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Entrepreneurs can apply for a payment terminal free of charge. The deadline is being extended due to the epidemiological situation. In addition three other entities joined the memorandum on the support of non-cash transactions and digitization of payments and in addition to the Ministry of Industry and Trade a total of ten organizations signed the agreement. And more than 800 entrepreneurs have already expressed interest in a payment terminal for one year free of charge thanks to the aforementioned cooperation within the project.The owners of hairdressing beauty and massage salons most often want to try the payment terminal for a year for free almost one-fifth of them. Small grocery stores including bakeries and butchers 14 percent and specialty stores 12 percent ranked as the imaginary second place including watch jewelry florists breeders shops etc. Every tenth applicant for the terminal operated a free restaurant or snack bar .We allow entrepreneurs who still do not use the usual cashless method of payment to try it for free and see the benefits. They will thus significantly facilitate their work and above all they will no longer be at a competitive disadvantage. If it does not suit them they can return it without any problems and there is no risk of sanctions says Pavel Vinkler Director of the Business Environment and Business Entrepreneurship Department.There are now 215000 terminals in the Czech Republic and more than a billion transactions are paid for by payment cards. Of this number 853 million transactions are contactless with the Czech Republic ranking first in Europe. Thanks to the Czechia Pay by Card initiative 30000 payment terminals should be added to the market within three years.The program is the result of cooperation between card companies and terminal providers namely SOB Mastercard Solitea Pay and VISA in addition to the MIT it is also supported by the Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Self-Employed Persons the Trade and Tourism Association and the Industry and Transport Association. The Association of Czech Traditional Trade A3 Soft which provides FiskalPro cash register systems and Worldline Czech republic which operates the KB SmartPay network have recently joined these entities. The joint initiative aims to help small traders and sole traders acquire payment terminals. They often do not have them mainly due to high acquisition and operating costs because lower turnover of card operations usually pays higher fees.ATO welcomes this activity of the Ministry of Industry and Trade which clearly aims to develop technologies especially for small and medium-sized enterprises often operating in rural areas. During the coronary crisis we all realized the benefits of being able to pay with credit cards and electronic meal vouchers. Of course the benefits for the trader and the customer are not only in the area of hygiene. Payments by credit cards are a convenient and hassle-free payment that allows you to avoid problems with handling and holding cash. It is great that this project is ready says Pavel Bezina Chairman of the Board of the Association of Czech Traditional Trade.KB SmartPay together with Komern banka always offer entrepreneurs above-standard services and the connection to the Czechia pays by card project was completely natural for us for this reason. In addition currently affected by the Covid-19 epidemic there is a growing demand for cashless payments and the terminals offer including free card acceptance for a year can certainly help a number of entrepreneurs re-start their business. Acceptance of cards is simple the use of cards is becoming more widespread and brings entrepreneurs an increase in turnover says KB SmartPay general manager Miloslav Bouek.
