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<\/a> The Finance Ministry will make electronic payment of gov\u2019t fees mandatory by early May<\/b> for amounts exceeding EGP 500, according to a ministry statement<\/a>. The ministry is planning to have installed by April some 22k ATMs and points-of-sale (PoS) across government service offices. We picked up a Cabinet statement last November<\/a> saying all transactions would have to go electronic by January, but the date seems to have been pushed back. The move is part of the ministry\u2019s new billing system<\/a>, and of the government\u2019s plan to gradually transition towards a cashless, paperless economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Finance Ministry will make electronic payment of gov\u2019t fees mandatory by early May for amounts exceeding EGP 500, according to a ministry statement. The ministry is planning to have installed by April some 22k ATMs and points-of-sale (PoS) across government service offices. 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