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Banks to now charge N600 (up from N50) as annual ATM card maintenance fee

Onome Ohwovoriole by Onome Ohwovoriole
May 21, 2017
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Recently revised bank charges by the Central Bank of Nigeria will take effect this month. The CBN had earlier issued a circular concerning the charges in April this year. Here are key highlights of the charges:

  • Naira debit card maintenance fees have been reduced from N1000 to N600 annually.
  • Foreign currency denominated cards will be charged an annual maintenance fee of $20 or its equivalent.
  •  Charges for hardware token and replacement of a lost one has been increased to a maximum of N3500.
  • Charges for electronic transfers have been reduced from N100 to N50. Previously, transfers cost N105, N5 being for VAT.
  • Charges for hardware token and replacement of a lost one has been increased to a maximum of N3500
  • The cost of acquiring/replacing/renewal of ATM cards has been left unchanged at N1000.
  •  Withdrawal from other bank ATMs after three withdrawals, also remains unchanged at N65

Implementation of the revised charges could lead to a huge drop in revenue for banks with a large number of retail customers. First quarter 2017 results of First bank show it made N18 billion from fee and commission income. Of this amount, N4 billion was from electronic banking fees.The bank may thus witness a decline in this profit segment going further. The CBN has however have left a cushion for commercial banks, with its compulsory enforcement of SMS for every transaction. Bank customers are given the option to opt out, but many will not exercise it due to the paper work involved.

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Onome Ohwovoriole

Onome Ohwovoriole has a degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Benin and prior to joining Nairametrics in December 2016 as Lead Analyst had stints in Publishing, Automobile Services, Entertainment and Leadership Training. He covers companies in the Nigerian corporate space, especially those listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). He also has a keen interest in new frontiers like Cryptocurrencies and Fintech. In his spare time, he loves to read books on finance, fiction as well as keep up with happenings in the world of international diplomacy. You can contact him via onome.ohwovoriole@nairametrics.com

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  1. tweethat says:
    May 25, 2017 at 12:59 am

    It appears CBN keeps taking steps and making decisions that will make the Nigerian populace to move away from using electronic banking services. Why should the ATM maintenance be monthly instead of once a year and why does it have to be so expensive?
    Why oh why should you charge an account with an ATM Card that hasn’t been transacted on?

    Every policy that the current CBN administration has come up with has just been ridiculously terrible, right from the policies that made the dollar rate worse and now this…

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  2. tweethat says:
    May 25, 2017 at 1:05 am

    It appears CBN keeps taking steps and making decisions that will make the Nigerian populace to move away from using electronic banking services. Why should the ATM maintenance be monthly instead of once a year and why so expensive?
    Why oh why should you charge an account with an ATM Card that hasn’t been transacted on?

    Every policy that the current CBN administration has come up with has just been ridiculously terrible, right from the policies that made the dollar rate worse and now this.

    Using E-banking should not be made only for middle/upper class? There are still a lot of unbanked individuals out there and if we want to get them into the system, all these high charges wont encourage them.

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