The purchase and sale of dollars in digital platforms generated, so far in 2021, a total saving of S / 3 million in users who use this service. The figure is three times higher than the savings generated during 2020, where it reached S / 850,000, according to the financial technology company Billex.
In detail, 60% of the transactions recorded correspond to the purchase of dollars, while the remaining 40% are related to the sale of the US currency. The results are similar to those reported last year.
“With the volatility that the exchange rate has been experiencing in Peru throughout this year, as a result of the country’s economic instability, companies have also found it necessary to generate savings by exchanging their currencies online. looking for different options to achieve it, ”says Billex.
According to Javier Pineda, general manager of Billex, clients who use this digital platform receive an invoice for their operations, which allows them to recover IGV and generate additional tax savings to that already obtained with the exchange rate.
“Thus, for example, recently one of our clients made a purchase of five million dollars in the afternoon, achieved a savings of S / 200,000, received their money in less than 30 minutes from our accounts protected with trust and, in addition , obtained tax savings that exceeded S / 10,000, since it recovered IGV for S / 4,210 and obtained a tax shield for S / 7,000 ”, emphasizes Pineda.
Billex is a digital platform that has direct transactions in the six main banks in the country: BCP, Scotiabank, BBVA, Interbank, Banco Pichincha and Banbif.
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