GGives: Easily Pay with Installments (Buy Now, Pay Later)

This post explains what GGives is, how it works, and how you can avail of this pay-by-installment scheme in GCash. I was in the drugstore looking to pay for my purchases via GCash when I saw a new QR design. And it mentioned paying via GGives or via GCredit. As GCash is notoriously secretive when … Read more

GCash and Robinsons

Robinsons malls and supermarkets are one of the biggest, respectively in the Philippines. Robinsons own a lot of different brands and with their partnership with GCash, make them one of the largest partners. Some brands that are under the Robinson’s Retail Holdings, Inc (RRHI) include: Robinsons Department Store Robinsons Supermarket Handyman True Value Ministop True … Read more

Using GCash to Pay for your Facebook Ads

Facebook is probably one of the biggest ad platforms in the world. If you need eyes from your prospective clients, there is no other social media platform that has more members. The Philippines is indeed the social media capital of the world, and Filipinos purportedly spend an average of 4 hours in social media, and … Read more

Puregold and GCash

Puregold, the go-to supermarket of every Filipino, always provides the lowest priced items commonly used in households. They are the best place to buy retail goods for a sari-sari store business, for any kind of small business, or for the daily needs of a family. What we don’t know about Puregold is its commitment to … Read more

How to Seamlessly Pay via GCash in Grab and Lalamove Delivery Services

This post explains how to pay in Grab and Lalamove using GCash easily. Oftentimes we think that our delivery/logistics services can only support plain old cash for payments to drivers. But some providers like Lalamove and Grab, have now accepted a lot of payment methods, we can also use our GCash Mastercards and AMEX Virtual … Read more

Using AMEX Virtual Pay in GCash for Online Purchases

As we increasingly do our transactions online, it has become obvious that a credit/debit card is becoming more of a necessity especially since there are a lot of online shops now out there. Unfortunately, not everyone has a credit card. And that is especially so for a majority of Filipinos. We could use our own … Read more

How to Fully Use GCash in 7-11 / 7-Eleven

As 7-11 (or 7-Eleven) is one of the most mainstream convenience stores in the Philippines, you can not only buy food and alcohol but also pay for bills and load using the Cliqq machine. But if you ask me, I think Japan still holds the gold standard for convenience stores with its ATMs, photocopiers, magazines, … Read more

Enabling GCash Payments in Google (via Play Store, Youtube, etc.)

Buying something in the Google ecosystem without a credit or debit card is a bit of a hassle — even if we have options in the form of GCash Mastercard or the AMEX Virtual Pay within the GCash app. Sometimes people don’t have their Mastercard cards with them. Using AMEX Virtual Pay is sometimes bothersome … Read more

All You Need to Know about Using QR Payments in GCash

GCash has made the QR code an integral part of its ecosystem. There are now more than 100,000 merchants using Scan to Pay as a method of payment. Since GCash is partly Ayala-owned, all Ayala malls have a requirement for their merchants to accept GCash. Other malls like SM and Robinson’s also support cashless methods … Read more