NEW DELHI: Airtel Payments Bank , part of telcom giant Bharti Airtel, has offered customers opening a savings account one minute of talk time on their Airtel mobile for every rupee deposited.If a customer opens an account with a deposit of Rs 1,000 then he/she will get 1,000 minutes of free talk time on his/her Airtel mobile number, the telco said in a statement Friday. The talk time can be used for Airtel to Airtel calling all over India. This benefit is applicable on first time deposits only, and comes with a validity of 30 days.Airtel Payments Bank rolled out pilot services in Rajasthan last week to test its systems and processes ahead of full scale, pan-India launch. Customers in towns and villages in Rajasthan can now open bank accounts at Airtel retail outlets, which will also be Airtel banking points offering a range of basic, convenient banking services.Airtel Payments Bank started the pilot with banking points at 10,000 Airtel retail outlets. More than 10,000 customers opened savings accounts with Airtel Payments Bank within the first two days of the first payments bank in India going live, the company said on Sunday. Most accounts are in semi-urban and rural areas.The payments bank, a subsidiary of the leading mobile phone operator Bharti Airtel, offers highest annual interest rate of 7.25% and insurance of Rs 1 lakh per account.“We are confident this additional benefit along with the industry-best interest rate on deposits will encourage customers to open accounts with us and give a big boost to customer acquisition,” Shashi Arora, MD & CEO, Airtel Payments Bank said in the statement.