ABOUT three weeks ago actor-politician Edu Manzano (@realedumanzano) tweeted, 'Doesn't anyone notice how much the banks charge us when we're doing a simple transaction. I paid as high as P25 for the last one.' This was picked up by the mainstream media and was reported on for the next few days. I felt that it was the natural end of a news story and that's it.

However, the comment of one netizen caught my attention. He posted: 'Almost everyone using online banking noticed that, sir, kaso kailangan celebrity ka or person na madaming followers para mapansin comment mo... same comments and issues but nobody paid attention... di lang BDO, Mr. Edu. Nawala yang fees na yan during pandemic, if i remember it correctly. (ay pwede pala yun) hehehe.'