Send anywhere, anytime in the PH with ‘GCash Padala’ even for Non-GCash Users
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Pinabilis, Pinamura and Pinadali! A New Take On Local Remittances With The Help Of GCash Padala
Leading mobile wallet and digital payment solutions provider GCash is extending a new remittance service feature to its more than 40 million active consumers, which will also be accessible to all non-app users.
‘GCash Padala’ is a more affordable, faster, and easier way that allows Filipinos without any e-wallet account to receive money in real-time anywhere in the Philippines via the GCash app. It allows you to save time and money from physically going to a remittance center to send money to your loved ones away from home, because now you can do it straight from your phone in as fast as 1-minute, through the app itself, free of charge. It boasts one of the lowest remittance rates versus its competition, charging up to as low as a 1% remittance fee. The remittance experience is easier too, allowing users to send to non GCash users and only requiring receivers to showcase 1 Valid ID to claim transactions through its 2,000 partners nationwide.
To access the service, the sender logs into the GCash app, selects “Send Money,” and taps the “GCash Padala” option. A user interface pops up next where the sender will key in the intended recipient’s full name, mobile number, and the amount of money to be sent. Afterwards, the sender has to confirm the transaction and pay for it using existing funds from his GCash account to send the money successfully. A notification with reference number of the transaction, and other detailed information, will be sent via text message to both the sender and the recipient in real-time as soon as the process has been completed.
GCash has partnered with outlets such as Posible, Go VIP, Tambunting and Panalo Express centers, among others—including local sari-sari stores—to serve as authorized “pera outlets” in rolling out its remittance services to the public. Service fees for GCash remittances go as low as 1% for a minimum remittance amount of 500 php, this is cheaper compared to banks and other money transfer outlets providing similar services in the market.
Bringing GCash Padala outlets down to the barangay level through neighborhood sari-sari store owners enables more customers to avoid the hassle of taking a day off and going so far just to send and receive remittances. “With GCash, anyone can not only send and receive money, but also buy autoload and pay their bills online. You can transmit and take out cash anytime through your neighborhood sari-sari store owner who has a GCash application on his or her smartphone,” adds GCash Chief Customer Officer Winsley Bangit.
