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whether the charges for SMS alert fee being deducted by Punjab National Bank are ethical?

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whether the charges for SMS alert fee being deducted by Punjab National Bank are ethical?             This blog had earlier published following articles on SMS alert fee being charged by banks specially State Bank of India (SBI) to draw the attention of the Bank, Regulator namely Reserve Bank of India  (RBI) and Ministry of Finance. The links to the articles are given below for an easy access.  1. Do the charges for SMS services being charged by State Bank of India  are ethical ?      http://skvirmani-jagograhak.blogspot.com/2014/04/do-charges-for-sms-services-being.html 2. Unethical business revenue by banks on account of charging SMS Alert Services      http://skvirmani-jagograhak.blogspot.com/2014/08/unethical-business-revenue-by-banks-on.html 3. Need for intervention of Reserve Bank of India to put a stop on the unfair business practices of the Commercial Banks on a/c of SMS Aler...
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Need for intervention of Reserve Bank of India to put a stop on the unfair business practices of the Commercial Banks on a/c of SMS Alert Fee amounting to estimated Rs. 5,000 crores in a year This is in continuation to my article titled " Unethical business revenue by banks on account of charging SMS Alert Services" was brought out on this blog on 5th April 2014 and 28th August 2014. The link to the article is: http://skvirmani-jagograhak.blogspot.in/2014/08/unethical-business-revenue-by-banks-on.html  Subsequent to the article, Reserve Bank of India has now been requested vide my letter dtd. 03/08/2015 to intervene in the matter and direct all Banks to refund amount to the account holders earned out of unethical business business in violation of RBI regulations. A copy of the letter requesting RBI and other Departments is quoted below: " Date: 03/08/2015 Chief General Manager Reserve Bank of India Consumer Education and Protection Department, Central Office, ...