What fees are applied to donations?

1. Does Give.Asia charge a platform fee?

No. Give.Asia does not charge any mandatory platform fee. We remain 100% free to use for donors, fundraisers, and beneficiaries.

2. What is the 1.5% processing fee?

When donations are processed through card or PayNow, banks charge a processing fee.

To keep things predictable for beneficiaries, Give.Asia:

applies a fixed 1.5%, which does not fully cover the actual bank cost.
absorbs any bank fee above 1.5%,

So that beneficiaries always know exactly how much they will receive, ensuring consistent and transparent outcomes across all donations.

3. What is the “Cover fee”?

Donors can choose to add-on an optional cover fee to help beneficiaries receive 100% of the donation without any processing fee.

4. Is Cover fee mandatory?

No. Cover fee is always optional and it's the donor's choice.

5. Does Give.Asia take any portion of the donation?

No. 100% of the donor’s intended donation amount goes to the beneficiary.

6. Why does Cover fee exist?

Cover fee helps beneficiaries receive more donation amount because there is no processing fee as well as allow Give.Asia to continue providing our services for free to those who need it most.

Note on additional fees on transactions performed in local currency, but merchant location is outside home country

Please note that the donation transactions are processed in Singapore. If your card is not issued by a Singapore bank, even if the donation is charged in your local currency, a small amount of administrative fee (usually 1%) might be imposed by your bank. This fee will be debited from your card account in addition to the donation amount. You may need to approach your card issuing bank for more details.