NBU will check bank rates

The National Bank of Ukraine has asked the commercial banks' information about their pricing policy. In particular, the regulator of interest rates on the estimated customer service in the national currency as at March 1, 2011, as well as the actions of the banks towards reducing the cost of such services. The reason - customer complaints to the actions of his subordinates. " "The address of the National Bank of Ukraine has recently received numerous complaints from bank customers about the banks charging substantial fees for settlement services" - said in a letter to the NBU Ukrainian banks. Article 47 of the Law of Ukraine "On Banks and Banking Activity" stipulates the right of banks to set their interest rates and commission fees for its operations. "However, high rates of banks on the estimated customer service affect the volume of cashless payments and payment discipline in the country" - reminiscent of the NBU. The regulator also said that the tariff set by the National Bank for obrabatyvanie in electronic payment system (hereinafter - BOT) one electronic payment document has not changed since December 2006 and amounts to 0.35 grn. for one document, regardless of the amount of payment, as contained in it. Source: delo.ua