POS agents regulators releases fresh charges for deposit, transfer

Nigerians might start paying hefty sums as Point of Sale agents in Lagos State announced a new price list for PoS transactions.

With this new price list, the operators are set to charge customers N500 for N10,000 cash withdrawals.

This was disclosed by the Public Relations Officer of the Lagos Chapter Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria, Stephen Adeoye.

According to him, the price list is to eradicate price discrepancies in the industry.

He said:

 “Let me tell you the price list, N1000–N2,400 will be N100 for withdrawal. N3500 to N4000 will be N200; N4,100 to N6,400 will be N300; N6,500 to N7,900 will be N400; N8500 to N10,900 will be N500; N11,000 to N14,000 will be N600; N14,500 to N17,900 will be N700; N18,000 to N2000 will N800 for withdrawal.

“Like we said, depending on your location, you can also step it down for people depending on the circumstances. But it should not go more than this.”

Going further, he said that for deposits and transfers, agents can now charge N100 for N1,000 to N4,900; N200 for N5000 to N10,900; N300 for N11,000 to N20,900; N400 got N21,000 to N30,900; N500 for N31,000 to N40,000; and N600 for N41,100 to N50,000.

Adeoye said the chairman of the Lagos chapter of the association, David Abiodun, recently released the new price list to excos at a symposium. He noted that the list’s purpose was to curb the activities of agents that were still overcharging their customers.

He said: “Although, we agreed that depending on one’s area, they can lower the charges. But it should exceed these new prices. This is why we expect everyone to paste it in their locations so that customers can see it.”