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Below-Maintaining-Balance Penalties Incurred by Many Bank Depositors

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Penalties for falling below the maintaining balance requirement is the most common concern written about by bank account owners commenting on our blogs.

There have been account owners who have seen their savings reduced by 600 pesos or 900 pesos or 1,200 pesos for failing to see on time that their account balances have fallen below the required balance.

There's even one OFW whose account balance was reduced by 4,500 pesos! That's 300 pesos x 15 months of falling below the required balance. This OFW did not know that the bank account's maintaining balance requirement has increased. Two other OFWs lost 1,800 pesos and 3,500 pesos to this kind of penalty.

What Are the Common Reasons Why Account Owners Suffer This Penalty?

. The account owner does not know there's such a thing as maintaining balance.
. The account owner knows there's a maintaining balance requirement but is not able to maintain the
required balance.
. The account owner knows his maintaining balance requirement but does not know there was an increase in the amount required.***

Why Is There a Maintaining Balance Requirement?
This is to share in the cost of maintaining one's accounts in the banks' systems. Why won't the banks shoulder this cost? Banks will say they are in business to make profits.

In the US, what they have is a bank maintenance fee. Account owners pay a monthly fee to maintain their accounts. If they don't like to pay this fee, then they should maintain a certain balance in their account. It's the same cost concept.

This Is Why Zero-Maintaining Balance Accounts Have Become Popular
As people become familiar with maintaining-balance penalties, banks accounts like the following have become popular:
   BDO Kabayan peso and dollar savings account
   BPI Easy Saver savings account
   Metrobank OFW peso and dollar savings account
   BPInoy savings account
   PNB OFW peso and dollar savings account
   Other banks' OFW saving accounts

Here are Common Bank Account Products, Maintaining Balance Requirements and Below-Maintaining Balance Penalties:


Bank Account ProductMaintaining Balance   Below-Maintaining-
Required Balance Penalty
Per Month*
 
BDO Kabayan Peso 0**
Savings
BDO Kabayan Dollar 0**
Savings
BDO Peso Passbook 10,000 300
Savings
BDO Peso ATM 2,000 300
Savings
BDO Power Teens 2,000 300
Club
BDO Optimum Peso 30,000300
Savings
BDO Prime Savers 2,000 300
BDODollar Savings $500 $5
 
BPIExpress Teller 3,000 300
Savings
BPI Easy Saver 0***
BPI Passbook Savings 10,000 300
BPI Jumpstart Savings 1,000 300
BPI Express Dollar $500 $5
Savings
 
BPI Express Teller 1,000 250
Family Savings
BPI Passbook 10,000 250
Family Savings
BPI Easy Saver 0***
Family
BPI Jumpstart500250
Family Savings 500
BPI Dollar Passbook $500 $5
Family Savings
 
BPI Express Teller 500 250
Direct Savings
BPI BPInoy Savings 0****
Direct
 
Metrobank Debit/ATM 2,000300
Savings
Metrobank Passbook Savings 10,000 300
Metrobank Dollar Savings $500 $10
Metrobank Fun Savers 500 300
Metrobank OFW Peso Savings 0**
Metrobank OFW Dollar 0**
Savings
 
Landbank  ATM Peso500 200
Savings
Landbank Regular Passbook10,000 200
Savings
 
PNB Superteller ATM Peso  3,000 300
Savings
PNB Debit 3,000 300
Mastercard
PNB Passbook Savings10,000 350


NOTES:

 *  Penalty is imposed at the end of the 2nd consecutive month your account fell below the required maintaining balance

**  OFW accounts have no maintaining balance requirement, but you need to send money from abroad to your account at least once in 12 months.

      After 12 months of no foreign remittance, your account is converted into a regular account, and you'll need to comply with the maintaining-balance requirement.  If you fail to comply, and your account balance is not enough to pay the 300-peso penalty, your account will automatically close.

*** BPI Easy Saver has no maintaining balance requirement, but you pay 5 pesos for every ATM withdrawal and ATM balance inquiry.

****BPInoy Savings Account has no maintaining balance requirement, but you need to send money to your account at least once every 3 months.


   



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