Basically the same transaction is charged twice, given that the payer has already been charged a fee.

The biggest fees, which sometimes exceed RON20, are charged on amounts collected through orders of payment from the client of another bank, with bankers justifying this by the fact that this fee covers the costs of processing and reconciling the transactions.

Some banks also charge fees on the amounts collected the intra-bank system (if the payment is made by a client of the same bank), which means that the same transaction is charged twice. The payer is also charged an amount that starts form a few lei.

For instance BRD charges a 2-RON fee on amounts collected through a payment order in the intrabank system.

(English version by Daniela Stoican)