Over 5,000 applications were received on yesterday’s first day of the 4th round of voucher funding for purchase and POS interface.

As the Ministries of National Economy and Finance and Digital Governance have emphasized in their announcement, the 4th financing round, which covers part of the cost, for the purchase of POS and its interface with the cash register, as well as for a number of additional digital needs of businesses.

The aid is in the form of a voucher and each beneficiary can use it at approved suppliers of the “Digital Transactions” Program.

It should be noted that the “Digital Transactions” Program of the Ministries of National Economy and Finance and Digital Governance is part of the action “Digital Transformation of SMEs”, which is implemented by the Ministry of Digital Governance and the Information Society (KtP M.A.E.), within the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan Greece 2.0 with the financing of the European Union – Next Generation EU.

The application is made through the digitalsme.gov.gr platform and those interested will have the right to submit an application until Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in the following categories:

• Category 1: Provision of a new or replacement of an existing EFT/POS.

• Category 3: Obtain e-invoicing provider services & invoicing software.

• Category 4: VAT & ADIME upgrade for EFT/POS interface.

• Category 5: Replacement of EAFDSSS, except catering businesses.

• Category 6: Replacement of FIM (FTM or ADIME or EAFDSSS) of catering businesses.

In addition, the start of the 5th funding cycle is expected for those companies that did not join the previous cycles and are eligible for funding.

It is worth noting that from the first 3 financing cycles, the corresponding vouchers have been approved for 121,138 businesses for the purchase/replacement of POS, with the amount of financing amounting to 18.1 million euros and for 169,837 businesses to cover part of the interconnection costs of POS with cash registers, with the amount of financing amounting to 22.5 million euros.