January 17, 2023

Bayad and PitakaMo Relaunches Partnership, Strengthening Its One Stop Shop Bills Payment Solution

CIS Bayad Center Inc. (Bayad), the largest multi-channel payment platform in the Philippines relaunches partnership with PitakaMo IT Solutions and Marketing Corporation (PitakaMo), a digital payment service provider of its franchisor brand AllEn One Grocery and Payment Center (AllEn One).
In photo (L-R): Lawrence Y. Ferrer – Bayad President and CEO, Dennis S. Gatuslao – Bayad Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer, Alexander Charles Mascenon – PitakaMo IT Solutions and Marketing Corporation VP for Operations, and Alexander Benedict Mascenon – PitakaMo IT Solutions and Marketing Corporation President and CEO

Gaining foothold in the retail industry, AllEn One has already established over 47 store branches nationwide in just a span of 2 years. As the company thrives through expansion, it continues to offer value added services including a one stop shop bills payment solution, enabled by Bayad’s upgraded system integration with PitakaMo.

Today, AllEn One customers can expect seamless payment transactions with various billers covering services like electric and water utility, cable & internet, government contributions, loan payments, school tuition fees, online shopping, insurance, and many others.

To top it off, most of these billers offer real-time payment posting allowing customers to pay their bills instantaneously, without delay, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Bayad President and CEO, Lawrence Y. Ferrer shared, “We and PitakaMo share the same goal of providing convenient financial services. Together, we’ve enhanced a one stop shop bills payment solution as we respond to the various needs of the customers that we both serve, especially those who are always on the go. Ultimately, we stand with PitakaMo in shaping the future of fintech as we help make payment transactions frictionless, secured, and more accessible to Filipinos.”

PitakaMo President and CEO, Alexander Benedict Mascenon added “Our partnership with Bayad Center is vital in providing essential services through our AllEn One Grocery, Pharmacy & Payment Centers nationwide.”

For financial institutions and businesses like PitakaMo that are interested to be part of Bayad’s extensive channel network, you may send an email to partnerships@bayad.com. Bayad enables partners to attain nationwide presence and provides end-to-end support services for efficient payment and collection processing.


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About Bayad
Bayad is the pioneer and trusted brand in the outsourced payment collection service in the Philippines, aggregating a multitude of billers into a robust system that is now being used by more than 100,000 physical touchpoints and leading digital and mobile platforms across the country. Formerly known as Bayad Center, it continues trailblaze the industry as it evolves from an over-the-counter payment center into a full-service fintech service company, offering a whole suite of financial products & services available to both consumers and businesses.


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About PitakaMo
PitakaMo IT Solutions and Marketing Corp offers AllEn One Grocery, Pharmacy & Payment Center. It is an affordable “all-en-one” franchised business that uses technology and innovations to better serve the needs of its community and expand its customer reach. Perfect for first-time entrepreneurs. It is a branded convenience store, with pharmaceuticals, money transfer, bills payment, e-loads, insurance, travel & tours, and ATM services. It comes with an ALLEN ONE Retailer App for the wholesale part of your business.

ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED - A stylish, powerful productivity laptop

Enjoying zen life with ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED

Working and having fun with a computer, especially now, with the ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED make my everyday life more enjoyable. We love anything digital and progressive to facilitate lifelong learning, mobility and flexibility in all areas of life. Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.

Enjoying travelling and working with this new laptop, ASUS, Zenbook 14 OLED, a modern technology has changed our lives in countless ways – revolutionizing how we work and live. Technology has made the biggest impact is in the realm of communication, conversing with people outside of our immediate vicinity.

ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED in the smallest and thinnest laptop that's beautiful inside and out, and great performance make it an excellent choice for general-purpose users.


The powerful and compact Zenbook 14 OLED is just 16.9 mm slim and 1.39 kg light, with a breathtaking new design that’s timelessly elegant yet totally modern.

Incredibly well-built and powerful with a standout display, and its vibrant design, The ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED features a keyboard with an ASUS ErgoSense and NumberPad 2.0 design.

ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED is great choice for media consumption - mobility and versatility. Especially if you’re looking for a portable device to bring out and about, the extra hours of freedom from an outlet, ASUS ZenBook 14 OLED deliver superb performance, and there’s a long-lasting 75 Wh battery - 75WHrs 4-cell Li-Ion battery with 65W adapter, Harman Kardon speakers, and a couple of ports.
Zenbook 14 OLED is packed with relevant input and output ports. There are two (2) reversible USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 ports, supporting up to 10Gbps of data transfers. There’s also your regular HDMI port and even a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port for your connectivity needs.

You can lay it flat with its 180-degree ErgoLift hinge

ASUS ZenBook 14 OLED (UX3402), incorporates ASUS’ new monogram logo on the lid, along with a redesigned ErgoLift hinge, also flaunts a 14-inch OLED NanoEdge screen with 2.8K resolution, a 90Hz refresh rate, and 600 nits peak brightness.

Stylish, thin and light, The ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED with a solid military-grade build quality, a great design, and display, and is supremely portable.

Main Features

OLED: Outstanding Visual Experience
The 2.8K resolution display features a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, 0.2ms response time, and 90Hz refresh rate. It has been certified by VESA DisplayHDR™ 500 True Black to support up to 550-nit of peak brightness and 0.0005 nits of deep black brightness, providing creators with a brighter and more detailed viewing experience. A 16:10 aspect ratio and 90% screen-to-body ratio improve the sense of immersion.

Latest generation CPU with AIPT
The laptop features the 12th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 processors, which support ASUS Intelligent Performance Technology (AIPT), contributing to boosting the CPU performance.

Revamped Design ID
The new Zenbook 14 OLED series chassis is made of aluminum alloy and features ASUS' new monogram design on the lid with a 2-color option.

Rich Connectivity
Two Thunderbolt™ 4 ports with up to 40 Gbps bandwidth, a standard HDMI 2.0 port, a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port, a 3.5mm audio jack, and a microSD card reader.

It also features a built-in dual-band WiFi 6E (802.11ax) wireless network card with ASUS WiFi Master Premium technology.

ErgoSense keyboard
The ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED features a keyboard with an ASUS ErgoSense design, providing users with a comfortable typing experience. The keyboard's 19.05 mm pitch, 0.2 mm dish-shaped indentation, and 1.4mm key travel improve the overall typing accuracy and experience.

Amazing Audio
The ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED series has a stereo dual-speaker sound system certified by Harman Kardon and Dolby Atmos for unrivaled audio quality. The volume-enhancing, distortion-suppressing smart amplifier is equipped with a powerful DSP chip that can drive the twin speakers at the maximum volume possible. All while preventing long-term damage to the sensitive speaker voice coils.

ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED (UX3402) Specifications

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CPU

12th Gen Intel® Core i7-1260P processor

12th Gen Intel® Core i5-1240P processor

Display options

14.0-inch, 2.8K (2880 x 1800) OLED 16:10 aspect ratio, 0.2ms response time, 90Hz refresh rate, 400nits, 600nits peak brightness, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, 1,000,000:1, VESA CERTIFIED Display HDR True Black 600, 1.07 billion colors, PANTONE Validated, Glossy display, 70% less harmful blue light, SGS Eye Care Display, Screen-to-body ratio: 90 

Operating system

Windows 11 Home

Graphics

Intel® Iris® Xe graphics

Main memory

8/16 GB 4800 MHz LPDDR5 onboard

Storage

512 GB / 1 TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 SSD

Connectivity

Dual-band WiFi 6E (802.11ax) + Bluetooth® 5.2

Camera

1080p FHD camera

I/O ports

2 x ThunderboltTM 4 USB-C® with full range (5~20V) of charging

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A

1 x standard HDMI® 2.0

1 x MicroSD Reader

1 x Audio combo jack

Touchpad

ASUS NumberPad 2.0 / ASUS ErgoSense touchpad

Audio

Harman Kardon-certified Dolby Atmos sound system with 2 built-in speakers

Built-in array microphone with Cortana and Alexa voice-recognition support

Battery

75 Wh lithium-polymer battery

AC adapter

65W Type-C power adapter (Output: 20 V DC, 100 W, Input: 100-240 V AC, 50/60 Hz universal)

Dimensions

313.62 x 220.63 x 16.9 mm

Weight

1.39 kg



Perfect visuals from the expansive 16:10 2.8K OLED HDR NanoEdge touchscreen2,3,4, a color-accurate up to 550-nit screen that’s PANTONE® Validated and has a cinema-grade 100% DCI-P3 gamut. The 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 Processor, Intel Iris® Xe graphics, 16 GB RAM and 512GB PCIe 4.0 SSD deliver superb performance.

Excellent for watching Netflix, NBA games and other streaming sites. The 2.8K OLED display is gorgeous, plus the speakers (tuned by Harman-Kardon) deliver good audio that’s loud enough to fill a room.


An inevitable in our daily endeavors, a laptop, recommended ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED, is pretty much suit for everyone. 

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January 16, 2023

Fil-Am beauty R’Bonney Gabriel wins Miss Universe crown




MISS USA's R'Bonney Gabriel won the Miss Universe crown at the 71st Miss Universe Competition held at New Orleans Morial Convention Center on January 14, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
 
Miss Venezuela Amanda Dudamel and Miss Dominican Republic Andreína Martínez were the first and second runners-up, respectively.

Over eighty candidates representing their country competed for the Miss Universe crown during the 71st annual pageant Miss Universe 2023.

Find below which beauty pageant made it to the top and who became our new Miss Universe 2022-2023.

Top 16 Miss Universe Finalists

Puerto Rico: Ashley Cariño
Haiti: Mideline Phelizor
Australia: Monique Riley
Dominican Republic: Andreína Martínez
Laos: Payengxa Lor
South Africa: Ndavi Nokeri
Portugal: Telma Madeira
Canada: Amelia Tu
Peru: Alessia Rovegno
Trinidad and Tobago: Tya Jané Ramey
Curacao: Gabriëla Dos Santos
India: Divira Rai
Venezuela: Amanda Dudamel
Spain: Alicia Faubel
United States: R’Bonney Gabriel
Colombia: María Fernanda Aristizábal

The Leadership Award : 
Thailand: Anna Sueangam-Iam

Top 5 Miss Universe Finalists:

Venezuela: Amanda Dudamel
United States: R’Bonney Gabriel
Puerto Rico: Ashley Cariño
Curacao: Gabriëla Dos Santos
Dominican Republic: Andreína Martínez

Top 3 Miss Universe Finalists:

Dominican Republic: Andreína Martínez
United States: R’Bonney Gabriel
Venezuela: Amanda Dudamel

Winner : Miss Universe 2022-2023 United States: R’Bonney Gabriel
FIRST RUNNER-UP: Venezuela: Amanda Dudamel
SECOND PLACE: Dominican Republic: Andreína Martínez


Miss USA R'Bonney
winning answer

Question:
If you win Miss Universe, how would you work to demonstrate this is an empowering and progressive organization?

Miss USA :

"I would use it to be a transformational  leader. As a very passionate designer, been sewing for 13 years. I use fashion as a force for good. I'm cutting down on pollution through recycled materials when I make my clothing. I teach sewing classes to a women that have survived from human trafficking and domestic violence and I say that because it is so important to invest in other, invest in our community and use your unique talent to make a deference. We all have something special and when we plant those seeds to other people in our life, we transform them and we use that as vehicle for change."


R' Bonney Gabriel is born to Remigio Bonzon and Dana Walker in Houston, Texas. Her father is from Phillipines and her Mother is an American. She was born in year 1994 on 20th March and then completed her Higher Education from University of North Texas. She has won many titles such as Miss Kemah USA 2020, Miss Texas USA 2022, Miss USA 2022 and then finally Miss Universe 2022.

R' Bonney Gabriel took home the new "Force for Good" crown made by Lebanon's Mouawad, the official jeweler for Miss Universe. The crown is estimated to be worth $5.5 million and comes embedded with 110 carats of blue sapphire and 48 carats of white diamonds.




Reminder to qualified UMID applicants: Upgrade to UnionBank SSS UMID ATM Pay Card today

 

SSS members with pending UMID ID releases may avail of free upgrade online

Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) is reminding members of the Social Security System (SSS) who are qualified for a free upgrade to the UnionBank SSS UMID ATM Pay Card to avail of the offer now so they can enjoy an easy and convenient way to receive their SSS proceeds.

Announced a few months ago, the UnionBank SSS UMID ATM Pay Card is a government-issued ID card and fully functional ATM card that is linked to a UnionBank savings account, where SSS members can receive the proceeds of their benefits, loans, and refunds. The savings account doesn't require maintaining balance.

SSS members who are registered on My.SSS and have applied for the standard UMID card but have not received it yet may avail of the UnionBank SSS UMID ATM Pay Card upgrade for free. To let them know about the upgrade option, SSS also sent invitations to qualified members via email, so they may want to check their email. The upgrade will be available to all SSS members applying for the UMID card eventually.

Qualified members may upgrade their card by logging in to their My.SSS account, or register if they haven’t yet. They will then need to go to the "E-Services" tab, access the "Data Sharing Consent for UMID Pay Card" option, and give their consent to share their information with UnionBank.

Next, they must download the UnionBank Online app, which is available on the Google Play Store, Apple App Store, and Huawei AppGallery. They can also visit https://www.unionbankph.com/unionbankonline and or scan the download QR code.

On the app, they need to select the "Open an Account" option, choose "Government ID," click "SSS UMID Pay Card Account," and then click “Agree to the Terms & Conditions and Data Privacy Consent” to continue. After making sure that their SSS information is updated and correct, they will need to complete the form to open their savings account. More details are available at https://www.unionbankph.com/sss-umid.

Upgrading to the UnionBank SSS UMID ATM Pay Card comes with a few perks. Once the free upgrade is completed, funding the account with a minimum of PHP1,000 entitles the owner to a free Jollibee eGC worth P200 and a chance to win a brand-new Mitsubishi Xpander GLS sponsored by UnionBank. Account holders must fund their account on or before Feb 28, 2023 to enjoy these perks.

Because the card is linked to a UnionBank account, users will be able to enjoy fully-featured ATM transactions, as well as digital banking services and advanced features like financial goal setting and payment requests via the UnionBank Online app.

UnionBank has been a long-time partner of the government in the issuance of two-in-one ID and pay cards that have benefited countless Filipinos over the years, and the new UnionBank SSS UMID ATM Pay Card is just one of the many innovative offers that have come from its partnerships with government agencies like the SSS and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), to name a few.

To learn more about the UnionBank SSS UMID ATM Pay Card, visit https://www.unionbankph.com/sss-umid.

January 14, 2023

Globe Roaming showcases travel offers at Singapore Airlines Time to Fly Travel Fair


With international travel picking up steam, it's time to dust off your passport and start planning your next adventure. Globe Roaming is here to make sure that your foreign trips are worry-free so you can focus on making unforgettable memories.

Join Globe Roaming at the Singapore Airlines Time to Fly Travel Fair on January 13-15 at the Glorietta Activity Center, where it will showcase the latest offers and deals, and exclusive discounts and freebies for all revenge travelers.

“As we see a sustained resurgence of travel, we’re here to offer Globe Roaming as a travel essential that caters to the evolved needs and preferences of travelers while ensuring that they stay connected while in their favorite international destinations,” said Coco Domingo, VP for Globe Postpaid and International Business.

“We're excited to meet travelers at the Singapore Airlines Time to Fly Travel Fair to help plan their next trip overseas. We want to empower them to confidently explore the world once again with roaming offers that they can conveniently enjoy at more affordable rates,” he added.

One of the highlights of Globe Roaming’s offers is the Roam Surf Longer Stay promo, which allows you to enjoy all-access data roaming for as low as P200/day. This data roaming service is meant for longer travels and becomes more affordable the longer you stay abroad. It offers a range of data allocations and price options that match other products in the market but with the added benefit of being able to conveniently connect from your phone without the need to lug around another device or buy a local SIM card in your destination.

Unlike other alternatives, Roam Surf Longer Stay also has no limitations on speed and bandwidth, and it's meant for cross-country travels so you only need one promo when you travel to different destinations within the offer's validity.

Globe Roaming is also excited to introduce its new roaming channel - the GlobeOne app. GlobeOne makes registration and management of roaming promos easy, hassle-free, and contactless. With GlobeOne, you can easily track your data promos and get 24/7 assistance on your data roaming abroad.

To make sure that everyone has a great time at the travel fair, Globe Roaming is giving away cool and useful travel-related items and hosting fun games where you can win a Globe roaming sponsorship for your next trip abroad. Plus, you'll have the chance to catch awesome roaming deals that you can book when you're set to travel.

The event will be packed with travel deals, interactive activities, and an experiential showcase that will inspire and excite you to book your next trip.

Mark your calendars and don’t forget to visit the Globe Roaming Booth at the Singapore Airlines Time to Fly Travel Fair on January 13-15 at the Glorietta Activity Center to discover travel activities and book in-destination services at the best price! Enjoy worry-free travel when you #RoamWithGlobe!

To learn more about Globe, visit glbe.co/roam.

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