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From giving users in Metro Manila access to seamless payment solutions using their GCash app, the country’s leading e-wallet, is now extending its reach to the Visayas and Mindanao (VisMin) region by building partnerships and ecosystems with LGUs through GCash Pay Bills.
True to its mission of providing “financial inclusion for
all,” GCash has enabled VisMin customers in the said regions to pay their bills
and send payments from the comfort and safety of their homes anytime, offering
greater convenience and empowering a digital financial lifestyle in the region.
“GCash remains committed to its mission to enable financial
access for all consumers and merchants, including those in Visayas and
Mindanao. Aside from financial inclusion, GCash continues to provide Filipinos
with seamless access to their digital financial lifestyle and help keep them
safe during the pandemic,” said Martha Sazon, President and CEO of GCash.
Traditionally, e-payment penetration at VisMin regions have
been low, particularly attributable to lack of access to proper infrastructure,
and education and awareness on new payment technologies. But with GCash, both
consumers and businesses can benefit because of the app’s easy to use nature
for consumers, and an easier integration process for businesses.
Recently, GCash has onboarded Lapu-lapu City as its
first LGU bills payment partner in the
VisMin region. With the partnership,
Lapu-lapu residents and business owners can now use GCash to pay for their real
property tax, business tax, cedula and other fees.
GCash currently covers 49 VisMin billers, including
utilities, schools, real estate, loans, and regularly adds more. VisMin
utilities include ANTECO, BACIWA,
Balamban Enerzone, Boracay Water, CEBECO2, CEBECO3, CEPALCO, COWD, DASURECO,
Davao Light, Davao City Water District, Dipolog Water District, Ilagan City
Water District, Iligan Light, Tagum Water District, Dipolog City Water
District, Butuan City Water District, SAMELCO I, SAMELCO II, LEYECO5, Mactan
Electric Company, Inc., CDO Water, Metro Cotabato Water District, Metro Pacific
Iloilo Water Inc., MORESCO – 1, and ZAMCELCO.
GCash covers the following schools: Ateneo De Davao
University, University of Mindanao, St. John Paul II College of Davao, Malayan
Colleges Mindanao, Universidad de Zamboanga, University of San Carlos, and
University of San Jose-Recoletos. Additionally, GCash covers billers for
finance, properties, real estate and other services, namely FICCO, Flexi
Finance, Tagum Coop, Premio Finance, RAFI Microfinance, PHCCI Dumaguete, EMCOR,
SAMULCO, Mindanao Consolidated Cooperative Bank, Aboitiz Land, AppleOne
Properties, Johndorf Ventures, Cosmopolitan CLIMBS Life Plan Inc, Gothong
Shipping Lines, and A Brown Company Inc. To stay up to date on the latest
billers on GCash, visit https://www.gcash.com/partners/billers.
To pay their bills using GCash, customers simply need to
download the GCash app on their mobile phones via the Google Play or App Store.
After registering your number and setting up your 4-digit password, click the
“Pay Bill” option. From there, GCash users
just need to click which bill categories they need to pay for ─ whether it’s electric,
water utilities, telecommunications, cable/internet bills, credit cards, loans,
government process fees, insurance, transportation, real estate, healthcare,
school, or payment solutions like
housing finances fees.
“With GCash, Filipinos in the VisMin area need not travel
physically anymore to payment centers to pay their bills. They can simply use
the app and pay, saving them precious time while keeping them safe from the
pandemic,” added Sazon.
GCash has more than 400 partner billers nationwide, offering
customers safe and hassle-free
transactions anytime, anywhere.
To have your business listed for Pay Bills via GCash, visit www.gcash.com/business.
About GCash
GCash is the leading mobile wallet in the Philippines.
Through the GCash app, customers can easily buy load; pay bills at over 400
partner billers in the app; pay at more than 7,000 online partners; send and
receive money anywhere in the Philippines; pay using QR codes at over 130,000
partner merchants nationwide; save money while earning interest; and invest
money at local and global funds -- all through the convenience of their
smartphones.
GCash is part of the portfolio companies of 917Ventures, the
largest corporate incubator in the Philippines wholly-owned by Globe Telecom,
Inc.
