BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed on Tuesday a decree seeking to lower intermediation costs in the country's multi-billion-real meal voucher market, which will cap card processor fees and shorten settlement periods. Meal and food vouchers move about 170 billion reais ($31.46 billion) annually in Brazil under the Worker Food Program (PAT), created in 1976 to grant tax benefits to companies providing meals to formal employees. (Reporting by Marcela Ayres; Editing by Gabriel Araujo) (The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)
