They will face a fine professionals and the self-employed which will not be included in the payment system IRIS. The debtor’s mobile phone must be connected to a business account, which in banking terminology is called a “checking account”.

For the self-employed, activation takes place through their business account. The deadline for joining the system is Monday, September 2. A fine of 1,500 euros is foreseen for those liable who do not register with IRIS by the deadline.

Messages are sent from AADE to debtors who have not yet connected.

As the Ministry of National Economy and Finance notes in its announcement:

“On Monday, September 2nd, the deadline for freelancers and the self-employed to connect their professional account to the direct payment system expires (in Greece, the IRIS system is currently operating). Through this system, they are allowed to accept direct payments from their customers and benefit from the significant advantages offered by the service such as significantly reduced or even no cost of commissions as well as speed in the processing of transactions”.

To date, there are 400,000 freelancers and self-employed people registered with the service, of which 240,000 have activated the instant payment system this year. In fact, in recent weeks, the rate of registration to the service is five times higher than in the previous period.

A total of 12 banks now provide the service: Alpha Bank, National Bank, Eurobank, Piraeus Bank, Cooperative Bank of Epirus, Viva.com, Optima Bank, Attica Bank, Pankritia Bank, Cooperative Bank of Thessaly, Cooperative Bank of Karditsa and Cooperative Bank of Chania.