---
title: 'Bank Fees'
url: 'https://www.ondrejsramek.cz/en/blog/bankovni-poplatky'
markdown: 'https://www.ondrejsramek.cz/en/blog/bankovni-poplatky.md'
lang: en
date: '2011-07-18'
description: "are evil! I recently read that banks use fees to encourage customers to use online banking. Personally I don't use anything else, and I only go to the branch to show my ISIC card and proof of study so they'll credit me 200 CZK and keep my student account going. But I was recently forced to visit. I…"
taxonomy:
  category:
    - 'informační technologie'
  tag:
    - internet
    - ČS
    - banka
    - Servis24
  '':
    - ''
  archives_year:
    - '2011'
---

# are evil!

I recently read that banks use fees to **encourage** customers to use **online** **banking**. Personally I don't use anything else, and I only go to the branch **to show** my ISIC card and proof of study so they'll credit me 200 CZK and keep my student account going. But I was recently forced to visit. I needed to **enable** my payment card to **pay for goods online** too. Search as I might, I **found nothing** of the sort in **Servis24**. Even after the **lady at the counter** made the change for me, I can't see anywhere to change that limit myself. The best part is that this little adventure cost me **30 CZK**. If I could have clicked it myself, **I would have** — but I **can't**. *What exactly is the online banking for, then?*

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![A warning SMS from Česká spořitelna bank](https://www.ondrejsramek.cz/images/8/0/f/8/5/80f85e7ab7127fb3c714196ec5d3fb957ef8988e-doslo-k-uniku.png "A warning SMS from Česká spořitelna bank")

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