Globe and TM Recreate Sing-Along Bonding with WeSing

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More often than not, a celebration in the Philippines is not complete without a karaoke machine. For Filipinos, this bonding activity creates lifelong memories with friends and loved ones. However, due to the pandemic, such social and mass gatherings are temporarily restricted to prevent further spread of the virus.

With the exclusive partnership with WeSing, Globe and TM customers can enjoy a digitized karaoke experience. Subscribers can recreate fantastic karaoke bonding moments with friends and family using WeSing, a mobile karaoke app by Tencent Music Entertainment. Users can make karaoke music videos with various voice and video filters, as well as create and share online karaoke rooms with 3 or more friends. It’s the perfect tool to catch up with the barkada while still observing social distancing.

Globe is the first telco in Southeast Asia to partner with WeSing and make the app more accessible to both Globe and TM subscribers through their data offers. “As Filipinos are natural music lovers and we are glad to provide a unique platform where they may recreate fun experiences,” said Jil Bausa-Go, Globe VP for Get Entertained Tribe.

TM subscribers may showcase their singing capabilities and produce personalized videos on WeSing with FUNSAGAD10 with up to 400MB access to the app. They may also subscribe to TM's EASYSurf promos and choose the Listen & Discover freebie bundle to get extra data for travel and music apps like WeSing. 

For Globe Prepaid subscribers, WeSing is one of the apps included in the GoLISTEN10 booster, which provides additional 1GB data for music apps for only PHP 10 on top of any Go Promo subscription.

“WeSing proposes a new and enjoyable approach for friends and families to bond and reconnect besides the usual video calls and group chats. With its duet and party room functions, everyone can have fun singing within their circles while staying safe at home,” said Bale, General Manager of WeSing, Tencent Music Entertainment. “We are proud to cooperate with the Philippines’ leading mobile provider Globe to bring the WeSing app closer to more Filipinos.”

TM Tambayan also pioneered a digital singing contest using the WeSing app. For the whole month of August, #NoExpiryAngFun because TM is giving away cash prizes, FUNSAGAD10 load credits, and the chance to perform in a Live Finale on WeSing with some of the top idols in the country.

WeSing is available for free download on the Google Play Store and the App Store. For further information about the app, you may check http://wesingapp.com/.

To know more about this story, please visit https://www.tmtambayan.ph/promos/funsagad.html.

GCash extends Over P2B in microcredit facility in H1

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GCash, the undisputed leading and preferred mobile wallet in the Philippines, extended over P2 billion of microcredit facility during the first half of the year through its sister company Fuse Lending, helping stretch the budget of Filipinos amid the national health situation.

The value of GCredit transactions is double versus a year ago, showing that Filipinos are now more adapting to the digital lifestyle, as the government continues to put in necessary safeguards to lessen human interaction due to the pandemic.

Meanwhile, the volume of GCredit transactions during the same comparative periods rose by 26 percent to over 2 million transactions from 1.7 million transactions the previous year.

“GCredit, the pioneering digital credit facility available via the GCash app, has helped extend the budgets of Filipinos from the onset of the pandemic. We at GCash are mindful of the challenges that Filipinos face during these trying times, and providing them with a flexible, affordable, and convenient credit facility is one of our ways of helping them cope with the effects of the health situation,” GCash President Martha Sazon said.

GCredit, which works like a flexible loan or credit card, gives GCash access to extra budget that they can use to buy groceries from supermarkets like Puregold, medicines from pharmacies like Mercury Drug, and even utility bills.

GCredit is a revolving credit facility that can be tapped when a GCash user has a healthy GScore, the first trust score in the country. GCash users earn points in their GScore whenever they use GCash to settle any payment or even when simply cashing in.

Any GCash user with a high GScore is entitled to use GCredit. The higher the GScore is, the higher the credit limit that a user can tap. A GCash user may have access to up to P10, 000 in credit line with a low prorated daily interest rate.

While it is similar to a credit card, GCredit does not require users to submit extensive documentary requirements and wait in long lines to gain access to the revolving credit facility.

Today, GCredit may be used to transact with over 17,000 merchants, including billers such as Meralco, Globe Telecom, and Maynilad, among others. GCredit users may also tap their credit lines to pay for their physical transactions via QR or Barcode.

“GCredit is available to over 20 million GCash users. The always-ready credit line is easy to access and use, and offers low and flexible interest rates. GCredit users often use their credit lines for emergencies and necessities, others even use GCredit to start their businesses,” Sazon said.

Janine Dessa Pabellosa, a young online seller who sells necessary supplies such as face masks and face shields, said GCredit has helped her in funding her small business.

“With the help of GCredit, I was able to finance my small business and grow it to what it is today. I now have a revolving fund that helps me further grow my business,” Pabellosa said.

Others find GCredit as a lifesaver during emergencies. Such is the case for Adrian Macaraeg, a 46-year-old call center supervisor.

“GCredit is exciting, especially at my age. Even if I have cash on hand, I know that I have a safety net if ever emergencies arise,” Macaraeg said.

Globe Fintech Innovations Inc. (Mynt), which operates GCash, is part of the portfolio companies of 917Ventures, the largest corporate incubator in the Philippines wholly-owned by Globe Telecom Inc.

GCash is available for download on the App Store and Google Play. For more information, kindly visit https://www.gcash.com/.

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.