{"id":598550,"date":"2019-05-28T03:57:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T03:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/05\/28\/fra-issues-non-banking-financial-service-e-payment-regs\/"},"modified":"2019-05-28T03:57:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T03:57:05","slug":"fra-issues-non-banking-financial-service-e-payment-regs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/05\/28\/fra-issues-non-banking-financial-service-e-payment-regs\/","title":{"rendered":"FRA issues non-banking financial service e-payment regs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>REGULATION WATCH- FRA issues e-payment regulations for non-banking financial services: <\/b>The Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has issued new regulations to ensure all non-banking financial service providers use non-cash methods when making or receiving payments exceeding the EGP 500 threshold specified by the recently-approved E-Payments Act, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fra.gov.eg\/content\/efsa_ar\/efsa_news\/efsa_777.htm\">according to an FRA statement<\/a>. The FRA-regulated providers will have to ensure loan, salary, dividend, employee health insurance and syndicate membership fee, and other payments are made electronically. All over-the-limit payments received by the providers will also have to run through online gateways.<\/p>\n<p><b>Background: <\/b>The E-Payments Act, which the House approved <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2019\/03\/12\/egypt-parliament-approves-e-payments-act\/\">last March<\/a>, makes it mandatory for government and private sector entities to make all payments to subsidiaries, suppliers, and contractors electronically. 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