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GCash services unavailable on Oct. 11 due to system upgrade

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 07:02 PM

All GCash services will be temporarily unavailable on Oct. 11, Friday, from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m., the company said in a text message to its users.  Read more »

Robi Domingo reveals he spent P500,000 'PBB' prize in a week

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 08 08:38 PM

The TV host revealed that he spent the P500,000 cash prize he won from 'PBB' in just a week.  Read more »

Manila digitizes allowance distribution for senior high, PLM, UdM students

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 01:00 AM

Students enrolled in the capital’s public senior high schools and universities will receive their monthly stipend from the local government via cash cards starting next year after the city signed an agreement with GCash, one of the country’s largest online payments company, Wednesday. Read more »

Building trust key to boosting financial technologies in PH: Globe CEO

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 31 08:07 AM

The challenge now is to get Filipinos to trust digital innovations such as the scan-to-pay cashless payment system introduced by GCash a few years ago.  Read more »

GCash Mastercard now available in convenience stores

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 05:37 PM

Mynt on Tuesday said it was “democratizing” access to financial services by making its GCash Mastercard available in convenience stores nationwide for only P150. Read more »

GCash pushes financial inclusion with QR-based mobile lending facility

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 03:21 PM

GCredit allows users to pay bills and purchase from partner merchants using a credit line accessible within the GCash app, its operator said in a statement. Read more »

App gamifies tree planting, aims to plant 365,000 trees in Ipo watershed

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 11:16 PM

MANILA—Every year, the Philippines loses 47,000 hectares of forest cover.   Read more »

5 better money habits for a better you

GCash
Posted at May 27 07:10 PM

It’s better to develop good money habits as early as now to keep your finances in check and to avoid getting into debt. Read more »

GCash now allows donations to cause oriented groups

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 03:27 PM

The electronic wallet provider partnered with Bantay Kalikasan, Haribon Foundation, World Wildlife Fund for Nature and the Forest Foundation Philippines for GCash for Good.   Read more »

GCash moving into lifestyle payments, says Mynt CEO

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 25 10:55 AM

GCash has 20 million registered customers, who can pay using QR codes in 50,000 merchants, Mynt CEO Anthony Thomas told The Briefing on ANC's Market Edge. Read more »

PH fintech firm sees wider adoption of cashless payments in 3-5 years

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 20 11:37 PM

According to one industry insider, people are starting to embrace digital payments systems such as GCash because of their convenience. Read more »

Cracked screen no problem as apps propel digital banking in PH

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 05 06:26 PM

Apps such as Coins.ph encouraged a digital shift in the way Filipinos move money.  Read more »

For P50, GCash offers cheap, easy investing

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 08 10:36 AM

GCash Invest Money was developed to encourage beginners who found investing difficult and “intimidating,” GCash product head for Invest Money Izza Castelo told ABS-CBN News.  Read more »

No bank account? Mobile wallet offers alternative

MoneyGram
Posted at Oct 05 06:23 PM

To deliver financial services right at customers’ fingertips around the world, MoneyGram partnered with GCash to further grow its digital channels in the world’s third largest remittances receive market. Read more »

GCash expands fastfood coverage to Wendy's

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 31 04:01 PM

GCash, developed in partnership with Chinese billionaire Jack Ma's Ant Financial, is accepted in 15,000 outlets, Globe said. Read more »

GCash, AlipayHK launch blockchain-powered remittance service

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 04:10 PM

Transaction fees will be waived during a 3-month trial period. Users can send and receive money on their digital wallets by just tapping on their mobile devices, Globe said in a statement. Read more »

Globe fintech sticking to fiat currencies for now: CEO

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 06:50 AM

Financial technology firm Mynt, which operates e-wallet GCash, believes in the value of blockchain technology but is unlikely to “touch” cryptocurrencies, its CEO said. Read more »

Jack Ma, Chinese tech help PH slay cash as king of payments

Jessica Fenol and Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 22 01:45 PM

Black and white signs have begun to pop up beside thousands of cash registers in the Philippines, enticing users to scan them with their smartphones to pay for anything from burgers to bikinis. Read more »

GCash, Alipay target Chinese tourists with new payment scheme

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 16 10:46 PM

Globe Telecomm's fintech arm Mynt and Alibaba Group's Ant Financial on Monday jointly launched a new QR Code solution which will allow Philippine merchants to accept local GCash payments and payments from Chinese tourists using Alipay in one single connection. Read more »

Real-time remittance sending made possible via mobile app

MoneyGram
Updated as of May 10 05:06 PM

MoneyGram has partnered with GCash to allow easier remittance sending and receiving through the GCash mobile application, which may allow receiver of remittances to get the money within 10 minutes through mobile wallet. Read more »