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Fees & Charges for Forex Services
Description of Charges Forex Services
Foreign Exchange Transactions
Remittance Outward
Rs. 200/- per remittance for account holders
Rs. 500/- per remittance for non-account holders
For Transactions value upto USD 500   -   Rs. 175/- per remittance
Remittance Inward Foreign Exchange Conversion Fees - Rs. 89 (plus service tax and education cess)
TC's - Selling - Foreign Currency
1% of INR value of TC's
For Transactions value upto USD 500 - 0.75% of INR value of TC's
TC's - Encashing - Foreign Currency No Charge
TC's - Foreign Currency NA
Other Foreign Exchange Transactions
FCY Cash - Selling No Charge
FCY Cash - Encashing No Charge
FCY Demand Drafts - Issuance
Rs. 200/- per Demand Draft for account holders
Rs. 300/- per Demand Draft for non-account holders
For Transactions value upto USD 500   -   Rs. 175/- per remittance
FCY Demand Drafts - Cancellation Rs. 50/- per Demand Draft
FCY Cheque Collection and Lockbox (FCY personal cheque, FCY DD's and TC's sent for collection)
0.25% of INR value (Min. Rs. 250/- per transaction)
Plus Courier of Rs. 50/- per cheque
For Transactions value upto USD 500 - Rs 200/- per transaction plus courier charge Rs. 50/- per instrutment
Foreign Exchange Conversion Fees - Rs. 89 (plus service tax and education cess)
FCY Cheque Return
Under Cash Letter arrangement - Rs. 100/- per cheque
Under Final Credit service arrangement - Rs. 250/- per cheque
Plus Correspondent Bank Charges
• USD Cheque - USD 10 per cheque
• GBP Cheque - GBP 15 per cheque
• AUD Cheque - AUD 30 per cheque
• SGD Cheque - SGD 12 per cheque
• CAD Cheque - CAD 10 per cheque
• EURO Cheque - EUR 45 (Euro 25 Corr Bank chgs, Euro 5 Swift chgs & Euro 15 Foreign chgs)
• Non - EURO Cheque - EUR 25.03 plus drawee bank charge
FIRC Charge for Inward Remittance & FCY Cheques collection Rs. 150/- per FIRC
Foreign Exchange Conversion Fees Rs. 22.25/- per transaction


Charges mentioned above are charges levied by HDFC Bank only and does not include any charges that may be levied by originating/correspondent banks

As per the Finance Bill 2007, all fees and charges mentioned above will attract Service Tax @ 12% and Education Cess @ 3% of the service tax amount effective 11th May 2007.

Please note that Cheques drawn in one currency payable in another country where currency is different will take a longer period to realise and would attract charges of various correspondent banks as per their own tariff schedule over which we do not have any control. For e.g. A cheque drawn in USD payable on a bank in Singapore or Cheque drawn in GBP payable on a bank in South Africa or Cheque drawn in USD payable in Canada.


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