Get P5 Balik Bayad per liter when you #ScanToPay with PayMaya QR! PayMaya fuels a safe and rewarding experience at Petron

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Digital financial services PayMaya has teamed up with Petron Corporation to provide a safe and contactless payment experience to motorists fueling up at participating Petron stations nationwide. 

To pay, motorists can simply scan the PayMaya QR code using their PayMaya app, or use their debit or credit cards as well as other e-Wallet accounts through the One by PayMaya all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) device.

“Offering contactless payment options at our stations is among our top priorities as we embrace the ‘new normal’. We are happy to partner with PayMaya to deliver a safe but also rewarding experience to all our customers nationwide by allowing them to pay using their mobile phones or payment cards. This way, we can further minimize contact between our customers and service station personnel,” said Petron VP for National Sales Archie B. Gupalor. 

"Along with our various efforts to help the transportation sector go cashless, we are excited to work with Petron and their customers to pay using PayMaya QR or other contactless payment methods. Digital payments ensure that the entire transportation chain–from commuters paying in taxis to motorists fueling up at stations– can have safer and more convenient experience." said Shailesh Baidwan, President of PayMaya.  

Encouraging a safer way to pay 

To encourage motorists to use this safer way to pay, PayMaya is offering rewarding perks as part of its PayMaya Preferred program with Petron. Until September 30, 2020, they can easily get P5 Balik Bayad per liter when they spend a minimum of P300 (P100 starting on August 15) and #ScanToPay using PayMaya QR at a Petron station. They can enjoy this perk and earn up to P500 Balik Bayad per month as long as their PayMaya account is upgraded. 

If their PayMaya account is not yet upgraded during the transaction, there's no need to worry because they can still get a one-time Balik Bayad of P30 for a minimum spend of P250 (P100 starting on August 15) --they just have to make sure to upgrade their account after the transaction to receive this perk. 

What’s even better is that this offer can be availed on top of the 1%, 10%, or 100% Balik Bayad QR promo capped at P500 Balik Bayad per month. Not only is paying via PayMaya QR safer and more convenient, it’s also definitely more rewarding. 

So the next time you need to gas up at Petron, make sure to #ScanToPay with PayMaya QR. To get more details on this promo, visit https://www.paymaya.com/deals/petron. You can also check out paymaya.com/deals for more of PayMaya’s exciting promos.  

If you don’t have your own PayMaya account yet, it’s easy to sign up and start enjoying the perks that come with having one. Just download the PayMaya app for Android or iOS at https://official.paymaya.com/CAK1/425eb133, register your own account, and start shopping with the fastest, safest, and most rewarding, to pay for anything online or in stores.

Remember, when you need to gas up, don’t pay cash. PayMaya! Don’t forget to also follow @PayMayaOfficial on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more news and updates. 

PayMaya is the only end-to-end digital payments ecosystem enabler in the Philippines with platforms and services that cut across consumers, merchants, and government. Aside from providing payments acceptance for the largest e-Commerce, food, retail, and gas merchants in the Philippines, PayMaya enables national and social services agencies as well as local government units with digital payments and disbursement services.   

Through its app and wallet, PayMaya provides millions of Filipinos with the fastest way to own a financial account with over 40,000 Add Money touchpoints nationwide, more than double the total number of traditional bank branches in the Philippines combined. Its Smart Padala by PayMaya network of over 30,000 partner touchpoints nationwide serves as last mile digital financial hubs in communities, providing the unbanked and underserved with access to services.

To know more about PayMaya's products and services, visit www.PayMaya.com or follow @PayMayaOfficial on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 

RPA Tech: Empowering Workforce, Automating the Future

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Robots have been around for years, working side by side with humans in ways never imagined before. They make lives easier as they serve as tools that complement how people live, work, and play. They also help in performing simple, repetitive tasks faster and more precise, making them the perfect “assistants.” 

In modern workplaces, there is the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technology, a term that is heard more and more. For some IT professionals, RPA does not require further explanation. But others need a bit of help. What is it, really? 

  

RPA works just like “virtual assistant,” aimed at automating business processes. By using this technology, businesses can configure software or “robots” to capture and interpret applications for processing a transaction, manipulating data, triggering responses, and communicating with other digital systems to emulate the way people work, without disrupting the business. 

  

RPA is not yet ‘deep learning’ like Artificial Intelligence (AI), solving global problems with automated algorithms, but if you can teach it, then you can use it to automate processes. It is most helpful in cutting costs, increasing efficiency, accelerating speed-to-market, and achieving compliance. 

  

By automating repetitive, rule-based tasks, businesses can optimize their business operations—for instance, running operational costs, monitoring working queues, updating system records, creating incident logs, and enabling business improvements.  

  

Perhaps, less obvious is RPA’s positive impact on employee satisfaction. Free from the burden of mundane, repetitive processes, employees have more time for interaction, innovation, and delivering better value to the company and customers.  

  

With the onset of RPA, more “virtual assistants” will appear at the office. What do they exactly do? Here are some of RPA’s applications, as listed by Fujitsu Philippines, Inc., one of the country’s leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) system integrators:  

  

Faster and error-free Order Processing. 

Manual processing of orders leaves a business open to processing errors, fulfillment delays, and lack of visibility, which drain resources and hinders customer service. It may even hurt your reputation.  

  

With RPA, it can help streamline the process as it automatically checks the price, verifies it against the sales order, and posts them directly on your enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform or any back-office applications. 

  

Stress-free Financial Closing. 

RPA can also help ease and reduce error risk of the painstaking process of opening hundreds of excel files and manually reconciling data for financial closing.  

  

Remote Workflow Automation. 

With just an email or thru a portal, you can command Fujitsu’s RPA to execute tasks, anytime and anywhere. RPA reduces the need for a laptop with higher specs and the consumption of electricity and internet data. It also asks for the next steps to proceed. 

  

Fujitsu Philippines has been helping local organizations across various industries in automating their business processes through its RPA solution offerings. With its local knowledge that comes from its nearly five decades of operations in the country, the company has gained rich experience and best practices in executing pilot projects and scaling-up across the enterprise. 

  

Aside from the benefits that organizations can get from RPA, Fujitsu also ensures that the integration of solutions is unobtrusive with legacy systems, as well as accurate and consistent 24X7. They also work with their clients on upskilling employees with automation or partner with them to co-create their automation journey. Fujitsu also provides strong support through their local and regional teams.  

To know more about Fujitsu Philippines Inc., visit the website at http://www.fujitsu.com/ph.  

Join the Shopee Mom’s Club and Enjoy Exclusive Perks from New Brand Partners like Nido, Huggies, and More! Starting today until November 8, Shopee Mom’s Club members can enjoy big discounts on mom-sentials from leading brands.

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Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, brings in new brand partners, Huggies and Nido, to Shopee Mom’s Club. Members can enjoy exclusive deals and discounts up to 25% off from Nido and Huggies. In addition, current brand partners like Tiny Buds and Johnson & Johnson are also giving members an exclusive discount of up to 15% off on selected items. 

The Shopee Mom’s Club is a community that provides the best deals for the best moms, parents, and soon-to-be mommies. With Shopee Mom’s Club, members can get the best prices on all essentials for their babies, kids, and even themselves.

Starting today until November 8, Shopee Mom’s Club members can look forward to the following promos and perks:

● Welcome Bundle: Moms signing up for the first time get a bonus free shipping voucher with no minimum spend and brand discount vouchers.  

● Discounts and vouchers: Shopee Mom’s Club members can enjoy weekly discounts of up to 25% off, monthly free shipping vouchers, and up to 90% off on select products from partner brands starting today until November 8, 2020. 

● Mommy Community: Shopee Mom’s Club members can be part of an online Viber community that focuses on nurturing each other. Mommies can get practical information on baby care, parenting tips, and basic mommy do’s and don’ts. Join the community Viber community here https://bit.ly/ShopeeMomsClubonViber.  

● Exclusive Brand Offers: Mommies can look forward to monthly brand giveaways via contests on social media and Shopee Feed. They can also look forward to great deals for mommy self-care and baby essentials like milk powder, lotion, diapers, and baby bottle cleaners. 

Mothers who want to sign up for this exclusive club and be part of this amazing journey can visit the link at https://shopee.ph/m/mom-club.

Download the Shopee  app for free via the App Store or Google Play.

More than a Shoebox: Helping Kids Bounce Back through Education

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My Dream in a Shoebox Continues to Fight for Children’s Education 

This year is one of many drastic changes. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people everywhere stayed at home as much as possible as part of the collective effort to flatten the curve. While the battle against the pandemic pans on, children’s education continues. The president announced that face to face classes will resume next year but for the meantime, the Department of Education (DepEd) has provided the academic community the option to continue schooling by pivoting to other learning delivery modalities stated in the Basic Education Learning Continuity Program for the safety of students and educators. This new educational set up entails the need for long-term supplies. However, not all students have the resources to continue their education in this new system.

This is why My Dream in a Shoebox (MDIAS) is launching its twelfth year with a renewed driving force to champion every Filipino student’s right to education and safety. MDIAS is an annual education campaign of TeamAsia that aims to equip less fortunate Filipino children with resources that will help them reach for a brighter future. Now more than ever, MDIAS is driven to empower more Filipino children to fight poverty and continue their education as they remain in the comforts and safety of their homes.

New School Year, New Goals

With the academic community facing even greater challenges today due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the campaign wants to make its impact not only bigger, but more efficient and safe. For year 12, MDIAS aspires to support 50,000 underprivileged children to adjust to the new normal with shoeboxes filled with school supplies. The campaign aims to alleviate some of our parents’ and learners’ worries in accessing resources for the upcoming school year.

MDIAS upgrades its traditional shoeboxes of school supplies by adding hygiene kits to help parents and learners facilitate a proper learning environment at home. Children need more than school supplies in order to pursue their studies in the new blended learning environment. This is why MDIAS is also planning to provide 500 radios for radio-based instruction, and solicit donations of old computers and printers for various community centers in order to access and print students’ educational materials.

Through the years, MDIAS has equipped 405,090 children with the necessary tools they need to chase their #BiggerDreams. By pivoting its initiatives to address children’s most pressing educational needs, and by working together with the local communities, MDIAS plans to make a bigger impact.

A United Stand

As the late South African President Nelson Mandela once said, “education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Through education, children can make amazing things happen, and become the change the world needs. The world is evolving in the midst of this pandemic, and we need transformative solutions to solve modern issues. Children are the beacon of hope to take us forward into a better future. This is why it takes solidarity to fight for every Filipino child’s right for education. It takes cooperation and a lot of kind-hearted individuals or dream builders to encourage children to dream without limits, and make their biggest dreams come true.

The pandemic poses a lot of challenges for everyone, and the future is uncertain. However, when we work together, we can help support more children in these trying times. Every pledge in the MDIAS campaign is a powerful contribution to prepare future leaders and movers of society to help realize their full potential. Together, all the contributions can make a difference in the lives of Filipino children, one shoebox at a time! To join the movement and help build more dreams, send an email to shoebox@teamasia.com.

TV5 links up with Cignal as the network of the new normal

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The month of August brings televiewers to a whole new television experience with Cignal TV & TV5!

Yes, the country’s leading pay-TV provider, Cignal TV, is partnering with free-to-air television network TV5 to offer some of the best entertainment programs while adapting to the new normal way of living.

“TV5 is known to bring the best content on sports and news. Collaborating with Cignal will allow us to strengthen our program offerings,” says Cignal TV & TV5 Pres. and CEO Robert Galang.

With Cignal TV’s 2.5 million subscribers and nationwide reach, combined with TV5’s innovative and creative expertise, the partnership aims to bring Filipinos together through meaningful, relatable programs that will elevate the home viewing experience.

Coming to the television screens starting August 15, 2020 (Saturday) is the first wave of TV5’s entertainment programs. It starts off with highly anticipated back-to-back game shows headlined by some of the country’s top hosts and comedians; and will be followed by lifestyle programs to spruce up your mornings and way of life!

Bawal na Game Show (BNGS) is the comic relief that we need now, as it pokes lighthearted fun at our current situation. Hosted by talented and well-loved comedians Wally Bayola and Paolo Ballesteros, the game show revolves around being told what you can’t do (ie. bawal tumawa, bawal gumalaw) in order to win!

Wally and Paolo—as twins Bebe Gurl and Barby Gurl, respectively—will present challenges to the contestants, but they will also distract and goad the players to break the rules. The last pair standing will take home the grand prize of Php100,000. The show will air every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday following its pilot episode on August 15!

Fill in the Bank is the newest game show that gives contestants a chance of winning up to Php150,000 in every episode, while keeping viewers entertained. It will be hosted by star comedians Jose Manalo and Pokwang.

The hosts will likewise take on a fictional character: Jose as Chief Echoserong Officer (CEO) “Manedyer Jose” and Pokwang as Chismosang Falakang Officer (CFO) "Madam Poke." They and the rest of the show are set to tickle the funny bones on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings!

Both Bawal na Game Show and Fill in the Bank will premiere on August 15 (Saturday) from 6:00 - 8:00 PM! 

Fill in the Bank will air every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:30 PM after it premieres; while Bawal na Game Show remains on the 7:30 PM time slot, but airing every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Coming on the heels of the game shows is Bangon Talentadong Pinoy, which puts the spotlight on the diversity and ingenuity of Filipino talent. It boasts of the total cash prize of P2.8 million, in which a larger number of contestants can win anywhere from P2,000 to P5,000 to P50,000 and even up to P250,000!

Ryan Agoncillo returns to TV5 to host the reboot of the iconic Talentadong Pinoy. Now known as Bangon Talentadong Pinoy, the much-awaited TV show will make its comeback on August 15 (Saturday), 8:00 PM and will air every Saturdays on the same time slot in TV5.

Televiewers will also get to see a different side of Luchi as she opens up about issues that she has never talked about on Usapang Real Life with Luchi Cruz-Valdes. Set to premiere also on August 15 (Saturday) at 9:00 PM, the show will delve into various narratives and inspiring case studies that aim to inspire, engage, and move viewers into action.

Some of the exciting celebrity guests to watch for in the upcoming episodes include newscaster Karen Davila, actress KC Concepcion, celebrity couple Richard Gomez and Lucy Torres-Gomez, internet sensation Ivana Alawi, promising actress Jane De Leon, and Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray.

Lifestyle programs are likewise part of the new and improved programming lineup of TV5 in partnership with Cignal TV, the number one direct to home (DTH) satellite provider in the country. First off, there’s the fitness show hosted by actress and fitness enthusiast Jessy Mendiola called Fit for Life. 

The people behind the show recognizes that now more than ever is the best time to make fitness a way of life. As health officials around the world tell us, being healthy is our best defense to weather the ongoing global health crisis. Fit for Life can make this achievable as it kicks off on August 16, 2020 (Sunday), 7:00 AM, and becomes the healthy Sunday routine. 

As the show’s host, Jessy will lead viewers to an hour packed with full-body exercises, easy-to-prepare health dishes, inspiring discussions, and expert tips to jump start your way to a healthier lifestyle!

Then there’s Chika, BESH (Basta Everyday Super Happy), the morning show that’s guaranteed to make televiewers look forward to waking every morning. It will impart reliable information and positive stories that will surely make the start of the day happy and enjoyable for all.

Headlining the morning show are Pokwang, Pauleen Luna-Sotto, and Ria Atayde. They are set to bring pure good vibes into your mornings with their genial personality and cheerful spirit. They will also cater to the needs and issues concerning women of all ages and walks of life. Catch the pilot episode on August 17 (Monday) at 10:00 AM, and will be airing Mondays to Fridays.

Indeed, excitement and optimism abound with Cignal TV and TV5’s new offerings. This collaboration brings together Filipinos through a wide range of quality and innovative shows and programs that make all of us informed about the country's most pressing issues and entertained as well. Just tune in to TV5 beginning Saturday, August 15, 2020! 

There’s only more to expect from your favorite Kapatid Network!