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Bank charges

Bank fees are basically represented by the same costs associated with maintaining accounts, to which we refer in Section Cost accounts . But while the cost of maintaining the accounts is the most remarkable, we can also add other bank charges such as:

• Renewal of plastic (credit cards are generally annual)
• Money transfer fees
• Interest for the use of certain services
• Cost of safety deposit boxes
• That is why it is so important to make a thorough comparison of what each bank offers before opening an account and become a customer of a bank.

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Section Banks Argentina will access the websites of each bank and get to know the bank charges of each entity.

When you ask anyone how to make money a bank will respond to granting loans, investing in securities … that’s true, but many do not know that the biggest source of profits for banks are the commissions. It can be said that banks and charge fees for absolutely everything.

The committees are established by each institution, in consultation with the Bank of Spain to ensure that meet certain requirements and comply with the law.

Must be necessary, ie to respond to a service and not covered by another product contracted by the client, must be communicated to customers and posted on the bulletin boards of offices, are not abusive (on this should be discussed much) can not be charged for transactions carried out by failure or negligence of the entity can not be cashed in if there are no contracts and can not exceed a fixed amounts (eg 1% cancellation rate mortgages variable).

Bank charges are applied more

The commissions that normally apply are: for transferring money, to keep accounts, to withdraw money from cash, to have cards, study and / or create a credit, cancel, for having an overdraft.

Actually, it is difficult to escape them. The only thing we can do is compare the different entities and seek the lowest commission, because although in theory the commissions should have the degree of marketability, consumers often do not find ourselves in a strong position against the entity.

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