Transaction and offset accounts interest rates, fees, limits and lodgement times

This document provides a summary of the interest rates, fees, limits and lodgement times applicable to non-Macquarie branded:

  • Transaction Account
  • Offset Account

For the terms and conditions applicable to the Macquarie branded transaction and savings accounts, click here.

Terms used in this document have the same meaning given to those terms in the Transaction and savings accounts terms and conditions.

Effective 27 November 2023

Interest rates

All information on interest rates below are current as at 27 November 2023, variable and subject to change. Refer to section 2 of the Transaction and savings accounts terms and conditions for further information on interest.

Transaction Accounts

The current interest rate on deposits held in Transaction Accounts is 0.00% p.a.

Offset Account

There is no interest paid on deposits in Offset Accounts.

We may debit any fees and charges payable under these Terms and Conditions to your Account.

If we incur any government tax, duty or other charge imposed by law in respect of your Account or its operation, you must pay us an amount equal to the charge. You authorise us to debit any such amount to your Account.

 

Transaction and Offset Accounts

Fee typeFee amount

Monthly account fee

Nil

Transactions within Australia

Electronic Services transactions

  • Make Funds Transfers and BPAY® payments through Electronic Services on an immediate or scheduled basis
Nil

Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)

  • Transfer funds within the same Business Day to another Australian financial institution (subject to cut off time below)

Nil

Domestic ATM transactions

If you’re charged a fee at an ATM in Australia, we’ll refund it to your account.

Nil

International transactions

Access and transfer your funds overseas using a range of global services including Debit Mastercard transactions and real-time access.

International ATM transactions
  • Check your account balance and withdraw cash where your Debit Mastercard is accepted.
We don’t charge fees to use ATMs overseas. However, you may be charged a fee by international ATM operators.

International funds transfer

  • Transfer to an international financial institution account by bank draft or telegraphic transfer – contact us to arrange
Nil

International purchases

  • Card purchases or transactions made or processed outside Australia (including where the transaction was made in Australia but the merchant is not in Australia)

 

Nil

 

Other fees

Special clearance

  • Fast track a cheque deposited into your Account. Normal cheque clearance times can take up to three Business Days
Nil

Chargeback

Nil

Voucher request

  • Request a copy of a voucher/receipt for a payment you made using your Card
Nil

Dishonour fee

  • Failed Direct Debits or scheduled payments due to insufficient funds in your Account
Nil

Overdrawn fee

  • We may allow your Account to be debited even if there are insufficient funds to cover the amount of the debit either in full or in part

Nil

Interest will apply at the overdrawn rate – see the Interest Rates section

Transaction investigation fee

We can investigate a transaction on your Account.

Investigation fee

Nil

Statements

Statements are issued every six months and are available through Electronic Services. You can also view your transaction history and perform transaction searches based on defined periods.

View and print statements online

Nil

Requests for historical or reprints of statements

Nil

Account limits and lodgement times

 

Valid transaction requests must be submitted by the below times to allow for same day processing. If a request is unclear, incomplete or requires additional information, we may not be able to process it on the same day.

 

All times in the table below refer to Sydney time.


Transaction TypeCut off timeProcessed by usDaily Limit

Funds Transfer from your Transaction or Offset Account to any of your accounts available via Electronic Services

n/a

Immediately

Up to the available balance of your Account

Funds Transfer from your Transaction or Offset Account to another Australian bank account1

5:00pm on a Business Day

Same Business Day2

$20,0003

After 5:00pm or on a non-Business Day

Next Business Day2

From your Transaction, Offset (with a BSB starting with 182) to an account held with another Australian bank for payments processed via NPP*NPP Payments are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There’s no applicable cut-off time.Immediately, as long as the account you’re paying is NPP enabled. You can contact the receiving bank for more information$20,0003

BPAY® from your Transaction or Offset Account1

5:00pm on a Business Day

Processed and treated as received by the Biller on same Business Day4

Up to the available balance of your Account5

After 5:00pm on a Business Day or on a non-Business Day

Processed and treated as received by the Biller on next Business Day4

Transfer through Real Time Gross Settlement

12:00pm on a Business Day

Same Business Day

$100,000

Overseas telegraphic transfers6

12:00pm on a Business Day

Same Business Day

Up to the available balance of your Account

Overseas bank drafts6

12:00pm on a Business Day

Collect after:

  • 4:00pm on the same Business Day in Sydney; or
  • 10:00am the next Business Day in all other states.

Up to the available balance of your Account

Card limits

The limits set out in the table below apply per Card, per day, for a Card issued in connection with a Transaction Account or Offset Account.

 


Transaction TypeLimit

Daily limit for domestic ATM or other cash withdrawals

$2,000 daily

Daily debit Mastercard transaction limit

Purchases made online, by telephone or when selecting 'Mastercard Debit', 'credit' or 'CR' in stores

Up to the available balance of your Account

Mastercard contactless limit with no PIN

$100 per transaction

Daily Pay Anyone Payment limit

** Your applicable daily limit applies to all of the daily Pay Anyone payments you make across all your eligible accounts linked to your Access code. If you hold a joint account, this limit applies at an account level.

$20,000

Additional information

1

To modify or cancel a scheduled Funds Transfer or BPAY® payment, you must make the change via Electronic Services by 11:59pm the day before it is scheduled to be made.

2

After being processed by us, Funds Transfers are generally received the following Business Day. Funds Transfers to Building Societies and Credit Unions may take up to 2 Business Days to be received.

3

If you need to temporarily increase this limit, please contact us. You should be aware that increasing this limit may increase your liability in the case of unauthorised funds transfer transactions. Refer to section 11 of the Transaction and savings accounts terms and conditions for information on liability for unauthorised transactions.

4

Although funds may be treated as received by the Biller, they may not be available in the Biller's account for up to 3 Business Days.

5

Note that individual BPAY® billers may set their own limits.

6

We offer overseas transfers via our International Money Transfer service provided by OzForex Limited, ABN 65 092 375 703 AFSL 226 484 (OFX). Register for this service online at internationalmoneytransfers.com.au.