Vendors and tricycle drivers in Bohol jump in on the use of QR codes in accepting payments.
MANILA, Philippines – Public markets and tricycle drivers in the Philippines joined the digital wave as the government and leading mobile wallet companies rolled out a program encouraging the use of Quick Response or QR codes.
The use of QR codes benefit microentrepreneurs and tricycle drivers who intend to accept digital payments, as these do not require costly equipment like point-of-sale terminals.Maya and GCash recently rolled out the Paleng-QR initiative in Bohol. “We fully support the Paleng-QR initiative of the government because we believe that in order for Filipinos to really adopt cashless transactions, the natural place to introduce this is where they usually spend their money – the wet markets or ‘palengkes.’ We aim to enable more Filipinos to thrive in this digital era,” saidCashless payments 101: Starting out with a digital wallet
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