R120 for bank statements????

Standard Bank refuse to give me my Bank Statements without me paying R10 per statement per month. That means in order for me to do my tax returns, I need to pay Standard bank R120 for electronic bank statements. I already pay Standard Bank Thousands of Rands a month in fees and interest. Why must I pay for my own data?

FNB and Capitec give you free access to all your documents forever. Capitec even lets you download an entire tax year in one document, easy for free and their account fees are 10X cheaper.

It took 4 days for me to even get hold of someone at Standard bank. Then the guy just said there is nothing he can do... why even waste my time if there is nothing that can be done.