28,000 prepaid Meeza cards to be issued for state employees by October: Finance minister

28,000 prepaid Meeza cards to be issued for state employees by October: Finance minister

The electronic salary cards of some 28,000 state employees will be switched to prepaid Meeza electronic cards by October, Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait announced on Tuesday.

With the Meeza cards, employees can make online purchases and use them at ATMs to withdraw cash or pay dues.

The state is currently implementing the second pilot phase of switching all state employees' salary cards to Meeza cards, which is being carried out in Marsa Matrouh, Port Said, the Red Sea governorate, South Sinai, Alexandria, Luxor, Daqahliya, Assiut, Gharbiya and Fayoum.

Finance ministry official Emad Abdel-hamid said that the ministry targets switching 5 million state employees' electronic salary cards to prepaid Meeza cards, free of charge, in collaboration with the banking sector.

He added that the electronic payment and collection