๐ฝ It's ready here's what I've been cooking.๐๐
Last week I sent money from my CBE account to my telebirr wallet.
The fee is 11 birr
I didn't know if that was normal or a ripoff and that's the real
problem: nobody tells you what you're actually paying. Banks bury the fee in a percentage, a tier, or fine print, and you find out the cost only after the money's already gone. Banks don't make it easy to know what you'll pay until after you've already paid it.
So I built Fair Fee: type in any amount, and instantly see exactly what every major Ethiopian bank and mobile wallet would charge you for that specific transfer and whether that fee is fair, or quietly ripping you off.
What I found when I checked my own transfer:
1. CBE charges a flat 57.5 birr for bank transfers same price whether you send 100 birr or 50,000 birr
2. Dashen Bank charges a fair percentage instead the price actually scales with what you send
3. For the same 2,000 birr transfer, the cheapest and most expensive banks differ by 14x.
Enter your own amount and see for yourself, for free:
๐ fair-fee.vercel.app
Before your next transfer, check what you're actually paying. It takes 10 seconds and could save you real money.
What's the highest transfer fee you've ever been charged? Let me know ๐
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