PayMaya, a pioneer and
leader in mobile money and digital financial services in the country, in
partnership with Facebook, is excited to announce a safe and effective new way
for people in the Philippines to send money to friends, pay bills, and buy
mobile load and data using Messenger.
PayMaya is a leader in transforming the mobile phone into
a virtual wallet and is continually looking for ways to expand its services.
PayMaya recognizes that Facebook Messenger's community offers a unique
opportunity to make PayMaya services available and accessible to even more
users.
“This integration with Messenger represents an exciting
new way to reach the unserved and underserved people and communities in the
country by making payments available via social,” said Paolo Azzola, Chief
Operating Officer of PayMaya Philippines. “Our mission is to make cashless
payments available for all and this new channel via Messenger will help us
enable more people.”
“We’re excited to work with PayMaya to give people in the
Philippines new tools to access their money using Messenger,” said Facebook
Product Manager Ginger Baker. “Our goal is to amplify the reach and impact of
providers like PayMaya by enabling tools that allow them to connect people with
the services and friends they care about.”
Consumers in the Philippines regularly connect with
friends and family to send money and pay bills. However, according to the
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, 86% of Filipino households don't have a deposit
account. As one of the most popular messaging apps in the Philippines,
Messenger offers a much easier way for people to create a new account for daily
financial transactions.
Through PayMaya's partnership with Facebook, Filipinos
will have an easier option for sending money and paying bills on Messenger,
whether they have a bank or a mobile money mobile account or not.
Using PayMaya in Messenger is simple. A customer just
needs to search for @PayMayaOfficial on Messenger on an Android device to start
a transaction. The chatbot will guide the user on the available menu options.
New PayMaya users can create their account using Messenger while those who
already have the PayMaya app installed on their Android phones can link their
wallet to Messenger.
Once in Messenger, they can inquire about their PayMaya
wallet balance, pay bills and send money to other Messenger users, regardless
if they are already on PayMaya or not. People can also buy mobile load on their
phone with a substantial discount anytime, anywhere, directly in Messenger.
Aside from accessing PayMaya in Messenger, PayMaya also
comes with a physical card that can be linked to the mobile wallet. This physical card can be ordered through
www.paymaya.com/shop free of delivery charges and can be used at any Bancnet
ATM nationwide, and anywhere VISA and Mastercard are accepted. PayMaya users
can link up to three PayMaya physical cards to their app.
PayMaya holds the largest network of reloading
touchpoints with over 15,000 top up stations nationwide, which include SM
Business Centers, Robinsons Department Stores, 7-Eleven with Cliqq Kiosks,
Petron stations along NLEX and Ministop outlets with Touchpay Kiosks, Shopwise,
Wellcome, 2Go outlets, Smart Padala centers, Palawan Pawnshop branches,
UnionBank ATMs, Gaisano Malls, and online banking via BDO and UnionBank.
PayMaya is both an app-first and a card-first prepaid
payment service. Users can opt to have the card first and connect it to their
app later on for a shared wallet experience, and vice versa. PayMaya is
telco-agnostic which makes it easy for anyone to create an account regardless
of the network provider.
PayMaya is a regulated e-Money Issuer by the Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas.
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