Faster and more secure way to pay online plus get better than cash rewards : Shop online and pay using only your mobile number with ‘Pay with PayMaya’!

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Whether it’s ordering food, buying the latest makeup craze, or availing of government services, it’s now faster, easier, and more secure than ever to shop online as PayMaya introduces 'Pay with PayMaya', its latest feature that allows you to pay with just your mobile number.

By clicking on the Pay with PayMaya button in the checkout page of partner merchants, online shoppers no longer need to memorize and type in long and complex credit or debit card numbers, because all they have to do is log in to their PayMaya account by entering their mobile numbers upon checkout.

Through this new feature, paying for anything online becomes quicker, more convenient, and safer, because every transaction done using Pay with PayMaya needs to be verified by a One-Time PIN (OTP) sent to your mobile number. This ensures that only you have access to this unique and awesome new feature for your PayMaya account.

“PayMaya was the first in the Philippines to introduce a virtual card so that Filipinos can easily pay for their purchases online, even if they don't have a credit card or bank account. With Pay with PayMaya, we are making that experience even better because all you need is your mobile number linked to your PayMaya account, whenever you shop or avail of services online,” said Shailesh Baidwan, President of PayMaya.

Today, the Pay with PayMaya button is available as a payment option in select food, drinks, deals, retail, and government partners but will be expanding to more online commerce sites and destinations in the coming weeks.

And to make users’ Pay with PayMaya experience not just more convenient but also more rewarding, account holders can get a 1%, 10%, or 100% cashback each time they use their PayMaya mobile number to pay online (max. P500 per transaction) at participating online merchants from December 11, 2019 to January 15, 2020.

Have food and drinks delivered on the fly

Craving for your comfort food but have no time to step out of the house? Or are you preparing to host a party for friends but don’t have drinks at the ready? Simply pay using your mobile number by clicking the Pay with PayMaya button when you order online at Army Navy (armynavy.com.ph), Domino’s (dominospizza.ph), Shakey’s (shakeyspizza.ph), Goldilocks (goldilocks.com.ph), Zubuchon (zubuchon.com), Bo’s Coffee (m.me/BOsCoffeeGetBOTTY/), or Boozy.ph to have your favorite food and drinks delivered to your doorstep in a jiffy.

Shop till you drop in just a pop

All you need is your 11-digit PayMaya mobile number to pay for your groceries at Landers Superstore (landers.ph), get the best luxury items at Rustan’s (rustans.com.ph), snag the best beauty and makeup deals at VMV Hypoallergenics (vmvhypoallergenics.com), or even order the medicines you need at Rose Pharmacy (rosepharmacy.com). With Pay with PayMaya, you can quickly shop for both your needs and wants quickly and conveniently.

Get the best deals and digital goods in town now

Easily get buy-one-get-one deals with Booky Prime, book restaurant seats and get discounts from Eatigo, or download and subscribe to the latest apps, games, and music from various Apple Services using Pay with PayMaya!

Pay for gov’t services and skip the lines

Skip the hassles of lining up at government agency offices and go online to use Pay with PayMaya for your membership contributions to the Social Security System (SSS) through the SSS mobile app, the Home Development Mutual Fund (PAG-IBIG) at pagibigfundservices.com, and Philhealth at philhealth.gov.ph and also for your home loan repayments to the National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation (NHMFC) via nhmfc.gov.ph. 

You can also use your mobile number when you Pay with PayMaya for your business name registration renewal at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through bnrs.dti.gov.ph or the Valenzuela City Hall at valenzuela.gov.ph as well as for your professional license renewal or application from the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) at prc.gov.ph. 

Check out how convenient it can be to pay just using your mobile number for your travel requirements such as passport fee payments at the Department of Foreign Affiars (DFA) via passport.gov.ph and travel taxes at the Tourism Infrastructure and Economic Zone Authority (TIEZA) at traveltax.tieza.gov.ph.

Basta online payments, use your mobile number via Pay with PayMaya! 

By introducing this new feature, PayMaya is helping Filipinos easily embrace the digital and cashless lifestyle so they can purchase items and avail of services online using the one number that they already have memorized–their mobile phone number.

And for online merchants and sites that do not have the Pay with PayMaya button yet, account holders can still use the virtual card in the PayMaya app to pay for their purchases online.

If you don’t have a PayMaya account yet, now is the best time to get one so you can enjoy all of these hassle-free features and get better-than-cash rewards for all your purchases. Just download the PayMaya app for Android or iOS, register for an account, and find out what it’s like to shop with the fastest, safest, most rewarding, and hassle-way to pay for anything online and in stores! Remember, for all your purchases, don’t pay cash, PayMaya!

To find out more about how to go cashless and all the exclusive deals you can avail of with your PayMaya account, visit www.paymaya.com/deals or follow @PayMayaOfficial on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.  

PayMaya, the digital financial services arm of Voyager Innovations, is the only financial technology company in the Philippines offering integrated consumer and merchant payment solutions with the widest on-ground branch network. It is the first to give millions of Filipinos an e-wallet that allows them to pay cashless transactions at any time of the day, anywhere in the world, and from any device. It is the financial technology arm of Voyager Innovations, the leading technology company in the country backed by PLDT, KKR, Tencent, World Bank’s IFC and the IFC Emerging Asia Fund. [END]

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Excluded TWG members urge Congress and Senate to intervene

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Amid the recent announcement of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to extend the test run for motorcycle taxis for another six months and include new motorcycle taxi companies supposedly as per the recommendation of the previously convened technical working group (TWG), original members of the TWG who were not included in the decision-making process for this sought the intervention of Congress and Senate to exclude the new players from participating in the extension.

Certain members of the TWG constituted in December of 2018 were taken by surprise with the recent news from the DOTr stating that the TWG already decided to extend the motorcycle taxi test run and include six new motorcycle taxi players.

The excluded TWG member has also called on Congress and the Senate, from which the original directives to conduct a technical working group assessment last year came, to look carefully into the matter.

In a press briefing, Toix Cerna, spokesperson of the commuters’ group Komyut, revealed, “Since August, we have been seeking for the TWG to be convened to discuss the initial data, and experience of Angkas, but to no avail.” Cerna added, “Our task was also to monitor and assess the results of the pilot so that we are informed of what to recommend for the legislative measures pending in Congress.”

Raymond Gascon of Move Metro Manila said in a separate statement, “In principle we agree with the need for the motorcycle taxi safety protocols to be extended to and applied to other motorcycle taxi service providers. Competition is good and should be a welcome development. We are just concerned with the process through which this decision was made without us having been call into a meeting at all.”

Move Metro Manila is a group of policy advocates organizing policy discussions on mobility.

In turn, Atty. Ariel Inton of the Lawyers for Commuter Safety and Protection (LCSP), also a member of the TWG, revealed, “Since the start of the pilot run, I have never been invited to meetings and discussions and now I heard that they have decided on something critical, which is not only irregular but rather suspicious and unacceptable.”

Inton added, “And it seems this exclusion from the recent decision-making process also involves many other critical members of the TWG and we are just wondering why this was the case.”

The LCSP earlier filed a petition for injunction with application for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) and/or Writ of Preliminary Injunction against five motorcycle taxi companies: We Move Things Philippines Inc. (Joyride), Habal Rides Corp., I-Sabay, Sampa-Dala Corp., and Trans-Serve Corp. The petition stated that their operations are unauthorized and may cause grave and substantial damage to the public.

“Our objective in the LCSP is to ensure the safety and protection of the riding public,” Inton, a former Land Transportation Franchise and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) member, said. “And we are worried that the new motorcycle players who will join the test run may just endanger the lives of commuters because they do not have the same stringent safety standards as what the riding public has been accustomed to in the initial test run,” he added.

“We in the LCSP call on the DOTr to ensure that the welfare of the riding public is given priority by ensuring that the new players the agency is considering to include in the announced test run extension undergo a thorough review and assessment much like what the TWG did back then for Angkas,” Inton stressed.

“We have requested an immediate restraining order to prevent grave and irreparable damage to the riding public in general, and to the pilot program in particular,” stressed Atty. Raymond Fortun of LCSP declared. “Moreover, any accident during this critical period will also sabotage the pilot program,” he added. 

Early this year, the House of Representatives passed Resolution No. 2449 urging the DoTr to implement a pilot program allowing, monitoring, and regulating the operation of duly registered and organized motorcycles-for-hire as an alternative public transport utility.

The DoTr then instructed various agencies to form a Technical Working Group (TWG) composed of stakeholders and experts from the government and the private sector to discuss issues attendant to the prospect of two-wheel vehicles operating as public transport. 

The TWG was tasked to identify motorcycle types eligible to be licensed, taking into consideration factors like engine displacement, carrying capacity, operating speeds, routes, seat and helmet requirements, and training requirements for drivers, who will eventually need to obtain a public utility vehicle (PUV) registration.

Upon the recommendation of the TWG, the DoTr allowed the six-month pilot test for motorcycle taxi operations in the Philippines starting in July of this year. Since only the motorcycle ride-hailing app Angkas had been established and operating with an eight-month track record at the time, Angkas became the sole subject of the pilot program which will end in December.

"Three months to the pilot could have been a good time for the House and Senate to hear the proposed bills already, using initial results," noted Jason Salvador, Managing Director of LEADER (Legal Engagement Advocating for Development and Reform). "The pilot was just for a period of six months. After that, what will happen to the commuters?" he added.

Inton, Cerna, Gascon, and the rest of the excluded TWG members are asking for greater transparency in the TWG’s procedures and asking Congress and Senate to intervene in this regard. “Transparency in the decision-making process of the TWG is very important so that the decisions do not look suspect,” noted Gascon “It is very curious that at this crucial stage in the TWG, non-government members were completely sidelined,” he added.

Inton also asked why the DOTr is planning to extend the test run. "Why are they extending it? If they are convinced that the test run was successful, why not just direct the Congress to come up with a law to regulate this service?" Inton asked.

BRIA Homes set to build more communities in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao

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In the wake of its outstanding success in building affordable homes for all Filipinos, BRIA seems unstoppable as it expands its scope in more areas in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

To date, BRIA has over 50 projects in progressive towns and cities in the Philippines, luring aspiring homeowners—from young professionals to blue-collar workers—to its family-friendly communities. 

BRIA seems unstoppable as it expands its scope in more areas in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, offering stylish and well-laid-out house and lot packages located within safe, secure, and modern communities located close to schools, churches, hospitals, and retail establishments. 

Indeed, its winning formula, Affordability (Mura) + Quality (Dekalidad) = A Beautiful BRIA Home for Every Filipino, BRIA Homes has helped legions of ordinary Filipinos purchase their own well-designed homes at prices they can afford. 

You can check out the secure and modern BRIA communities that have been built, or are being developed, in Luzon (Bataan, Tarlac, Pangasinan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, and Camarines Sur), in the Visayas (Samar, Leyte, and Negros Oriental), and in Mindanao (Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon, Davao Del Norte, Davao Del Sur, South Cotabato, and North Cotabato). 

BRIA has over 50 projects in progressive towns and cities in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, luring aspiring Filipino homeowners—from young professionals to blue-collar workers—to its family-friendly communities. 

While you’re at it, have a glimpse of the lush, eco-friendly spaces and the recreational facilities—like basketball courts—that come with the territory. Homeowners’ safety and security are assured as all BRIA developments have perimeter fences, guarded entrances and exits, and 24/7 CCTV coverage. 

BRIA projects also have close proximity to schools, churches, hospitals, and retail establishments. Its residents who opt to commute can use various modes of public transport, while motorists have access to major roads and highways. 

If you like what you see, you will be pleased to know that you, as well as all hardworking Filipinos, can purchase your very own BRIA house and lot for as low as Php 1,897 per month, through flexible payment methods like bank-financing and Pag-IBIG funding. And to sweeten the pot, the fastest-growing mass-housing developer is resolute in meeting its completion targets for timely delivery of its homes to future residents. 

Now choose from BRIA’s stylish and well-laid-out house and lot packages: Elena, a 22-square-meter unit on a 36-square-meter lot; Bettina, a 44-square-meter unit on a 36-square-meter lot; and Alecza, a 36-square-meter unit on an 81-square-meter lot. Or consider the compact 24-square-meter condo units that BRIA offers. 

Soon, BRIA Homes will bring all these—affordability, quality, useful amenities, and ideal location—to more places in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. 

BRIA’s homeowners are assured of safety and security as all BRIA developments have perimeter fences, guarded entrances and exits, and 24/7 CCTV coverage. Strengthening of family ties is encouraged as all BRIA communities tout lush, eco-friendly spaces and recreational facilities where residents can interact for fun bonding moments. 

BRIA Homes is a subsidiary of GOLDEN BRIA Holdings, Inc., considered the third largest real estate company in terms of market capitalization valued at more than P200B. The fastest-growing mass housing developer in the Philippines, BRIA Homes is primed to bring affordable house-and-lot packages and condominium units closer to ordinary Filipino families. This is the goal that drives every single employee in the company, for which the ultimate fulfillment is seeing a client happily moving into Bria’s homes. 

To know more about BRIA Homes, call (0966) 277 5944, like “Bria Official” on Facebook, and follow “@TheBriaOfficial” on Twitter and Instagram. 

Amaia set to launch new condominium development in the heart of Quezon City

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For many Filipino urbanites, living in Quezon City, the largest in Metro Manila in terms of population and land area, has its perks. For one, this expansive city boasts of a Central Business District that offers bright opportunities for employment and business. It is also home to prime residential estates, the finest schools and universities, popular restaurant and bar strips, cavernous shopping malls, and the country’s top broadcasting networks. 

Fortunately, Amaia Land, a reputable and trusted name in the housing industry, continues to build projects in this bustling city. This November, in fact, Amaia Land is launching a condominium in the heart of Quezon City, providing more affordable and sustainable homes to Filipino individuals and families. 

A part of the newest Ayala Land estate in Quezon City, Amaia’s new condominium project will rise on Quirino Highway in Novaliches. Its cluster of five buildings will feature around 1,300 units, 208 of which are set to open in the new development’s Aria building this Q4 2019. 

Because Amaia acknowledges the evolving needs of Filipino homeowners, prospective residents can choose from a range of units such as Studio, which is approximately 24.13 square meters in size; Deluxe, which is approximately 32.18 square meters in size; and Premier, which is approximately 48.41 square meters in size. 

Location-wise, this new Amaia development will have access to interconnected roadways via Tandang Sora and Quirino bypass, making travel and commute more convenient for its homeowners. 

Furthermore, this project has proximity to Waltermart and other commercial establishments, educational institutions, hospitals, and churches will just be a short drive away.

As in all Amaia properties, this condominium development will tout recreational facilities—basketball court, swimming pool, and play area that will keep homeowners happily engaged on weekends.

Consistent with its eco-friendly practices, Amaia is building linear parks around this development, promoting sustainable living by creating lush green spaces in an urban setting. 

Fulfilling its promise of providing high-quality and easy-on-the-pocket homes to all Filipinos, Amaia Land will offer flexible and convenient payment schemes like cash, deferred cash, and bank financing to prospective residents.

Amaia continues to serve prospective homeowners with affordable and sustainable developments that aim to elevate the Filipino living experience in a well-secured environment.

For inquiries about Amaia properties in Quezon City and other areas, check out www.amaialand.com or like www.facebook.com/AmaiaLand. 

Get a chance to travel to Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan with Smart Padala by PayMaya’s ‘Padalibreng Bakasyon’ Promo!

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Your padala is now your ticket to an all-expense paid vacation for your family! Smart Padala by PayMaya sukis are in for a treat as the country’s widest domestic remittance network gives six (6) lucky customers a chance to fly to Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan as it launches its Padalibreng Bakasyon Promo.

From November 11, 2019 to January 15, 2020, customers who will send or receive money via Smart Padala can get a chance to win an all-expense-paid vacation for four (4) complete with roundtrip tickets, accommodations, meals, and even private tours, so they can take a a well-deserved break with their friends or family.

To join the promo, all you have to do is send or claim your remittance via Smart Padala. With a transaction worth P100-P1,000, you automatically get two (2) raffle entries, while transactions worth P1,001 and above will get you one (1) raffle entry.

“We’re excited to offer this promo to our Smart Padala by PayMaya suki, as a way of giving back for the trust they continue to give us when it comes to moving their hard-earned money. We know that each padala is a product of their hardwork and this Padalibreng Bakasyon is a well-deserved reward,” said Kenneth Palacios, Head of Wallets Business at PayMaya.

Six lucky winners will be chosen randomly on January 30, 2020, who will then be eligible to take their pick at their family’s chosen adventure. Two families have the chance to get ultimate k-pop and k-drama inspired tour in Korea; two families will be able to witness the lively city life at Singapore, while the other two can enjoy a fun food trip and milk tea-all-you-can experience in Taiwan.

Apart from these exciting rewards, Smart Padala by PayMaya also offers a convenient experience to its customers. With its over 27,000 agents nationwide, you are assured that there is always a Smart Padala agent near you where you can easily send or receive money, so you no longer have to travel far in order to send emergency money for your loved ones or to simply claim your allowance from your parents back home.

Paying bills and reloading your mobile prepaid account is also easier as you can do it for free with the help of your trusted Padala agent. All you have to do is head to a Smart Padala by PayMaya center near you and begin your transaction – no need to commute and line up at a payment center.

Smart Padala is the country's leading mobile remittance service under PayMaya Philippines, the digital financial services arm of Voyager Innovations backed by KKR, Tencent, and PLDT. To know more about Smart Padala or to sign up as an agent, visit www.smartpadala.ph or follow @SmartPadalaPH on Facebook.