From words to concrete facts
Dialogue, synergy and will… result… resolution of critical issues.
Unione Sammarinese Commercio e Turismo has always been committed, in the role that belongs to it, through dialogue with its associates in the search for possible resolutions of the many critical issues that afflict entrepreneurial companies.
In this case, after many words and meetings, thanks to the synergy created between our association in the person of the representative of the fuel category Luca Fabbri, thanks to the fuel distributors of the Republic, thanks to ASE-CC in the person of Dir. Denis Cecchetti, thanks at BKN301 in the person of Stiven Muccioli and his staff, an important goal was achieved with the resolution of the problem regarding the non-acceptance of credit cards in self-service columns during closing hours, in fact, in the coming months, finally, all consumers have the possibility to pay by credit / debit card in all fuel self-services present in the Republic of San Marino.
Brief history: after the advent of the Tpay circuit in 2019, the credit card payment service in the Self-service columns was interrupted. This has produced, in addition to the missed collections by the merchants, huge and lost revenues also for the state coffers.
Since 2019 we have been immediately activated to restore the service and dare the possibility of paying with credit / debit cards even in the fuel self-services of the Republic.
Thanks to the dialogue, the synergy but above all the will of all the aforementioned parties, we are pleased to announce that in the near and very short future it will again be possible to pay by credit / debit card in the self-service columns of petrol stations in the Republic.
On the one hand, BKN301 financed and completed in November 2021 the necessary certifications of all the models of the Self-service columns, while, on the other hand, all the distributors investing in the replacements or upgrades of the Self-service columns and related hardware and software.
The USC management intends to express a big thank you first of all to the exhibitors concerned for their commitment, perseverance and for the investments they are making in their companies.
Furthermore, we thank the Director of ASE-CC Denis Cecchetti for the sensitivity and interest shown by placing the problem at the center by making the directly related parties dialogue.
Thanks to Stiven Muccioli (BKN301) for having technically found out as soon as received knowledge of this particular lack of payment service in the Republic.
We have always affirmed this, and the numbers confirm it, that the fuel sector pays and guarantees huge revenues in the state coffers, and now, thanks to a new technical implementation, we can predict in advance that revenues can increase by several percentage points.
We ask all the institutions to consider more towards this sector and towards all the sectors existing in the Republic since, as demonstrated also in this juncture, if there is dialogue, synergy and will, operational solutions can be found to any problem or impediment ” working “of companies in all sectors present in the Republic.
If you want, you can!
Press release
Sammarinese Trade and Tourism Union