Foreign tourists will be able to pay with electronic wallets at an exchange rate that will be referenced to financial dollars, reported the Central Bank.
The norm will come into force as of today and equalizes the payment with QR of foreign wallets to those made with debit and credit cards issued by banks abroad.
To this end, foreign operators of these wallets must reach agreements with local administrators to be able to transfer to their financial users the benefit of making payments with QR in businesses throughout the country.
In this way, the consumption of foreign tourists made through electronic wallets that imply a debit in their bank or virtual accounts can also be settled at an exchange rate that has financial dollars as a reference.
By using this method of payment, the exchange rate for foreign tourists will become the one that governs the so-called MEP dollar, which yesterday traded around $431.
The Central Bank recalled that up to now the following service operations have benefited from this same measure:
-Consumption collections made by non-residents through debit, credit, purchase or prepaid cards issued abroad.
-Charges for any type of tourist service in the country contracted by non-residents, including those contracted through wholesale agencies and/or travel and tourism retailers in the country.
-Charges for transport services of non-resident passengers with destination in the country by land.
