Tanzania’s central bank has scraped card payments fees and warns merchants against adding extra charges on these transactions. The country’s apex bank and regulator said transactions from debit and credit cards at various point of sales (POS) terminals are free of charge. “One of the key measures taken is ensuring that payments made using debit,…...
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Bank of Tanzania scraps card transactions fees
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