{"version":"1","article":{"id":"congo-brazzaville-payment-terminals-money-transfer-agents","slug":"congo-brazzaville-payment-terminals-money-transfer-agents","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/congo-brazzaville-payment-terminals-money-transfer-agents","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/congo-brazzaville-payment-terminals-money-transfer-agents?lang=en","title":"Congo presents payment terminals to money-transfer operators","summary":"The ARTF promoted digital payments and tax compliance; 200 of 1,000 planned terminals were available.","category":"finance","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-06T17:58:54+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-06T17:58:54+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-10-05","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Ministère des Finances, du Budget et du Portefeuille public de la République du Congo","url":"https://www.finances.gouv.cg/fr/articles/pr%C3%A9sentation-tpe-artf_051026","checkedAt":"2026-10-06","publishedAt":"2026-10-05"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/congo-brazzaville-payment-terminals-money-transfer-agents","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/congo-brazzaville-payment-terminals-money-transfer-agents?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/congo-brazzaville-payment-terminals-money-transfer-agents","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/congo-brazzaville-payment-terminals-money-transfer-agents?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/congo-brazzaville-payment-terminals-money-transfer-agents","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/congo-brazzaville-payment-terminals-money-transfer-agents?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/congo-brazzaville-payment-terminals-money-transfer-agents","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/congo-brazzaville-payment-terminals-money-transfer-agents?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/congo-brazzaville-payment-terminals-money-transfer-agents","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/congo-brazzaville-payment-terminals-money-transfer-agents?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["The Republic of Congo’s Agency for the Regulation of Money Transfers (ARTF) presented electronic payment terminals to the Muslim community in Brazzaville on 5 October. The finance ministry said the outreach seeks to encourage operators in the informal money-transfer sector to comply with regulation.","ARTF Director General Jean Claude Basile Bazebi said 200 of a planned 1,000 terminals were available to connect operators. The ministry linked the initiative to digitisation under the 2026 Finance Law and said it should help collect taxes on transfer transactions. It gave no rollout timetable, coverage data or realised revenue figures."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The ARTF promoted digital payments and tax compliance; 200 of 1,000 planned terminals were available.\n\nThe Republic of Congo’s Agency for the Regulation of Money Transfers (ARTF) presented electronic payment terminals to the Muslim community in Brazzaville on 5 October. The finance ministry said the outreach seeks to encourage operators in the informal money-transfer sector to comply with regulation.\n\nARTF Director General Jean Claude Basile Bazebi said 200 of a planned 1,000 terminals were available to connect operators. The ministry linked the initiative to digitisation under the 2026 Finance Law and said it should help collect taxes on transfer transactions. It gave no rollout timetable, coverage data or realised revenue figures.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"finance","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/finance-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic financial system with a vault door, columns and unmarked coins.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"finance","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/finance-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic financial system with a vault door, columns and unmarked coins.","language":"en"}}}