{"id":69196,"date":"2025-03-27T15:50:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T10:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=69196"},"modified":"2025-03-27T15:53:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T10:53:59","slug":"exorbitant-atm-fees-charged-by-bank-alfalah-sparks-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/exorbitant-atm-fees-charged-by-bank-alfalah-sparks-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Exorbitant ATM fees charged by Bank Alfalah sparks outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Bank Alflah has turned into the banking mafia, as a bank customer revealed that the facility has been charging <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/senior-citizens-atm-card-snatched-rs621-000-withdrawn-in-sargodha\/\">exorbitant fees<\/a> for using ATMs.<\/p>\n<p>As per details, a journalist shared his experience on X, stating that &#8220;he inserted another bank&#8217;s card into a Bank Alfalah ATM&#8221; and was slapped with staggering charges.<\/p>\n<p>According to the message displayed on the ATM screen, which he also shared on X, Rs 100 would be charged for a simple balance inquiry, while a whopping Rs 750 would be deducted for a cash withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>This incident has sparked widespread outrage, with many questioning the basis of these excessive fees.<\/p>\n<p>The user argued that the banking sector is already raking in millions from various service charges, and the additional fees for using ATMs are nothing short of &#8220;open looting.&#8221; The journalist questioned the basis of heavy fees being charged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-175oi2r\">This incident has reignited the debate on the need for greater transparency and accountability in the banking sector. As the public outcry grows, one thing is clear: the banking mafia&#8217;s extortionate practices will no longer go unchallenged.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Bank Alfalah replied to the post, &#8220;Dear Customer, we&#8217;re sorry for the inconvenience caused. Please specify your issue via DM so that we can assist you accordingly.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Bank Alflah has turned into the banking mafia, as a bank customer revealed that the facility has been charging exorbitant fees for using ATMs. As per details, a journalist shared his experience on X, stating that &#8220;he inserted another bank&#8217;s card into a Bank Alfalah ATM&#8221; and was slapped with staggering charges. According to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":69203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[27434,27433,27435],"class_list":["post-69196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-atm-fees","tag-bank-alfalah-atm","tag-bank-alfalah-atm-fees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69196"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69204,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69196\/revisions\/69204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}