Card Payments Initiative

The topic of the meeting was the continuation of cooperation on the initiative to introduce card payments in public administration offices as well as online for citizens and businesses. Also, a number of issues focusing on the digitization of public administration and Croatian society were discussed.

Ms. Doko Jelušić expressed AmCham’s support for continuation of implementation the of card payments initiative. Card companies and banks, AmCham members, also strongly support implementation on the initiative.

Minister Malenica and his associates stated that the project of introducing card payments in public administration is in the final stage of implementation and a public procurement is being prepared for a campaign that would familiarize general public with the initiative. The merger of public administration offices with county offices should not be an obstacle to project implementation. Citizens would be able to pay administrative fees at the county offices through POS devices, as well as additional services for services offered by individual counties.

Further cooperation between the Ministry of Public Administration and AmCham was agreed in the issue of card payments initiative, especially regarding familiarization of citizens to the services offered by county offices.