{"id":9137,"date":"2019-11-29T09:19:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T22:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/?post_type=faq&p=9137"},"modified":"2025-09-04T08:52:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T22:52:58","slug":"what-is-data-banking","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/faq\/what-is-data-banking\/","title":{"rendered":"What is data banking? \u2013 save unused mobile data each month"},"content":{"rendered":"

All MATE mobile plans come with data banking so you can keep your unused data each month!<\/p>\n

how does data banking work?<\/h4>\n

Let’s say you are on a 160GB mobile plan – in this case, you would start your monthly cycle with 160GB of data. At the end of the month, you’ve only used 60GB of your allocated data.<\/p>\n

Instead of losing the remaining 100GB of mobile data, it will effectively get added to your “bank” when you need it.<\/p>\n

You would now have a total of 260GB of data (160GB for this month + 100GB of “banked” data that you didn’t use from last month).<\/p>\n

All MATE mobile plans include a data bank of 1000GB.<\/p>\n

Any data in your data bank is forfeited if your mobile plan is downgraded to a lower-cost monthly plan. Your banked data will remain if you upgrade to a higher-cost monthly plan, or switch from a grandfathered 4G plan to a 5G plan.<\/p>\n

To check any available data in your data bank, you can:<\/p>\n

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    All MATE mobile plans come with data banking so you can keep your unused data each month! how does data banking work? Let’s say you are on a 160GB mobile plan – in this case, you would start your monthly cycle with 160GB of data. At the end of the month, you’ve only used 60GB…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","faq_category":[48,37],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat is Data Banking? \u2013 Save Unused Mobile Data Each Month<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Unlock Data Banking with MATE Mobile Plans! Keep your unused data every month. 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