This charge is very unwelcome when Sri Lanka investment climate is still trying to pick up, this is a pathetic attempt by an international bank with the possibly collusion of competing nations to destabilize the governments efforts to bring in new FDIs
In their letter they have given the option to move the files to other bank's but most global payers would like to rout though HSBC for their investments and for new foreign investors they would turn away from investing altogether when they here about these kind of unreasonable fees.
If you are effected or no someone that is affected, please write the central bank and complain.