Software error: 5000 companies from Bavaria are waiting for Corona help - now banks have to step in

Around 5000 companies from Bavaria are waiting for Corona aid.

Since the money will probably not come before January, banks should help out now.

Guilt is a software bug.

Munich - It should be quick and unbureaucratic help for companies - especially for those companies that are again hit hard by the measures against the second wave.

The Federal Government's bridging aid II should help out of the Corona imbalance.

The first applications were made in October.

But by Friday only 127 aid had been paid out, the

.

According to this, around 5000 companies should still wait for the money requested.

The EU is to blame for the delay - and the processing software.

The EU Commission only approved the aid four weeks after the application period began.

From circles of confidants of the processes it is said that there are now problems with the software that the federal government had developed.

Speaking of #Coronahilfe:

With us in #Neuland, the 32-page application for #CoronaSoforthilfe can now be downloaded online, but must then be filled out by hand and faxed back to the #Finance Ministry ...

Alternatively: Registered mail with acknowledgment of

receipt

!

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- 😷 Fatty bomber 😷 (@desaster_tweets) November 19, 2020

Corona emergency aid: Now the banks have to step in

Now banks are supposed to help bridge the time until the state aid is paid out.

"The money for the

aid will not come before January," it said from business circles.

Anyone who has submitted an application could

receive

a

bridging loan

from their house bank

- this is the idea that the banking associations are currently exploring with the IHK Munich and Upper Bavaria.

The IHK processes all applications in Bavaria on behalf of the state government.

The #LockdownLight is being extended.

This decision by the Chancellor and the country leaders is painful for companies in #Bavaria, says @IHK_MUC_Praes.

Now help has to be implemented quickly, otherwise there is a risk of businesses failing!

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- IHK Munich (@IHK_MUC) November 26, 2020

Bavaria's

had complained: "Many restaurateurs, hoteliers, cinemas and fitness studios have been sitting on dry land for weeks with no sales." The Bavarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry warned that companies should know when they should get the money they urgently need. otherwise many would be facing the end.

The Corona emergency aid has also come under fire, not least because cases of fraud occur again and again.

The authorities recently targeted an Islamic cultural association in Berlin.

Several premises in Berlin-Neukölln were searched.

(dpa / kat)