{"id":157483,"date":"2026-09-10T16:44:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/anadegas-threatens-to-remove-card-terminals-and-accept-only-cash-at-stations\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T16:44:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:44:53","slug":"anadegas-threatens-to-remove-card-terminals-and-accept-only-cash-at-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/anadegas-threatens-to-remove-card-terminals-and-accept-only-cash-at-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"ANADEGAS threatens to remove card terminals and accept only cash at stations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tension in the fuel sector: Anadegas evaluates eliminating card payments<\/h2>\n\n<p>The National Association of Gasoline Retailers (ANADEGAS) is holding a series of decisive meetings this Thursday, given the approaching deadline to implement a radical measure: the removal of card terminals (verifones) at service stations nationwide. If this action is carried out, the establishments would operate exclusively through cash payments.<\/p>\n\n<p>This stance arises as a pressure measure against the high commissions imposed by payment service providers and banking entities, which, according to the guild, significantly affect the profitability of fuel retailers.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A united front in search of solutions<\/h3>\n\n<p>The Dominican Federation of Merchants (FDC) is actively participating in the meetings, which have lasted throughout the afternoon, adding weight to the gas station owners&#8217; demands. It is expected that, upon concluding the deliberations, the association&#8217;s representatives will offer an official statement detailing the steps to be taken following the lack of a satisfactory agreement regarding profit margins.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">The threat of eliminating electronic payments resurfaces following the expiration of the deadlines granted to negotiate bank transaction fees, a point that has kept sector operators on edge.<\/p>\n<cite>Alofoke Deportes<\/cite>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background of the conflict<\/h3>\n\n<p>Juan El\u00edas P\u00e9rez, president of ANADEGAS, had previously warned that the transition to cash-only payments could be implemented at any time starting next Monday. The measure responds to the sector&#8217;s long struggle to reduce operating costs derived from the digitalization of payments at stations.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Demand for a reduction in bank commissions.<\/li><li>Search for better profit margins for retailers.<\/li><li>Possible implementation of cash-only payments due to a lack of consensus.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>The fuel industry remains in anticipation of the final resolution adopted by the union, while users await clear definitions regarding the availability of payment methods at the country&#8217;s service stations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tension in the fuel sector: Anadegas evaluates eliminating card payments The National Association of Gasoline Retailers (ANADEGAS) is holding a series of decisive meetings this Thursday, given the approaching deadline to implement a radical measure: the removal of card terminals (verifones) at service stations nationwide. If this action is carried out, the establishments would operate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[15338,10571,14056,13203],"class_list":{"0":"post-157483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-anadegas","9":"tag-cards","10":"tag-cash","11":"tag-fuels"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}