Start-Up Aims to Encourage More Taxi Drivers to Accept Bank Cards for Fares in Turkey

By:

Dan Balaban

A Turkish start-up hopes to entice more taxi drivers to accept contactless credit and debit cards using SoftPOS terminals on Android smartphones, under a scheme being rolled out by the local fintec

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