Is the provident fund the same as the social security account?

Legal analysis: 1, social security and provident fund are not the same account, and even cards are different;

2. At present, the social security card has been loaded with financial services, that is, a bank card, which is bound to your social security account. (You can use a medical card or a bank card to save money-you need to activate it at the bank counter; Simply put, this card has two accounts, a social security account and a bank account.

3. Similarly, the provident fund card has also been loaded with financial services, that is, bank cards, which are bound to your provident fund account. (Withdrawing the provident fund from the provident fund account to the bank account and then withdrawing it from the ATM machine can also be used as a bank card alone; Simply put, this card has two accounts, a provident fund account and a bank account.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

Article 4 Employers and individuals who pay social insurance premiums according to law in People's Republic of China (PRC) have the right to inquire about payment records and personal rights and interests records, and ask social insurance agencies to provide social insurance consultation and other related services.

Individuals enjoy social insurance benefits according to law and have the right to supervise the payment of their own units.

Article 58 An employing unit shall, within 30 days from the date of employment, apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration for its employees. If the social insurance has not been registered, the social insurance agency shall verify the social insurance premium it should pay.

Employees-free individual industrial and commercial households who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time employees who do not participate in social insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees shall apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration.

The state establishes a national unified personal social security number. Personal social security number is a citizen's identity number.

Regulations on the administration of housing provident fund

Thirteenth housing provident fund management center shall set up a housing provident fund account in the entrusted bank.

The unit shall register the housing provident fund deposit with the housing provident fund management center, and go through the formalities for the establishment of housing provident fund accounts for the employees of the unit. Each employee can only have one housing provident fund account.

The housing provident fund management center shall establish a detailed account of employee housing provident fund to record the deposit and withdrawal of employee individual housing provident fund.

Fourteenth newly established units shall, within 30 days from the date of establishment, go to the housing provident fund management center for registration of housing provident fund deposit, and within 20 days from the date of registration, go through the formalities for the establishment of housing provident fund accounts for their employees.