The possibility was managed by the Municipality and MercadoPago, based on a complaint from the Uruguayan Car Care Association regarding the lower use of cash by drivers.
The car guards of Montevideo may begin to charge for their services by transfer after a claim for lack of cash that drivers usually have. The possibility was managed by the Municipality of the capital of Uruguay with the platform MercadoPago.
The capital’s car guards grouped in the recently created Car Care Association of Uruguay They have the possibility of charging drivers through MercadoPago, the electronic payment platform Free market. The news was reported by Montevideo Portal, after the president of the association, Graciela Rodríguez, The novelty of the operation will bring them closer; and that it was confirmed by the director of Social Development of the Municipality of Montevideo (IM), Mercedes Clara.
According to Rodríguez, about 25 car attendants completed the procedure on Thursday to be able to collect through the digital platform. The president of the Car Care Association of Uruguay He maintained that “the benefit is the same as always: people will give if they want to give and if they don’t want, they won’t give.” This possibility was opened after the claim of the sector, which began to “suffer” from the limitations of the payment methods during the last year, given a greater preference for electronic media by Uruguayans.
“There are people who do, who are interested in giving you, who are looking, and they only have a card. So, [con esta habilitación] You can ask them if they want to do it with MercadoPago”, explained Rodríguez, in this regard. From now on, car attendants have the tool for people to send them money through a QR code.
For her part, the director of Social Development of the IM explained that last Thursday’s event was a “pilot plan” and that, as of Friday, the possibility was enabled for other caregivers to join the initiative. “The idea is that they continue joining,” Clara commented, adding that this arises as a result of “a complaint from them,” since “it is becoming more and more difficult for them to collect tip”.
In this regard, he pointed out that the car attendants will not be charged any percentage for using the service, and explained that MercadoPago “is not making” money with the initiative. “What the IM did was make the link between MercadoLibre and Fuecys”, said Clara, referring to the Uruguayan Federation of Employees of Commerce and Servicesof which the Car Care Association is a part.
Source: Ambito
