Tag "PayMaya"

PayMaya Emerges as the First Fintech to Integrate the QR Ph Payment Option

PayMaya, a mobile wallet under the purview of PLDT, has become the first fintech company to adopt QR Ph for merchants that was launched by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in cooperation with BancNet and the Philippine Payments Management.

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AirAsia Philippines Offers Digital Payment Options by GCash and PayMaya

AirAsia is providing its customers with contactless payment options by partnering with GCash and PayMaya. The digital payment option has been available in AirAsia Philippines’ on ground stations since the 1st February 2021. Customers can use their e-wallets for cashless

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MoneyGram and PayMaya Ties Up for Real-Time Payments Using Visa Direct

MoneyGram, a provider of cross-border P2P payments and money transfers, announced a partnership with PayMaya Philippines to enable real-time payments with Visa Direct. The new digital capability will allow customers to send money from the United States to the Philippines

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Philippines Social Security to Digitise Payments Using E-Wallets and Bank Transfers

The Philippines Social Security System (SSS) has started paying funeral benefit claims through the banks and other alternative payment channels as the pension fund shifts its transactions online. Effective 22nd June 2020, funeral benefits will no longer be released through

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Philippines’ Department of Agriculture Enlists PayMaya for Loan Disbursement

The Department of Agriculture’s has announced the use of PayMaya, a mobile wallet under the purview of PLDT, to disburse loans for their Kapital Access for Young Agripreneurs (KAYA) financing program through the “KAYA” cash card. The initiative was formally

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PayMaya’s Parent Company Secures US$ 120 Million from Tencent, IFC, KKR and PLDT

PLDT, a major telco player from the Philippines, KKR, a Global investment firm, Tencent, the China-based internet giant, and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group announced the signing of agreements which will see the parties commit up to

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University of the Philippines Will Launch NFC-Powered ID Cards That Double as a Cashless Payment Card

Soon, students and employees in the University of the Philippines (UP) will say goodbye to the typical barcoded ID cards and instead be given ID cards with radio frequency identification (RFID)/near-field communication (NFC) capabilities. The University has signed a memorandum

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