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3. Know Your Bank’s Service Fees<br />

He goes on to show the following non-exhaustive list of fees/<br />

charges that banks levy on their depositors:<br />

• monthly service charge for falling below required average<br />

daily balance<br />

• monthly dormancy charge<br />

• fee for closing within 1 month<br />

from account opening<br />

• interbank ATM transactions<br />

• stop payment orders<br />

• overdraft accrual charges<br />

• ATM card replacement<br />

• replacement of lost passbook<br />

• bank certification<br />

• manager’s check<br />

• peso checkbook<br />

• dollar demand draft<br />

• safe deposit box rentals<br />

• peso telegraphic transfer<br />

• remittance charges<br />

Did You Know?<br />

Contents of safety deposit<br />

boxes are not covered by<br />

PDIC’s deposit insurance.<br />

Technically, the bank should<br />

not know the contents of<br />

the safety deposit box and would,<br />

therefore, not be in a position to know<br />

the value of the contents. But more<br />

importantly, safety deposit boxes are<br />

not in the nature of deposits covered<br />

by the PDIC.<br />

In addition to the above fees, the Philippine Clearing House<br />

Corporation (PCHC), the company that is tasked to provide, maintain<br />

and render an effective, convenient, efficient, economical check<br />

clearing service to participating banks, also has charges for:<br />

106 The Power of Information

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