VeritasPay targets 40% more merchants in 2026
VeritasPay Philippines Inc. aims to grow its merchant network by 30% to 40% this year as more businesses across the country adopt digital payment options. The payment solutions provider also…
EastWest enables Google Pay for debit cardholders nationwide
Philippine bank EastWest has enabled support for Google Pay on its debit cards, allowing customers to make payments using their smartphones or compatible wearables. With the update, EastWest debit cardholders…
EastWest makes New Year payments easier with Google Pay
Google Pay is now available in the Philippines for compatible Android and Wear OS devices, allowing EastWest credit cardholders to pay using their phones instead of physical cards. EastWest is…
Maya and Pepsi team up to digitize trade payments
Maya, a digital bank and payments provider, has partnered with Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines Inc. (PCPPI) to bring digital solutions to over 200,000 distributors and retailers across the country, including sari-sari…
Visa: Gen Z’s financial habits shape future of digital payments
According to a study by Visa, a global digital payments company, Gen Z is changing how people manage money, As these young adults, who are in their 20s and 30s,…
GCash expands reach as 3M merchants in Japan accept QR pay
Filipino travelers can now make cashless payments at more locations in Japan with finance aoo GCash. Thanks to its partnership with Alipay+ and Japan’s PayPay, the GCash Global Pay feature…
Booking.com, Antom partnership to expand local payment options across Asia
Booking.com, an online travel platform, has teamed up with Antom, a merchant payment and digitization services provider under Ant International, to improve payment options for customers in Asia. The partnership…
beep cards now accepted at GHL Systems payment terminals
AF Payments Inc., the company behind the beep card, has partnered with GHL Systems Philippines, a payment service provider with a nationwide presence, to enable beep card payments at GHL-operated…
Alipay+ links global travelers to merchants in 66 markets
Alipay+, a cross-border mobile payment solution developed by Ant International, now connects 35 international payment partners with over 90 million merchants in 66 markets. This development comes ahead of the…
GCash enhances music tourism with travel insurance, cashless options
Filipinos are increasingly combining vacations with concerts, creating a growing trend in music tourism. To support this, finance app GCash offers a range of services to make travel and payments…
Ant International advances AI to secure cross-border payments
Ant International, a financial technology firm based in Singapore, is expanding its use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance cross-border transaction security and efficiency for nearly 100 million small and…
Visa rolls out second contactless payment system for public transit in PH
Digital payments processor Visa has launched its second contactless payment initiative in the Philippines, partnering with Good Transport Solutions Inc. (GTSI) and GHL to enable cashless payments on modern jeepneys…
Visa survey reveals Filipino travelers’ shift to contactless payments
As the holiday season approaches, a survey by global digital payments processor Visa shows that Filipinos are changing the way they travel, shop, and pay. According to the Green Shoots…
Visa enables contactless payments in Cebu and Mandaue transit
Visa, a digital payments processor, launched its first transit project in the Philippines, collaborating with Good Transport Solutions Inc. (GTSI) and GHL to introduce contactless payments on modern jeepneys in…
Visa broadens payment options in the Philippines with e-wallet partnerships
Visa, a digital payments processor, has expanded its consumer offerings in the Philippines by forging partnerships with different e-wallet platforms. Visa aims to provide cardholders with enhanced flexibility in their…
GCash Global Pay enables travelers to use cashless payments in Japan
For people with Japan on their travel bucket list for 2024 or planning trips abroad this year, GCash offers a seamless travel experience with GCash Global Pay, eliminating the need…
Visa: PH market sees steady rise in cashless payments
Visa, a global payments processing company, attributes the surge in cashless payments in the Philippines to the growing number of establishments and companies embracing emerging technology over cash transactions. The…
Visa sees increase in use of cashless payments in PH
Citing convenience and safety, 89% of consumers in the Philippines showed an increasing preference for the use of mobile wallets or e-wallets in 2022, according to the latest Visa Consumer…
LRT-1 commuters can now buy tickets via Maya app
Passengers taking LRT-1 (Roosevelt-Baclaran) can now purchase their single-journey tickets using Maya, a digital banking app. Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC), the operator of LRT-1, and Maya, have started implementing…
Jollibee now accepts Visa card payments in stores
Digital payments company Visa partners with Jollibee to make cashless payments available in over 1,000 branches of the fast-food chain’s stores nationwide. This marks the first time that Jollibee is…
Businesses can now pay PEZA fees with Maya
Enterprises in the PEZA (Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)) zones, including business process outsourcing (BPO) companies and factories, can now make advance payments, pay for registrations and administrative processing, and…
ShopeePay posts significant user growth since launch in 2019
ShopeePay is enhancing and introducing new features as it saw significant user and user growth since it was first launched in 2019. According to its own data, there was an…
More Filipinos adopt cashless transactions in 2021— Visa
As proof that more and more Filipinos are embracing digital payments than before the pandemic hit, a Visa study found that 60% of Filipinos now are carrying less cash in…
Scale up your business with PayMaya and Shopify
To encourage and reward more entrepreneurs to grow and scale their business online, PayMaya, together with Shopify and PLDT Home Biz, have launched the Scale Up promo, offering attractive prizes…
IDC recognizes financial services provider PayMaya for fintech innovations
Digital financial services provider PayMaya won two major awards at the Philippines’ first-ever IDC Future Enterprises Awards. PayMaya was recognized for its innovations that have led to accelerated digital payments…
MTRCB taps PayMaya for online payments
The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) is accelerating its digital transformation efforts with PayMaya’s online payment solutions to ensure safer and more convenient transactions between Filipino movie…
PayMongo joins Visa’s rapid seller onboarding program
Online payment processor PayMongo becomes the first partner in the Philippines to join Visa’s Rapid Seller Onboarding program. This program simplifies the onboarding process and will enable small to medium…
PayMaya named as BSP’s outstanding partner in driving financial inclusion
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas recognized PayMaya as an Outstanding Partner at the recently held 2021 Outstanding BSP Stakeholders’ Appreciation Ceremony, themed “Pagpupugay at Pagkilala…sa Gitna ng Hamon ng Pandemya.”…
Manila Doctors Hospital partners with PayMaya for cashless payments
Manila Doctors Hospital (MDH) tapped PayMaya to enable its healthcare system with digital payment technologies. From on-site medical checkups to drive-thru laboratory services and online health consultations, MDH patients can…
PayMaya powers Land Registration Authority’s online payment platform
Online transactions with the Land Registration Authority (LRA) may soon be paid using a PayMaya account or any credit or debit, and prepaid card, as well as other e-wallets. The…