Starting Nov. 18, cardholders from participating banks can add their Visa or Mastercard cards to Google Wallet and use their phones or smartwatches to tap and pay at any contactless terminal.
The latest feature of GLife, the one-stop shop lifestyle platform of mobile wallet services provider GCash, will now enable Filipinos to check out property listings from Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) brands and pay for reservation fees and real estate dues.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it has collected P119.07 million in fees and penalties, or an average of P11.9 million per month from March 2021 to January of this year, through its Web-based system that allows cashless payment of business registrations, fees, and other charges.
A combination of technology maturity, consumer popularity, familiarity with contactless payments, and the unique external phenomena of Covid-19 is accelerating today’s market adoption of contactless technologies.
