Coin deposit service fee in Singapore
Many retailers and eateries such as neighbourhood clinics, our beloved coffeeshops and hawker centres do not adopt digital payments, as the processing fee for digital payments means higher cost for them.
Payment using dollar notes often result in some loose change in coins being returned. As much as you would like to make payment with your coins, the legal limit by MAS states that you can only pay with a maximum of 20 coins per transaction.
Eventually, as your coins accumulate in piggy banks, it is time to deposit the coins into your banking accounts.
The typical service fee for depositing coins in Singapore ranges from SGD 0.0025 to SGD 0.02 for a piece of coin at the banks in Singapore. Without proper planning, you may end up depositing 100 pieces of 10-cent coins (S$10) and being charged a fee of S$2.00. That’s a whopping 20% service fee!
How to get rid of my coins in Singapore?
Below is a list of options to deposit your coins in Singapore to avoid the hefty coin deposit service fee:
- OCBC (no fee)
- DBS / POSB (no fee)
- CIMB / Maybank (no fee for child account)
- Standard Chartered (no fee for child account)
- Certis CISCO (low fee for small and bulk deposits)
- UOB (moderate fee)
- Supermarkets & Convenience Stores (pour your coins to buy groceries)
OCBC (no fee)
Depositing coins at OCBC’s new ATM is free. However, not all OCBC ATMs are the new ATM. There are currently only 21 OCBC new ATM (as of 2023). Luckily, all the new ATMs are conveniently located at major shopping malls with direct access to MRT stations, spread across the island.
As long as you are an existing OCBC account holder depositing coins at the new ATMs, it is free! If you still prefer to deposit coins at the counter, OCBC charges a service fee of SGD 1.50 for every 100 coins deposited at the counter.
Head down to one of OCBC’s new ATMs below to deposit your coins now:
- OCBC Centre (Raffles Place MRT)
- OCBC Tiong Bahru Plaza (Tiong Bahru MRT)
- OCBC Wisma Atria (Orchard MRT)
- OCBC ION Orchard (Orchard MRT)
- OCBC Harbourfront Centre (Harbourfront MRT)
- OCBC Toa Payoh Central (Toa Payoh MRT)
- OCBC Paya Lebar Square (Paya Lebar MRT)
- OCBC Junction 8 (Bishan MRT)
- OCBC NEX (Serangoon MRT)
- OCBC AMK Hub (Ang Mo Kio MRT)
- OCBC Clementi Mall (Clementi MRT)
- OCBC Bedok North Street 1 (Bedok MRT)
- OCBC Hougang Mall (Hougang MRT)
- OCBC JEM (Jurong East MRT)
- OCBC Compass One (Sengkang MRT)
- OCBC Tampines CPF Building (Tampines MRT)
- OCBC Northpoint City (Yishun MRT)
- OCBC Waterway Point (Punggol MRT)
- OCBC Choa Chu Kang Avenue 4 (Choa Chu Kang MRT)
- OCBC Jurong Point (Boon Lay MRT)
- OCBC Causeway Point (Woodlands MRT)
DBS / POSB (no fee)
DBS and POSB have offered to waived their coin deposit fees when you deposit coins through their coin deposit machines.
- DBS / POSB
- Find out the nearest coin deposit machine to you via this link
For coins deposit over the counter, SGD 1.80 is charged for every 100 pieces or part thereof (for example, SGD 3.60 will be levied on 105 pieces of coins). There is no waiver for kids account.
CIMB / Maybank (no fee for child account)
CIMB and Maybank have free coin deposit service for bank accounts of your children to encourage savings among the children, albeit with their respective limits and conditions.
The limits and conditions are as follows:
For non-children accounts, the fees for depositing coins at these banks are as follows:
Standard Chartered (no fee for child account)
As of August 2023, Standard Chartered Bank no longer offers free coin deposit service for the first 500 coins. The bank now charges a minimum fee of SGD 5.00 with a minimum deposit of SGD 20.00. However, good news is that charges are waived for e$saver Kids! accounts.
- Standard Chartered Coin Deposit Service Fee
- SGD 5.00 for deposit coins with value between SGD 20.00 and SGD 100.00
- SGD 10.00 for every SGD 100.00 or part thereof (for example, SGD 15.00 fee will be levied on coin deposits with value of SGD 102.00)
Certis CISCO (low fee for small and bulk deposits)
Certis CISCO offers one of the lowest service fee for depositing coins in Singapore without any conditions, for both small and bulk deposits.
You have the flexibility to credit the total amount of coins deposited into any of the major banks in Singapore (POSB/DBS, OCBC, Maybank, Citibank, UOB, Standard Chartered) via Certis’s self-service coin deposit kiosks.
However, for those who wish to deposit coins weighing 10kg or more, you will need to make an appointment with Certis for a over-the-counter deposit.
- Service Fee: SGD 3.50 for 1000 coins, excluding GST (Free deposit for specific coin series & denominations)
- Locations
- Operating Hours
- All locations except Certis East Coast
(Monday – Saturday) 10:00am to 8:00pm
(Sunday & Public Holiday) 10:00am to 6:00pm - Certis East Coast
(Monday – Friday) 8:00am to 5:00pm
(Saturday, Sunday & Public Holiday) Closed
- All locations except Certis East Coast
UOB (moderate fee)
UOB adopts a linear pricing for its coin deposit service fee for both Coin Deposit machine and over-the-counter as below:
- UOB Coin Deposit Service Fee
- Coin Deposit Machine: SGD 1.50 for every 100 pieces deposited or part thereof (for example, SGD 3.00 fee will be levied on 105 pieces of coins)
- Over-the-Counter: SGD 2.00 for every 100 pieces deposited or part thereof (for example, SGD 4.00 fee will be levied on 105 pieces of coins)
Important Notes:
- UOB over-the-counter coin deposit services are only available every Tuesday and Thursday, from 9.30am to 11.30am.
- UOB Coin Deposit Machines are only available during branch operating hours. For coin deposits via the machines, the service charge will be waived if the value of your coins does not exceed SGD 5.00.
Supermarkets & Convenience Stores
Use your coins to buy groceries and household items every week and you will get rid of them in no time.
Almost all major supermarket chains and convenience stores in Singapore offer self-service checkout kiosks that accept cash payment (in notes and coins).
If you would like to pay only with coins, do come during non-peak hours as it may take a while to drop your coins into the checkout kiosk.
NTUC FairPrice, Sheng Siong and Cheers have self-service kiosk for you to use your coins. Check out their locations below:
