The project establishes that companies should consider as improper collection the credit or debit transactions related to illegal gambling.
The rapporteur, Senator Davi Alcolumbre (DEM-AP), is in favor of the Project, which extends the ban on prepaid cards, also known as electronic coins. But it delegates to the Central Bank the responsibility to regulate the control mechanisms. If it is approved, the text goes to the Chamber of Deputies.
Modification
The original text prohibited credit and debit card transactions involving gambling and, in case of noncompliance with the rule, submitted the card administrators to the Consumer Defense Code (Law 8.078, of 1990).
The proposal was rejected by the Commission for Science, Technology, Innovation, Communication and Information Technology (CCT), which it considered as excessive to assign payment card managers the task of identifying the nature of the transaction between suppliers and consumers.
Alcolumbre chose to give the National Monetary Council and the Central Bank the power to regulate the issue.
"These authorities have in-depth knowledge about the financial industry, and monitor it continuously. Regulating the issue may be the appropriate way to give an effective response to this type of problem," noted the rapporteur.
Source: GMB
