The Argentine Fintech Chamber, which brings together companies that manage payment systems and virtual financial services, has come out to express its complaint prior to ANSES ‘decision not to allow the collection of the benefit of the program “Food reinforcement for adults without income” to bank and / or digital account users who had received wire transfers or credits in the last two months, both personally and family.
Official aid is $ 45,000 in two installments from November 14 and already more than 800,000 people are qualified to collect it.
“The use of digital means of payment must not be considered an exclusion criterion for the development of social policies. This measure is discriminatory against users of digital tools because those they have received cash payments will not have this problem “the entity said in a statement.
“The spread of the active use of accounts and means of payment in all segments of the population produces an enormous social benefit: it brings people and communities closer to useful, accessible and safe solutions that promote a sustainable form of inclusion to fight against. would become an efficient tool for allow you to collect this type of benefits, avoiding subjecting your recipients to endless queueswhich are anachronistic when considering the benefits that the digitalization of finances has brought to the system “, they added.
The Chamber underlined that the country has implemented financial inclusion policies, but that there is still a lot to do “for the digitization of the economy of vulnerable sectors”, indicated and urged cooperation between the public and private sectors to create a financial system open, competitive, inclusive and safe.
“We are willing to continue working together on the design of solutions that promote greater adoption of digital means of payment,” assured the Chamber.
The $ 45,000 bonus will be for people between 18 and 64 who are destitute and absolutely not receiving no state aid. According to the agency’s estimates, it could reach more than 2 million people.
In addition to not having received wire transfers to digital or bank accounts, the requirements for accessing the benefits are:
- Not to receive contributory or non-contributory pensions and / or pensions (both national, provincial and municipal)
- Not getting unemployment benefit
- Do not receive the Empower Work or Progress Scholarship
- Nor should you be a recipient of the Social Protection Pregnancy Allowance
- Have no social programs (whether national, provincial or municipal) or receive universal allocation for daughter and son or family salary
- Besides having no income, you don’t even have to have registered assets. Beneficiaries cannot have: cars, motorcycles or any vehicle under the age of 10. Not real estate.
- You must not have used up credit and / or debit cards in the last 2 months
- Neither fixed terms nor bonuses in the last 6 months
- You must not have made purchases in foreign currencies (e.g. dollars) in the past 6 months
- Nor should you have social security or prepayment
In the case of people aged between 18 and 24, the socio-economic control will also be carried out on their family group
NEITHER
Source: Clarin
