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“Banks are now going to charge 173 rupees for every ATM transaction beyond the permissible limit”
Social media posts Claim dated 5 Aug 2021.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING

What FACTLY found

On 10 June 2021, RBI issued a notification by revising the interchange fees and customer service charges of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transactions. According to the new RBI regulations, customers are eligible for five free transactions every month from their own bank ATMs and three free transactions in other bank ATMs in metro centres. Beyond the free transactions, banks are allowed to charge 21 rupees for every additional ATM transaction. These RBI guidelines will come into force from 0...

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 5 August 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 19 August 2021, 14 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.

Where the claim appeared

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