Gumkart, an electronic money card, used at all customs locations throughout Turkey to pay duties has received the “Most Creative Solution to Pay Public Fees” award in London on Monday.
LONDON– The award, presented by Visa Europe, was given at a ceremony attended by officials from the Turkish Undersecretariat of Customs, Finance Ministry and Vakiflar Bank.
In a press conference held at the Turkish Embassy in London following the award ceremony, the Undersecretary of Turkish Customs, Ziya Altunyaldiz, said that there was no other electronic money card as “Gumkart” in any other European country. Turkey is the only country in Europe that collects customs duties by an electronic money card, “Gumkart”, Altunyaldiz said.
In 2010, 13 billion Turkish Liras (TL) of all customs duties out of a total of around 40 billion TL were paid by “Gumkart”. With the “Gumkart”, all cash payments and payments by checks for customs duties have ended, Altunyaldiz also said.
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