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The banks already make more than enough profit from me through the myriad other charges they impose - at least have the decency to allow me to withdraw my cash wherever is most convenient for me.
Banks make heaps of money in retail from loans, mortgages and such. Not to mention what most of them rake in on the wholesale side. There really shouldn't be room for a) bank accounts you have to pay for; and b) banks charging you to use their ATMs.
In most of Europe and the US, these charges are a thing of the past - effected through a combination of consumer protection regulation and good ol' free market competition. Perhaps HK isn't such a free economy as it touts itself to be?
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