Fees and Charges in BCEL i-Bank (Effective from 05 April 2025 onward)

Updated on: 2025-05-06

Daily Limit
  • Personal / Retail users

LAK 300,000,000 / day

  • Corporate users

LAK 6,000,000,000 / day

  • Cross currency transfers (applied to all kinds of transfers)

LAK 4,000,000 / day

  • International transfer limit

LAK 100,000,000 / day (cumulative to all currencies as the same currency transfer)

  • Transfer to non-account receiver

LAK 100,000,000 / day

  • BCOME transfer

LAK 5,000,000 / day

1. Registration fee

None

2. Monthly fee
  • Personal / Retail users

LAK 10,000 / month

  • Corporate users

LAK 20,000 / month

3. Issuing an OTP Token device

USD 15

4. BCEL account transfer charges
4.1. Transfer in LAK or foreign currency under the same account name
  • 4.1.1 Personal / Retail users
    • Transfer amount within month: LAK 20,000,000

None

    • Exceeds transfer amount within month: less than or equals to LAK 10,000,000

LAK 1,000 / transaction

    • Exceeds transfer amount within month: from LAK 10,000,001 to LAK 20,000,000

LAK 2,000 / transaction

    • from LAK 20,000,001 to LAK 30,000,000

LAK 3,000 / transaction

    • from LAK 30,000,001 to LAK 40,000,000

LAK 4,000 / transaction

    • from LAK 40,000,001 to LAK 50,000,000

LAK 5,000 / transaction

    • from LAK 50,000,001 to LAK 100,000,000

LAK 6,000 / transaction

    • from LAK 100,000,001 to LAK 200,000,000

LAK 8,000 / transaction

    • Greater than or equal to LAK 200,000,001

LAK 10,000 / transaction

  • 4.1.2 Corporate users
    • Transfer amount within month: LAK 100,000,000

None

    • Exceeds transfer amount within month: less than or equals to LAK 100,000,000

LAK 2,000 / transaction

    • Exceeds transfer amount within month: from LAK 100,000,001 to LAK 300,000,000

LAK 4,000 / transaction

    • from LAK 300,000,001 to LAK 500,000,000

LAK 6,000 / transaction

    • from LAK 500,000,001 to LAK 1,000,000,000

LAK 8,000 / transaction

    • Greater than or equal to LAK 1,000,000,001

LAK 10,000 / transaction

  • 4.1.3 Maximum fee of Domestic Transfer within BCEL network (Individual and Corporate customers)

Max LAK 300,000/customer/month

For additional transactions, LAK 1,000/transaction

4.2 Transfer in foreign currency under the different account name

0.30% of transaction amount

Min. 1 USD (equivalent)

Max. 30 USD (equivalent)

4.3 Increase Domestic Fund Transfer Limit within BCEL network for Individual customer

LAK 30,000/month

4.4. Increase Domestic Fund Transfer Limit within BCEL network for Corporate customer
  • From 6,000,000,001 - 10,000,000,000 LAK/day

LAK 50,000 / Month

  • From 10,000,000,001 - 20,000,000,000 LAK/day

LAK 70,000 / Month

  • ຈຳນວນ 20,000,000,001 - 30,000,000,000 ກີບ/ມື້

LAK 90,000 / Month

  • From 30,000,000,001 - 40,000,000,000 LAK/day

LAK 110,000 / Month

  • From 40,000,000,001 - 50,000,000,000 LAK/day

LAK 130,000 / Month

  • From 50,000,000,001 - 100,000,000,000 LAK/day

LAK 150,000 / Month

  • From 100,000,000,001 LAK/day onwards

LAK 200,000 / Month

5. Transfer to non-account receiver

LAK 10,000 / transaction

6. Fund transfer to other bank's deposit account in BCEL and transfer to other banks in Lao PDR.
6.1 Transfer to LAK or foreign currency under the same account name
  • Less than or equal to LAK 200,000,000

LAK 10,000 / transaction

  • from LAK 200,000,001 - LAK 500,000,000

LAK 15,000 / transaction

  • from LAK 500,000,001 - LAK 1,000,000,000

LAK 20,000 / transaction

  • from LAK 1,000,000,001 - LAK 5,000,000,000

LAK 25,000 / transaction

  • Greater than or equal to LAK 5,000,000,001

LAK 30,000 / transaction

6.2 Transfer in foreign currency under the different account name

0.30% of transaction amount

Min. 1 USD (equivalent)

Max. 30 USD (equivalent)

7. International transfer charges

Based on the international outward transfer fees:
0.1 % ?of transfer amount + USD 15 of wire charge
(Minimum: USD 5,00 / Maximum: USD 500,00)
* For transferring THB to Thailand: 0.25%
(Minimum: THB 200,00 / Maximum: THB 500,00)

8. Payroll transaction charges (limited to 5 times / month)
8.1. Transfer in LAK or foreign currency under the same account name

LAK 500 / beneficiary account

8.2 Transfer in foreign currency under the different account name

0.30% of transaction amount

Min. 1 USD (equivalent)

Max. 30 USD (equivalent)

9. Check account statements

None

10. New Password issuance

LAK 10,000 / time

11. Bill payment transaction charges

Based on contract between BCEL and bill provider

12. Change or Amendment
  • 12.1 Bill payment

LAK 10,000 / transaction

  • 12.2 Phone number or email to receive OTP or notification

LAK 5,000 / time

  • 12.3 Payroll transaction

None

  • 12.4 Fund Transfer to non-account receiver, transfer to other bank's deposit account in BCEL and transfer to other banks in Lao PDR

LAK 10,000 / transaction / time

13. Open new user
  • 13.1 Less than or equal to 6 User ID

None

  • 13.2 More than 6 User ID (For 7th User ID onward, including closed User ID)

LAK 5,000 / User ID

14. Issue a report of customer's usage information in BCEL i-Bank

LAK 50,000 / time / customer

15. Provide a transaction reporting in BCEL i-Bank for customer

Based on the Request for Backward Statement fee

16. Amendment transfer limit or special request from customer

100,000 LAK/time

17. Linking BCEL i-Bank with customer's financial system
  • 17.1 Linking BCEL i-Bank with customer's financial system to generate transaction

Based on the contract, at least 5 million LAK/contract

  • 17.2 Annual fee

2.500,000 LAK / year

18. BCEL Community Money Express (BCOME)

Based on BCOME service fees

19. Topup Paycard for enterprises and factories

Based on Paycard service fees

(BCEL reserves the rights to modify fees and charges regarding BCEL i-Bank service periodically on BCEL i-Bank website)

** Remarks: This is a translation that shall be used solely to assist customer who are uncomfortable with Laotian script. In case of inconsistency between the English and Laotian versions, the Laotian version shall prevail in all events.