Al-Sudani stresses that beneficiaries of electronic payment will not be burdened with any additional financial burdens, 29 JAN

Al-Sudani stresses that beneficiaries of electronic payment will not be burdened with any additional financial burdens

Shafaq News/ Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani chaired, this Sunday morning, a meeting devoted to completing government procedures for switching to electronic payment, and stressed that the beneficiaries of electronic payment will not be burdened with any additional financial burdens.

The meeting was attended, according to a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, by the Governor of the Central Bank, the Prime Minister’s advisors for strategic, economic and banking affairs, the Director General of Payments at the Central Bank, and the directors of a number of government banks.

The meeting discussed mechanisms for protecting citizens and preserving their rights, as Al-Sudani stressed that citizens who benefit from electronic payment should not be burdened with any additional financial burdens or added commissions, especially in daily transactions and simple regular payments.

Al-Sudani stressed the importance of accelerating the procedures for switching to payment by electronic cards, in various public and private sector institutions, as the meeting witnessed a discussion of the commissions that will be charged by banking entities, in order to achieve the government’s goals in reforming the financial and banking sectors.

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