Because in Italian, chiedere can take a direct object directly.
English often needs for, but Italian often does not.
So:
Una commissione means a fee / a commission, so it is indefinite.
That suggests:
Compare:
If you said La banca chiede la commissione, it would sound like a specific fee already identified in the conversation.
Yes. Chiede is the present indicative.
So the sentence can mean:
Which English version is best depends on context.
The basic word order is:
So it follows the common pattern:
Subject + Verb + Object
This is very similar to English word order, which makes the sentence easy to follow.
Yes, you can, but it is not exactly the same in tone.
Richiedere often sounds a little more formal or more like to require than simply to ask for.
So both can work, but:
Yes, grammatically it could. The exact English wording depends on context.
Possible translations include:
But in everyday financial contexts, the most natural meaning is usually:
That is because a bank commissione is often a service fee or transaction charge.