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Carlos Gonzales, an entrepreneur in the tourism sector in Cusco, shares his experience supporting the formalization and digital payment of wages in his company. For him, the digitalization of wages payments is not a cost but a benefit, as it…
Local actors in the financial system in Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru are strengthening their capacities to promote digital wage payments, accelerate financial inclusion and contribute to formalization. Representatives from Banco Central de Reservas del Perú, Asociación de Bancos del Perú,…
The Chambers of Commerce of Cusco and La Libertad, the Centro Ecuménico de Promoción y Acción Social (CEDEPAS) Norte, the Centro de Integrado Formaliza Perú of La Libertad region, the national programme Tu Empresa of La Libertad and Cusco and…
Discover how wage payment methods can enhance savings and digital financial service usage through the testimony of Dora Candia, operations assistant at a tourism agency. The ILO’s Global Centre for Digital Wages for Decent Work woks with public and private…
The ILO’s Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work, in partnership with the Regional Direction of Foreign Trade, Tourism and Handicrafts Cusco (GERCETUR), organized in Cusco the training course “Financial Education for MSMEs in the tourism sector”, to develop…
The ILO’s Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work and the Cusco Chamber of Commerce organized the first validation and training of trainers workshop on responsible digitization of wage payments for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Cusco, Peru,…
A small entrepreneur in Peru shares her experiences and lessons learnt from wage digitization. From an employer’s perspective, she emphasizes that the shift from cash requires proper documentation for timely transfers and open communication with employees to cultivate awareness.
On 29 August 2023, in the city of Trujillo, a first awareness raising workshop for local stakeholders was held to promote the responsible payment of digital wages: the payment of wages in bank accounts or electronic wallets.
Digital wage payments (through bank accounts, mobile money wallets or prepaid cards) can benefit workers and enterprises and contribute to achieving public policy goals. But the transition from cash to responsible digital wages brings challenges such as limited financial infrastructure…