In November of 2021, GCash introduced local personality Liza Soberano as its brand ambassador in the Philippines. This year, Soberano has decided to switch to Maya as its newest brand ambassador and chief advocacy officer alongside her Careless Music manager James Reid.
Through the Paleng-QR program, market vendors, shopkeepers, and tricycle drivers can accept digital payments from customers regardless of their e-wallet or bank accounts via QR Ph, the national standard for QR payment.
Under the exclusive promo running from Jan. 16 to Feb. 28, Smart Postpaid subscribers with Plan 999 and up, and who have upgraded their Maya Savings account, can earn an interest rate of up to 7% per annum credited daily - from the base interest rate of 4.5% — one of the highest in the market.
Ten months after their deployment into orbit, Filipino cube satellites (CubeSats) Maya-3 and Maya-4 re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere on 04 August 2022 at 10:01 pm, and 08 August 2022 at 4:09 pm, respectively, ending their mission.