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PERSONAL LOANS
Arrangement Fees (spread over loan term)
New Loans 2.5%
Top Ups 2.0%
Credit Life Insurance 1.66% (upfront on loan Amt)
Early Settlement Fee 5% (on loan balance)
General Banking Services * Foreign Currency
Local Currency Cheques Initital Opening Balance
Current Account $500, 250, 300
Personal Cheque/Withdrawal book
50 leaflets Savings Account withdrawal book 20 Commission On Turnover - FEA & FCA
50 leaflets Current Account cheque book 20 Average Credit Balance USD EUR GBP
Clearing <5k 5 5 5
Special Clearing 50 Flat 5k-10k 15 15 15
Local Clearing Free 10k-25k 25 25 25
Local Transfer - GIS or ACH platform 0.25% of Face Value, Min 5, 25k-50k 45 45 45
Max 50 50k-100k 65 65 65
Returned Cheque 100k-200k 80 80 80
Insufficient funds 10% of value or Min 50 >200k 100 100 100
Other Technical Reasons 12
Counter Cheque 5 DEBIT CARDS
Stopped Cheque 20 Flat Card issuance/re-issuance
Cheque/Voucher retrieval 20 Visa Gold $5, 4, 3
Account Closure Free Visa Platinum $15, 12 10
Visa Infinite By invitation
Statements Maintenance fee per month
Screen print statements 3 per sheet Visa Gold $3, 2.5, 2
Duplicate statements 3 per sheet
Visa Platinum $4, 3, 2.5
Visa statements 5 per sheet
Visa Infinite $6, 5, 3
Standing Orders
Outward Telegraphic Transfer 1.5% of value, Min GHC160, $40,
Internal Free
Eur36, GBP30, No Maximum
External 5
Standing order default for insufficient funds 10
Online Outward Telegraphic Transfers 0.75% of value, min GHC80, $20,
Note Instruction will be cancelled after Eur18, GBP15, No Maximum
third instance of default
Amendment for outward transfer intruction 100 flat
Money Transfer (In Country)
Transfer across SCB network Free Inward Telegraphic Transfers 0.5% of Face Value Min GHC100,
Transfer to another bank 0.25% of value, Min 5, Max 20 $25, Eur20, GBP15 Max GHC500,
$125 Eur100, GBP80
Bank Cheque/Cashiers Order
Foreign Cash Withdrawal
Purchase / Repurchase 0.25% of value, Min 20, Max 50
FCA Accounts 2.5% of value
School Fees / Exams Fees 10 Flat
FEA Accounts Free
FEA Accounts 2.5% of value if funds came from
Salary Processing
off-shore
Straight2Bank (Internet) Free
Automated Processing Free Foreign Deposits
Manual Processing Free Cash deposit into FEA account Free
Foreign Cheque Deposits 2.5% of face Value, No Max
Digital Banking Services Foreign Transfer from a Resident Bank 2.5% of face Value, No Max
Online Banking (Internet) Free Foreign Transfer from FCA into FEA 2.5% of face Value, No Max
e-Statements Free
SMS-Alerts 1.5 (monthly) Clearing
Mobile Banking Free Special Clearing $10, EUR8, GBP 6
Foreign Currency Busniess Banking
Transactional Fees Manual Online
Statement Request
VISA Statement 5 per sheet
Book Transfer 1.0 Free
Duplicate Statement 1.5 per sheet
Automated Clearing House (ACH) 2.5 1.5
Local Bank Cheque (LBC) 3.0 2.0
Corporate Cheques (Banks Forms) 3.0
Business Banking Corporate Cheques (Customers Forms) 0.5
Note Instruction will be cancelled after third Local Transfer (GIS or ACH platform 0.25% of Face Value, Min 5,
instance of default Max 50
Digital Channels
Inward TT 0.5% of Face Value,
Straight2Bank
Min GHC100, $25, Eur20,
Set-up Free GBP15 Max GHC500, $125
Maintenance Fee Free Eur100, GBP80
Business Banking Business Banking
Letters of Credit Foreign Currency
Import LCs
Establishment 1.0% pq(sight) and 1.5% pq(usance) Commission On Turnover - FEA & FCA
Trade Exports
Letter of Credits
Advice of letter of credit GHS 125
Advice of documentary credit (Non A/C Holders) GHS 250
Amendment of documentary credit GHS 125
Amendment of documentary credit GHS 250
(Non A/C Holders)
Negotiating Commission Under LC 1.0% (Min 500) + Courier cost per
parcel
Discounts
Discounts 1 month Libor + 1000 basis points
Guarantees/Bonds
Issuance of guarantee Commission charged upfront at 1%
negotiated per quarter, subject to a
minimum of GHS 500
Shipping Guarantee 0.5% per quarter, subject to a * GHS fees for foreign currency accounts may change
minimum of GHS 250 to be taken subject to changes in FX rates
upfront
SCBGH/TARIFF/2/16