[HIGHLIGHTS] Payment card: State wants to help municipalities “if necessary”.

Payment card: State wants to help municipalities “if necessary”... As of: February 6, 2024, 4:49 p.m CommentsPressSplit A payment card is shown at a press conference in the district office.

© Bodo Schackow/dpa The North Rhine-Westphalia state government has signaled to the municipalities possible financial support for the planned payment card for asylum seekers. “We assume that the introduction will probably be cost-neutral for the municipalities due to savings elsewhere,” a government spokesman said.