The mobile wallet app PayMaya on Monday has launched its newest “PayMayaguinaldo” campaign this holiday season where users could have a chance to win P1 million in the grand raffle draw just by going cashless in their transactions.

“We want to give all our users even more rewards this holiday season, on top of all the cash backs and other promos you get to enjoy, whether they use the PayMaya app via QR, either bills, buy load, or shop online,” said PayMaya’s Growth and Marketing Director Mark Dee.

With PayMayaguinaldo, shoppers could also take home part of the weekly prizes of up to P285,000 until January 10, 2021. This is also an opportunity to help micro-entrepreneurs around the country.

“This is our way of thanking our customers for embracing the cashless lifestyle with PayMaya this year, and ensuring that they enjoy speed and convenience transactions whenever they use PayMaya,” he added.

How does it work?

Users could get a raffle entry for every time they #ScanToPay via PayMaya QR when shopping online or purchase any of its shop items, whether it’s an e-load, grab rides, treats, gaming pins, and more.

“Through our ‘PayMayaguinaldo’ campaign, we hope to inspire hope and generosity among Filipinos as we offer them more reasons to give to their friends and families, share their blessings to their officemates, and even give back to underprivileged communities whenever they pay using their PayMaya accounts,” Dee said.

He emphasized that the latest offer is on top of the “BalikBayad” or cashback that users get whenever they purchased with PayMaya.

PayMaya partners with the country’s biggest malls, retailers, and merchants

For the first time, PayMaya has also partnered with merchants to create its very own PayMayaguinaldo Christmas store in its app.

Users can simply visit the store in the app to check out the various promos, voucher codes, discounts that they can enjoy in prestigious brands and stores such as Unilever, Goldilocks, Rustan’s, Boozy, Sariwon Korean Barbecue, Soban K-Town Grill, Boteyju, Wingzone, Pepi Cubano, Papermoon, Freshmart, Memo Xpress, Vamos, and Pet Warehouse, among others.

“By choosing to pay cashless with PayMaya this holiday season, you will not only help prevent the spread of the virus, but you get the support the growth in the recovery of our economy as well,” said PayMaya’s QR Ecosystems Director Raymund Villanueva.

“In that regard, we have also partnered with a country’s biggest malls, retailers, merchants, so that Filipinos can still enjoy their holiday shopping in a safe and convenient manner, but we have also made that experience more rewarding,” he added.

PayMaya donation efforts

In the past several months, PayMaya has reached over P30 million in donations from users all over the world for those affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and the recent typhoons.

“We thank you for all your generosities because every peso that they received will definitely help alleviate the hardships and the difficulties that we are currently facing,” Dee said.

PayMaya is a “free” mobile wallet app that caters to people’s needs to seamless financial transactions using a mobile phone. It could be used to buy load, send money, make bank transfers, pay bills, scan-to-pay via QR, purchase items in-store, and more.