Branches of Casas de Cambio (Cadeca) in several eastern provinces were enabled for the currency sales through the Cuban platform Ticket, which since the end of November underwent a test phase in an establishment in the city of Santa Clara.
Through its Twitter account, the financial institution informed that the branches that will offer the new service are located in the provinces of Las Tunas, Granma, Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo.
? Starting at 3:30 p.m. in the Ticket application, the following virtual establishments are enabled:
?The Tunas
?Granma@BancoCentralCub @xetid_ticket @Alberto44950647 @CadecaEva @JulioTejedaSol2 @OswaldoFdz07 pic.twitter.com/OfBOoc23JP— Official CADECA (@cadecaoficial) December 5, 2022
according to a report of the Cuban News Agency (ACN), with the use of Ticket it is intended to eliminate the face-to-face queues for the purchase of Freely Convertible Currency (MLC) in Cadeca. The goal is that before the end of January 2023, the platform will be operational in the 37 branches in the country authorized to provide the redemption service.
This tool will allow users with mobile devices (Android system) and with computers with Internet access to obtain a ticket that allows them to reserve an appointment without being physically present in the place, the newspaper specifies.
The Computing and Electronics Youth Club of each municipality will provide their spaces so that people who do not have the necessary equipment can access the platform, and they will also have the ability to advise users who need it.
They will enable a digital platform for the purchase of foreign currency in Cuba
The Cuban application, developed by the Defense Information Technology Company (Xetid), was created by as a reservation system on-line. It is available for PC (ticket.xutil.net) and through mobile devices with Android operating system at www.apklis.cu.
According to its creators, no Cadeca worker can intercede to advance or delay a reserved shift through the new computer tool.
Since last August the Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) authorized exchange operations in the 37 Cadeca offices approved for it; in each operation the client is authorized to buy up to 100 US dollars or its equivalent in another MLC.
However, with the implementation of the measure, long lines and illegal activities began to be generated around the branches authorized to offer the service, whose sales capacities are far exceeded by the amount of foreign currency demanded by the population.
From the beginning, BCC set an exchange rate close to 124 Cuban pesos (CUP) per dollar, a figure that differs notably with the price that the US currency reaches in the informal market, currently higher than 175 CUP per dollar.
