This will be a defining year for the banking process in Cuba, said Calex Edilio González Chill, coordinator of objectives and programs of the Government, for whom it is urgent that in each of the municipalities more use is made of the training that is done at the fairs. technological.
“We must advance in the use of QR codes, for establishments to be able to carry out operations through these means, for clerks to promote them, as well as the extra cash service, also available in a significant number of entities, while in banks There is a line to extract the salary from the cards,” he stated.
To date, of the 1,351 entities in the province, 998 work using Remote Banking or Virtual Bandec, while 652 are domiciled. In the case of MSMEs, which today number 317, 265 also use Remote Banking or Virtual Bandec and 155 have their payrolls domiciled, reported Yoania Ramos García, head of Electronic Banking at the Banco de Crédito y Comercio (Bandec).
He added that there are already a total of 594 extra boxes in Vueltabajo, which provide services in units in all municipalities, mainly in those that do not have ATMs.
Clara Ileana Ballart Ochoa, head of the Xetid Territorial Deployment Center, Pinar del Río, said that the most important thing is to analyze that the hundreds of physical businesses that incorporate different payment alternatives to customers through QR codes are still low. from Enzona and Transfermóvil. An indicator that, in her opinion, must continue to be reviewed, also due to the benefits it offers for both owners and clients.
Eumelín González Sánchez, governor, insisted in this year’s first meeting of the temporary working group to address banking, that we must work with the cooperative-farmer sector, review the units that do not carry out operations through these means, and consolidate this process as an essential instrument in the economy.
