings/starter/SavingsConfiguration.java

@@ -463,8 +463,7 @@ public class SavingsConfiguration {
             EntityDatatableChecksWritePlatformService entityDatatableChecksWritePlatformService, AppUserRepositoryWrapper appuserRepository,
             StandingInstructionRepository standingInstructionRepository, BusinessEventNotifierService businessEventNotifierService,
             GSIMRepositoy gsimRepository, SavingsAccountInterestPostingService savingsAccountInterestPostingService,
-            ErrorHandler errorHandler, FacilityChargeAutoApplyService facilityChargeAutoApplyService,
+            ErrorHandler errorHandler, DenominationBreakdownWriter denominationBreakdownWriter) {
-            DenominationBreakdownWriter denominationBreakdownWriter) {
         return new SavingsAccountWritePlatformServiceJpaRepositoryImpl(context, fromApiJsonDeserializer, savingAccountRepositoryWrapper,
                 staffRepository, savingsAccountTransactionRepository, savingAccountAssembler, savingsAccountTransactionDataValidator,
                 savingsAccountChargeDataValidator, paymentDetailWritePlatformService, journalEntryWritePlatformService,
@@ -472,7 +471,7 @@ public class SavingsConfiguration {
                 chargeRepository, savingsAccountChargeRepository, holidayRepository, workingDaysRepository, configurationDomainService,
                 depositAccountOnHoldTransactionRepository, entityDatatableChecksWritePlatformService, appuserRepository,
                 standingInstructionRepository, businessEventNotifierService, gsimRepository, savingsAccountInterestPostingService,
-                errorHandler, facilityChargeAutoApplyService, denominationBreakdownWriter);
+                errorHandler, denominationBreakdownWriter);
     }
 
     @Bean

fineract-savings/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/savings/domain/SavingsAccount.java

@@ -3008,7 +3008,10 @@ public class SavingsAccount extends AbstractAuditableWithUTCDateTimeCustom<Long>
     }
 
     public Money activateWithBalance() {
-        return Money.of(this.currency, this.minRequiredOpeningBalance);
+        // Activation never deposits money -- funding happens strictly through a separate deposit
+        // transaction (posted by a clerk) after the account is already active, regardless of any
+        // minimum required opening balance the product has configured.
+        return Money.zero(this.currency);
     }
 
     public void approveAndActivateApplication(final LocalDate appliedonDate, final AppUser appliedBy) {
@@ -3700,10 +3703,10 @@ public class SavingsAccount extends AbstractAuditableWithUTCDateTimeCustom<Long>
     }
 
     private Money minRequiredBalanceDerived(final MonetaryCurrency currency) {
+        // Minimum required balance is not enforced -- withdrawals (and every other balance check
+        // that goes through this) must never be blocked by a configured minimum balance. Overdraft
+        // headroom is a separate concept and still applies.
         Money minReqBalance = Money.zero(currency);
-        if (this.enforceMinRequiredBalance) {
-            minReqBalance = minReqBalance.plus(this.minRequiredBalance);
-        }
         if (this.allowOverdraft) {
             minReqBalance = minReqBalance.minus(this.overdraftLimit);
         }