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The sale of electronic vignettes begins today at 14:00, reported the Bulgarian National Television. 

Paper vignettes, valid next year, will be converted to electronic via the bgtol.bg site (will be available on December 17) or at the desks where they are sold at the moment.

Sofia. The terminals for the purchase of e-vignettes will operate with debit and credit cards, no cash payments. This is what Road Infrastructure Agency Chair Svetoslav Glosov said during a presentation on e-vignette purchase for cars and vehicles of up to 3.5 tonnes at self-service terminals, Focus News Agency reports.

The use of installments for credit card shopping and loans in Turkey will be governed by new regulations under a decree published in the Official Gazette on Aug. 15.

A new campaign has been launched by the Greek tax authorities to encourage tourists to make payments with credit or debit cards during their holidays in the country - and to always ask for a receipt.

Tourists are being encouraged to pay with plastic during their holidays in Greece - and to always ask for a receipt - by a new campaign from the country's tax authority.

The "Apodixi_Please" (Receipt, Please) campaign of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) is being promoted on posters and online (aade.gr/apodixi).

Greek banks are charging Greek and foreign holders of debit and credit cards issued abroad 2-3 euros every time they withdraw cash from an ATM.

The new commission fee came into effect at the end of July and was immediately noticed by both tourists and Greeks who have accounts at banks outside Greece.

Turkey's banking watchdog plans to limit consumer loans and borrowing on credit cards to support financial stability and the macroeconomic balancing process.

Istanbul police have busted a criminal gang specialized in cloning credit cards of restaurant customers and that has so far made 3 million Turkish Liras ($730,000). 

Card transactions increased some 40 percent in the first quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2017.

The use of debit and credit cards over the festive season rose to record levels, illustrating the growing prevalence of online transactions in everyday life - as well as the fragility of the system, which suffered significant glitches.