{"id":126786,"date":"2025-11-07T12:27:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/126786\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T12:27:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:27:21","slug":"metro-manila-mayors-ok-cashless-payments-in-markets-tricycles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/126786\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro Manila mayors OK cashless payments in markets, tricycles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-no-lazy=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2134059\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/palengqr-plus-04nov2025-1200x740.png\" alt=\"Metro Manila mayors agreed on Tuesday to implement the PalengQR Plus program, which provides digital wallets for market vendors and public transport drivers to use in cashless transactions with consumers. \u2014 Photo from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas\" width=\"1200\" height=\"740\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2134059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Metro Manila mayors agree on Tuesday to implement the PalengQR Plus program, which provides digital wallets for market vendors and public transport drivers to use in cashless transactions with consumers. \u2014 Photo from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas<\/p>\n<p>MANILA, Philippines \u2013 Metro Manila mayors agreed on Tuesday to implement the PalengQR Plus program, which\u00a0provides digital wallets for market vendors and public transport drivers to use in cashless transactions with consumers.<\/p>\n<p>The PalengQR Plus program is an initiative by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) that uses QR codes to allow cashless transactions in wet markets, sari-sari stores, and tricycles.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tArticle continues after this advertisement<\/p>\n<p>With the QR PH, merchants will only need one QR code that connects to the digital wallet or bank of their choice, which is more convenient compared to having multiple QR codes for each e-wallet, according to BSP Director Mynard Bryan Mojica.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust scan the QR code and pay instantly. It works with any app, and only one QR is needed,\u201d Mojica said at the Metro Manila Council meeting.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnation.inquirer.net\/209641\/gcash-bsp-dilg-join-hands-to-launch-palengqr-ph-in-bohol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">GCash, BSP, DILG join hands to launch PalengQR-PH in Bohol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mojica also said that with the program, the merchants\u2019 funds are safe, and it also avoids the health risks that come with cash transactions, citing the rise of e-transactions during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Several banks and e-wallets will be invited to register to the QR PH, and merchants will also be able to open their own accounts, Mojica added.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues after this advertisement\t\t  <\/p>\n<p>Mojica also assured that the BSP, and DILG are set to offer financial literacy workshops upon implementation of the program.<\/p>\n<p>He also called on the local government units to incentivize the use of the QR PH and to conduct orientations to the target beneficiaries of the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tArticle continues after this advertisement<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1758125\/bsp-launches-first-digital-payment-program-for-farmers-in-cordillera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BSP launches first digital payment program for farmers in Cordillera<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The PalengQR Program has already been launched in other provinces across the country, including Davao, Bohol, Quezon, and Negros Occidental, among others.<\/p>\n<p>                          Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.<\/p>\n<p>                          Your subscription has been successful.<\/p>\n<p>In Metro Manila, Para\u00f1aque, Pasig City and Quezon City have already adopted the PalengQR Plus program, and with the program\u2019s adoption into an official resolution, the rest of the local government units are anticipated to implement the initiative. \/das<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Metro Manila mayors agree on Tuesday to implement the PalengQR Plus program, which provides digital wallets for market&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[61,60,202,80],"class_list":["post-126786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}