‘After NCC Directive,’ Customers To Pay Banks USSD Fees Through Airtime

The Nigerian Communications Commission has directed Deposit Money Banks to start deducting charges for unstructured supplementary service data transactions directly from users’ mobile airtime. According to an email from the United Bank for Africa to customers on Tuesday, the charges will no longer be deducted from customers’ accounts. UBA said the directive takes effect from Tuesday, June 3, 2025. The statement read, “In line with the directive of the Nigerian Communications Commission, please be informed that effective June 3, 2025, charges for USSD banking services will no longer be deducted…

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