Regulatory Alerts2015-08-07 | Payment and Settlement System Circular No 3 of 2015Added · Updated
Central Bank of Sri Lanka Circular on Operator Charges and Transaction Fee Limits for LankaSettle System
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka issued Circular No. 03 of 2015 to rationalize fees for the LankaSettle System and promote cost-effective electronic payments. The regulation caps the maximum fee Participating Institutions can charge customers at Rs. 1,000 per transaction and reduces the Central Bank's operator charge to Rs. 450. These measures replace previous directives and take effect on 1 September 2015.
CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKA
Payments and Settlements Department
07 August 2015
Payment and Settlement Systems Circular No. 03 of 2015
To: The Chief Executive Officers of Participating Institutions of LankaSettle System
Operator Charges and Maximum Limit on Transaction Fees of LankaSettle System
This Circular is issued in terms of Section 44 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, No. 28 of 2005, to rationalize fees and charges levied on transactions effected through the LankaSettle System in order to promote electronic payments by providing cost effective banking and payment facilities to the general public.
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The maximum fee charged by Participating Institutions (PIs) from customers for effecting fund transfers through LankaSettle System shall not exceed Rs. 1,000 per transaction.
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The operator charge levied by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on PIs, which is Rs. 600 at present is reduced to Rs. 450 and the Rule 7 of Volume 4 of the LankaSettle System Rules – Version 2.1 and Clause 4 of the Mandate Agreement are amended accordingly as per Schedule hereto.
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This Circular shall come into operation with effect from 01 September 2015 replacing the Circular No RTGS/07/2012 dated 26 April 2012.
(Mrs) R A S M Dayarathna
Director Payments and Settlements
ATTACHMENT B
SCHEDULE OF THE LANKASETTE SYSTEM FEES AND CHARGES
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka charges all LankaSettle Participants an all-inclusive per transaction fee of LKR 450/= with effect from 1st September 2015.
For the purposes of fees and charges a “transaction” is defined as:
(1) Any settled debits to their own Settlement accounts initiated by Participants within the LankaSettle System through the use of the following messages:
a. MT 102 – Multiple Customer Credit Transfer
b. MT 103 – Single Customer Credit Transfer
c. MT 202 – General Financial Institution Transfer
d. MT 205 – Financial Institution Transfer Execution
e. MT 541 – Receive Against Payment
(2) Any settled securities transactions initiated by Participants within the LankaSettle System through the use of MT 540 - Receive Free message.
In addition to the transaction fees stated above, the Participants have to bear SWIFT messaging related charges. These are independently billed by SWIFT and have to be paid by the Participants to SWIFT directly.
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