Tag: debit cards

Between January and April 2019, the number of debit cards circulating in the country fell 5%, from 6.03 million to 5.71 million, and the accumulated balance of accounts associated with these plastics fell by 3%. Based on the information reported by the companies, up to...

After the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC) requested the Commission to Promote Competition (COPROCOM) on July 27, 2018, the investigation of the interbank rates market in the service of acquiring electronic payment methods, the COPROCOM states that "... it is evident from...

Not considering the costs of the collection process, nor market conditions, are some of the failures that Costa Rica banks identify in the bill being discussed in the Legislative Assembly. In December 2018, a proposal was presented that seeks that the Banco Central de Costa...

All is cool again at the country's gasoline stations. The threat of not accepting credit and debit cards starting today as announced Monday night was called off thanks to the "prompt" reaction by the Ministerio de Hacienda (Ministry of Finance). This morning, Tuesday, José Miguel...

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An apparent error in the banking system could result in gas stations across the country to stop accepting credit and debit card payments. According to the executive director of the Association of Fuel Expenders (Asociación de Expendedores de Combustible), Jose Miguel Masis, at the beginning...

The number of cards in circulation grew by 13% between January 2017 and the same month in 2018, while the balance of debt on credit cards increased by 14% in the same period. According to a quarterly study on credit and debit cards for 2018,...

Between April 2016 and April 2017, the balance of credit card debt in Costa Rica grew by 21%, equivalent to 3.7% of GDP, says a study by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC). The MEIC study, through the Directorate of Economic and Market...

Q COSTA RICA - A practice that is more common than you think, although prohibited, is retailers surcharging customers for using plastic. That is to say, at the time for paying a purchase with a debit or credit card, be it a product or...

(QCOSTARICA) The Ministry of Finance (Ministerio de Hacienda) plans to return one percentage point of sales tax to people using their plastic for purchases. The plan, if adopted, would mean consumers using plastic would effectively pay a 12% sales tax instead of 13%. The deputy minister...

(qCOSTARICA) Despite the facilities offered by various payment methods offered by the country's financial institutions, Costa Ricans still prefer to use cash, as shown by the survey "Bancarización, finance and savings in Costa Rica" by UNIMER for the Costa Rican Banking Association (Asociación Bancaria...