Bank Severnaya Kazna (the asset of Alfa-Bank) is going to introduce new service rates on October 6, 2009. The changes will affect services rendered to legal entities, sole traders, and self-employed private individuals. This news has been announced via the bank’s official website.

For one, the bank will now charge a commission for the administration of accounts that have remained unused for a certain period of time. For instance, a commission of 5,500 RUR will be charged if a ruble settlement account that hasn’t been used for any transactions for a while. The commission charged for an unused foreign currency account will come to 2,000 RUR.