QR ng AUB, GCash, Metrobank, and Unionbank? I-Maya na yan!

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You can now use your Maya app to scan to pay AUB, GCash, Metrobank, and Unionbank QR codes at your favorite stores – making your payments easy and hassle-free. Similarly, the Maya QR is ready to be scanned by these different financial apps as soon as these apps make the feature available.

To start paying with Maya using the QR codes of these e-wallets and banks, just look for the QR Ph logo featuring the blue, red, and yellow design in the middle. QR Ph is the national standard for QR payments, launched by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

Spotting this design in a QR code means it is QR Ph-enabled, and you can conveniently scan it using your Maya app to pay for your purchases. Maya users will be delighted to know that they can quickly scan to pay for their purchases in more merchants nationwide wherever they see the QR Ph symbol. In the same way, users of any financial app that is QR Ph-compliant can also scan Maya QR codes to pay for their purchases.

Maya is the first fintech in the Philippines to adopt the QR Ph national standard for person-to-person payments in November 2019 and for person-to-merchant payments in April 2021. As the leader in QR Ph adoption, Maya fully supports the BSP thrust for interoperable payments, including QR Ph, making convenient cashless payments more accessible to Filipinos.

Maya is the all-in-one money app bringing Filipinos bolder ways to master their money. On top of enabling users to pay via QR, it empowers users to manage all their finances in one app. Completely free to download and register, it packs a feature-rich e-wallet, an inclusive digital bank, and everything else you need to save, spend, grow, and manage your money—right from your smartphone.

Maya is powered by the country's only end-to-end digital payments company, PayMaya Philippines, and Maya Bank for digital banking services. To know more about Maya, visit maya.ph or follow @mayaiseverything on Facebook, IG, Tiktok, and YouTube and @mayaofficialph on Twitter. Join our Telegram community at https://t.me/TeamMayaPH for Maya exclusives.

Here’s how you shop and pay using QR Ph!

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Home Credit’s customers may pay their credit card and Qwarta purchases using QR Ph

There is no doubt that Filipinos love to shop, be it in malls, online stores, or even on e-commerce platforms. It is a way for us to reward ourselves when we achieve something or if we want to simply show our appreciation to our family, friends, or loved ones.

Though shopping is fun and therapeutic, we can’t deny that counting your money in public while waiting in long queues can be the total opposite. The same goes for filling out forms that are overly long when paying for your online purchases. As much as possible, we want to shop in the most convenient and safest way possible.

Over the past years, the use of digital modes of payment, such as online bank transfers, e-wallets, and QR codes, when paying for shopping bills, utilities, etc., has increasingly been seen and patronized by Filipino consumers. These have also helped businesses safely keep and access accurate information and have real-time visibility of their money.

Now that Filipinos have been more invested in purchasing items they need or want due to revenge spending— shopping should be fast, safe, and easy. With the push QR Ph, the national QR Code standard launched by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Filipinos may instantly send and receive money using online banking or e-wallets by sharing or scanning their QR code.

QR Ph is considered a safe and secure payment method for shoppers and merchants. It offers layers of security that allow customers to control the process by scanning the code without the need to provide personal information such as PIN.

Through a mobile phone, Filipinos can generate their QR Ph code from their electronic account to make a payment. On the other hand, merchants can provide their store’s QR Ph code to be scanned by the customer’s mobile phone.

The use of QR Ph enables more consumers and businesses to participate in the digital payment ecosystem, starting with MSMEs and vendors such as sari-sari stores and tricycle drivers that will eventually help them improve and grow their businesses.

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Home Credit is the first non-bank institution in the country to issue a credit card to its customers. Its partnership with Asia United Bank (AUB) allowed Home Credit cardholders to make cardless payments through the use of quick response or QR codes, also becoming a pioneer in the QR code payment service. With QR Ph person-to-merchant (P2M) payments availability, its account holders have access to 473,000 participating merchants nationwide, including retail stores, groceries, gas stations, pharmacies, and more.

Through the My Home Credit app, account holders will only need to scan the displayed QR Ph codes to pay for their purchases in all partner stores led by GCash and Maya, paving the way for a cashless and convenient payment option for transactions. In the My Home Credit app alone, all transactions will be automatically charged to the Home Credit Card or Qwarta, which can also be checked and tracked through the mobile app.

More than 9 million My Home Credit app users can simply scan the QR Ph codes displayed in any merchant establishments using their mobile devices for goods and services, making it a faster, easier, and safer payment option.

Home Credit Philippines is a financing company duly licensed and supervised by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). To learn more about the latest updates from Home Credit Philippines, visit their official website www.homecredit.ph. You may also follow them on their official Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok accounts.

No need for a Card! BDO Unibank offers QR Code Withdrawals From Select ATMs

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Good news!  No need for a Card, as customers and clients can now make card-less, QR Code-based withdrawals from select BDO ATMs. 

 BDO Senior Vice President and Head of ATM Network & Applied Payment Solutions. Tovi Mendoza, said :

“Withdrawing using QR Codes is now available in the Philippines, Now, our clients will enjoy faster and more convenient transactions, and most importantly, limit the risk of catching COVID-19 since they will touch the ATM surface a lot less.”

"The new service will benefit those who are encouraged to stay home for their health and safety. Despite our security controls, however, we remind our clients to entrust their Withdrawal QR Codes with others prudently,” Mendoza noted.

 

How to do QR Code withdrawals

To generate a QR Code, login your BDO Digital Banking App. Click on “More” from the options. Select “Withdraw” then “Via QR.” Pick the account, input the amount, and save the QR Code.

Each QR Code is unique to each withdrawal transaction. It is valid for only 24 hours upon a generation to protect your account. BDO clarifies though that a Withdrawal QR Code is different from the Account QR Code used to Send Money.

To withdraw, tap “QR Code Transaction” on the ATM screen and allow the machine to scan your QR Code. Pick if you would like a receipt or not, then wait for the machine to dispense your cash.

Currently, there are over 100 QR-enabled ATMs in Makati City. This year, the bank is looking at installing more of these upgraded machines nationwide. Learn more about the feature, and find a branch near you at: https://www.bdo.com.ph/withdraw-via-qr-code

All Toby’s Sports Stores Now Accepts GCash-Alipay

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Toby’s Sports constantly evolves to keep up with the times. When it comes to store design, features, merchandise, and staff, Toby’s Sports maintains their stronghold and continues to push the limits of the sports retailing industry. 

Today, the largest sports retailer in the country has more than 150 brands and showcases more than 60,000 unique items in 56 branches nationwide. Thirty years later, far from their small beginnings, Toby’s Sports continues to serve millions of Filipinos and igniting their passion for sports. 

“We are looking forward to the incorporation of GCash-Alipay as a payment method in our physical stores nationwide. This partnership with Globe is definitely in line with our efforts to continuously innovate, improve overall customer experience, and to make it easier for everyone to pay for products they shop at Toby’s Sports, as well as in our two other retail chains—RUNNR and urbanAthletics,” said Toby Claudio, President of Quorum International Inc. 

GCash-Alipay is now accepted nationwide in all branches of Toby’s Sports, RUNNR and Urban Athletics. New GCash users can use the referral code GOTOBYS and get One Hundred Twenty pesos (P120.00) when they register to GCash and Scan to Pay! 

“With the joint GCash-Alipay QR, all stores of Toby’s Sports, RUNNR and Urban Athletics can now accept payments from GCash users as well as Chinese tourists who are Alipay users. We are committed to make the shopping experience more convenient through our Scan-to-pay technology which allows for an easier payment transaction via the QR code. This partnership is part of our drive to offer more merchants where our users can use GCash,” said Anthony Thomas, CEO of Mynt. Mynt if the company which operates GCash. 

Paying via QR code is now available in all Toby’s Sports, RUNNR and urbanAthletics branches in the Philippines. For GCash users, they can pay via the scan to pay feature in the GCash app, through very simple and easy steps. A customer with an iPhone or Android smartphone only needs to download or update to the latest version of the GCash app, register an account, and fund their GCash wallet at any of over 16,000 GCash partner outlets nationwide. Once done, the customer just needs to tap on “Scan QR,” point the phone’s camera at the partner’s QR code and pay.