Geldmaat will increase the variety of branches with deposit factors within the battle in opposition to thieves

Sooner or later, entrepreneurs may have extra choices to speculate their cash. Geldmaat will increase the variety of branches with deposit machines. The safety cameras are additionally being developed.

Mayor Femke Halsema wrote this in response to questions from then VVD councilor Marianne Poot. The reply clearly took a while, because the questions had been submitted on October 22, 2021 in response to the merchandise from AT5. When requested, a spokesman for Halsema stated the questions had been ‘left unanswered by mistake’.

As a result of switch of ATMs from banks to Geldmaat, the choice for entrepreneurs to deposit their cash at coated ATMs additionally disappeared. In consequence, they’ve to speculate an increasing number of cash outdoors and in busy locations. Entrepreneurs are nervous as a result of it usually includes a number of thousand euros in cash.

Seven Geldmaat shops

Halsema writes that he understands these issues and says that Geldmaat has been engaged on addressing the issue for a while. There are actually seven Geldmaat shops within the metropolis, the place not solely can cash be withdrawn safely, however the place entrepreneurs can make investments their cash in a protected setting. “Geldmaat has introduced that he’ll increase the variety of branches with drop factors,” stated the mayor.

Though the police wouldn’t have the power to learn the way many entrepreneurs are victims of theft when investing cash annually, the mayor has no indication that there’s a wave of thefts for the time being on entrepreneurs who make investments cash.

“Much less cash in circulation”

“An increasing number of corporations are selecting to permit prospects to pay by PIN, which implies much less money is being circulated. Entrepreneurs are additionally selecting to withdraw cash. Which means they retailer giant sums of cash in safe containers and retailer it to be picked up later by a safety firm,” says Halsema.

In line with the mayor, because the takeover of Geldmaat, entrepreneurs have a number of choices to deposit their cash, particularly by sealed baggage in Geldmaat machines, in Geldmaat shops and recyclers in shops ( Primera’s particularly). There may be additionally an possibility to gather the cash with a safety transport firm.