Banks yet to cut debit card fee at fuel pumps

A year after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a cut in charges ondebit card transactions, banks continue to impose a fee of 2.5% for payments at petrol pumps, thereby making an undue gain at the cost of the consumer. Earlier this month, large banks thwarted an attempt by the RBI-promoted National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) from capping charges on debit cards that are part of NPCI's Rupay network. Last year, RBI asked banks to cap the charges on debit card transactions at 0.75% for transaction values up to Rs 2,000 and 1% for larger transactions. But in debit card transactions at petrol pumps, banks continue to impose a 2.5% surcharge, which are mostly passed on to the consumer.

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