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Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) has commenced the deduction of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) fee from the airtime balance of its customers.
GTBank made this known via a message to its customers on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
The bank said the N6.98 fee would no longer be deducted from customers’ bank account balance.
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“Dear Customer, please be informed that effective June, 18, the N6.98 USSD fee will be deducted from your airtime balance; no longer from your bank account,” the bank stated.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had directed deposit banks in the country to stop deducting charges for USSD transactions from customers’ accounts.
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