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Move aims to break banks' reliance on collecting fees

China Daily | Updated: 2017-07-12 07:24

FROM AUG 1, banks will no longer be able to collect handling fees, and report-of-loss fees and cost-of-production fees for promissory notes and bills of exchange. Also the handling charge for counter transactions in different branches of the bank that holds a customer's account will be abolished and banks will have to exempt customers from account management fees and an annual account fee if they have only one account with the bank. Beijing News comments:

It is estimated the move will cut about 6.1 billion yuan ($900 million) in fees a year. The reform represents the government's latest efforts to improve the banking environment, which needs to seek new growth points and bid farewell to their outdated profit model in the face of the challenge from new digital banking services.

The central authorities canceled the small account management fee in 2014. But the cancellation is conditional, requiring customers to apply for the fee to be canceled. Many people do not bother to read every word of the lengthy agreement they sign with the banks when they open an account, and banks do not take the initiative to remind the customers of the policy, so many people do not realize they can put a stop to the charge.

Move aims to break banks' reliance on collecting fees

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