{"id":3580,"date":"2020-04-21T06:49:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T06:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/?p=3580"},"modified":"2020-04-21T06:49:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T06:49:15","slug":"sama-asked-to-use-atm-card-for-all-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/sama-asked-to-use-atm-card-for-all-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"SAMA asked to Use ATM card for All payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) in Saudi Arabia to National program to combat commercial cover-up have announced everyone to use ATM cards for all kind of Shopping to reduce cash transactions.<\/p>\n<p>Also directed all the small shopping stores, supermarts, Bakhalas &amp; Tamwinat to arrange electronic methods for usage or debit or credit cards to receive payments from the customers.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone  wp-image-3581 aligncenter\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 827 530'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SAMA-asked-to-Use-ATM-card-for-All-payments-SaudiExpatriate.com_.jpg\" alt=\"SAMA asked to Use ATM card for All payments-SaudiExpatriate.com\" width=\"827\" height=\"530\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This step was taken by the government to stop the spread of Coronavirus in the kingdom. As using Cash will spread Coronavirus from people to people.<\/p>\n<p>World Health Organization(WHO) is also pushing people to use contact-less payments.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority has also issued directives to extend all ATM Cards validity of all banks and also asked banks to stop freezing stagnant accounts.<\/p>\n<p>These directives are in tandem with the efforts being exerted by SAMA to counter the fallout of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) in Saudi Arabia to National program to combat commercial cover-up have announced everyone to use ATM cards for all kind of Shopping to reduce cash [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" 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