2024-01-04 12:09:29
He parks along the Quai Jacques-Chirac, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower (7th century), waiting for the next customer. Its terminal glows green. This Wednesday morning, Rachid (first name has been changed), a Parisian taxi, dropped off an American tourist on the left bank after picking him up at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport. “He paid with his MasterCard, I refused his American Express, because I lost a few euros in commission,” he explains.
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Its payment terminal, from the SumUp brand, this small white device, is stored in the door. “At the end of each trip, I ask the customer how they want to pay for the service, the bank card option is always offered,” assures this Parisian driver who has been in practice for around ten years. An assertion recently contradicted by the Minister of Transport, Clément Beaune.
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