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Bankers seek to get more money by charging amounts transferred into accounts
11.01.2011, 00:11 | Finance-Banks | 1212 views
Banks can now levy a fee of as much as 20 RON on the amounts transferred to the customers' account through a payment order. The fee is hard to justify and has been introduced by bankers as an alternative source of revenue at a time when loan sales are very poor. Also, customers pay a fee of up to 7 RON for cash deposits in one's own account made through a bank officer, with the justification being that it is used to cover the network's operating costs. Customers pay fees for amounts transferred into their accounts through payment orders, even though the operation was previously taxed when the payment order was issued. Read more on ZF.ro
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