Stability law, amendment Pd: ok to use ATMs for payments under EUR 5 and roof committees – The Messenger

“In order to promote the execution of payment transactions based on debit cards or credit cards for payments of small amounts” on transactions “the amount of which is less than five euro ‘cost of service’ can not be exceeding the costs that the beneficiary would have incurred for the acceptance of similar cash payments. ” This is laid down an amendment of the Democratic Party, before signing Boccadutri, the Stability Law which effectively allows the card payment for small amounts.

“You can use the digital payments even for small sums: I think it’s a matter of freedom. We want that citizens are free to choose how to pay, in any situation, “says the deputy Sergio Boccadutri, responsible innovation of the Democratic Party, on his facebook page.

Always an amendment to the law of stability provides the roof 0.25% of the transaction value with a credit card and 0.15% for debit card “and for all other operations not distinguishable as an operation by debit or credit by the scheme of payment cards’ .

The PD therefore, after having increased to 3 thousand euro threshold for the use of cash in the Stability Law, returns to try to encourage the use of electronic money. In the same proposal, the petitioner Matteo Mauri, then attributed to the Bank of Italy ‘powers of investigation, control and intervention also sanctions “to ensure compliance with the commission and thwart attempts to evade by providers of payment services. Is also expected, “in order to ensure transparency, clarity and cost reduction”, supported by merchants and consumers, a table at the Ministry of Economy, in cooperation with the Development, Via Nazionale, Antitrust, Abi, service mappings payment, the Italian Post Office, ATM and societies of the payment circuits most representative.

“The Democratic Party wants to impose, with an amendment to the stability law, the obligation for merchants and professionals to be paid with cash and credit card for any type of expenditure. Another gift to the banks, other limitation of freedom. The league, of course, will oppose: free to choose, even how to pay. ” Writes it on facebook the federal secretary of the Northern League Matteo Salvini.