The social currency has several advantages for each type of user: Individuals: It is a safe, instant and cost-free form of payment: payments to businesses, organizations or other people have no cost and are made easily, safely and quickly. Allows [...]
Every time we pay with recs we are supporting, we are voting, the economy of proximity, and therefore a real economy, more socially, economically and environmentally sustainable. In addition, we are helping to consolidate the recs network. The more money [...]
This initiative aims to promote the empowerment of citizens in a topic of general interest, how is money created and the impact on our neighborhoods. Promote that the neighborhoods are economically and socially vital, favoring that the money stays in [...]
Shopping centers, large supermarkets and online sales (e-commerce) are affecting local businesses which are in decline. The streets in the neighborhoods, without local businesses, get deserted. The feeling of insecurity increases and social relations decrease. Through the rec, the money [...]
To start, it will only be deployed to the Besòs Aix area. Therefore, it can only be spent on the registered establishments of the 10 neighborhoods. Then the pilot project, October 2019, is scheduled to extend throughout the city.
It is for all citizens who want to be part of the rec network.
In the euro zone, only the euro is the legal currency. This means that no one can be forced to pay or collect in a currency other than the euro. Social currencies (social, local, etc.) are accepted voluntarily and serve [...]
The project is based on the values of a social currency, to be a means of digital payment complementary to the euro, with a social orientation and ethics at the service of the needs of the population (community currency) and [...]
The pilot project will finish in October 2019 when the B-MINCOME ends, at which time the rec is expected to continue. The idea is that the currency expands throughout the city of Barcelona and that more users, more businesses and [...]
The social currency is born from the merger between initiatives of the city’s organizations and Barcelona’s City Council's commitments. It is materialized in the B-MINCOME urban innovation pilot project, the objective of which is to promote actions to combat poverty [...]
