No easy cash! Even Rs 100 withdrawal from bank ATM after free limit to cost Rs 21 next year

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From January 1, 2022, financial institution prospects must pay extra for making greater than allowed “free” transactions at ATMs. The RBI this week permitted business banks to extend expenses for money and non-cash ATM transactions past the free month-to-month permissible restrict from subsequent 12 months.

If the financial institution’s buyer, exceed the month-to-month restrict of free transactions, then he/she must pay Rs 21 per transaction, as a substitute of Rs 20, with impact from January 1, 2022, as per the RBI choice.

Clients shall be allowed to make 5 free transactions each month from the ATM of their very own banks. Each monetary and non-financial transactions shall be counted for this function. This implies, even in the event you do a non-financial transaction like checking steadiness at your financial institution’s ATM after exhausting the quota of 5 free transactions, you’ll have to pay Rs 21! Even in the event you withdraw Rs 100 out of your financial institution’s ATM for the sixth time (after 5 free transactions) you’ll have to pay Rs 21 from subsequent 12 months.

At different financial institution’s ATMs, prospects shall be allowed solely three free transactions in metro centres and 5 transactions in non-metro centres. The brand new cost of Rs 21 will apply after the exhaustion of three free transactions in metro centres and 5 free transactions at non-metro centres.

“Clients are eligible for 5 free transactions (inclusive of monetary and non-financial transactions) each month from their very own financial institution ATMs. They’re additionally eligible without cost transactions (inclusive of monetary and non-financial transactions) from different financial institution ATMs viz. three transactions in metro centres and 5 transactions in non-metro centres,” the RBI mentioned.

“Past the free transactions, the ceiling/cap on buyer expenses is ₹20 per transaction, as prescribed vide round DPSS.CO.PD.No.316/02.10.002/2014-2015 dated August 14, 2014. To compensate the banks for the upper interchange payment and given the final escalation in prices, they’re allowed to extend the client expenses to ₹21 per transaction. This improve shall be efficient from January 1, 2022,” it added.