Making GCash relatable to the ordinary Filipino
This post introduces GoTyme, a high deposit-yielding digital bank app with some nice features included. Aside from GCash, there are currently a lot of different neo-banks and virtual wallets, with each having different ways to expand into the space. GoTyme is similar, and its sticky point is the pretty competitive deposit interest rate and usage … Read more
GSave has now a new bank in its marketplace: Maybank. This post focuses on how to use EzySave by Maybank. GSave being a marketplace, now not only provides GSave by CIMB and #MySaveUp by BPI but also EzySave+ by Maybank. This post comprehensively explains how to create and use the new EzySave+ by Maybank. What … Read more
Bux is a payment gateway catering to all kinds of online merchants. Similar to Paymongo, they make payments easier especially for starting merchants and for side hustlers. How does Bux work? Payment gateways like Bux work around payment links. You can share this payment link with the buyer, this link opens a page that handles … Read more
As quarantine has become the norm all over the world, doing recreational activities like cooking or baking, playing Nintendo Switch, or watching Netflix at home has become the activity of choice for most people. Coincidentally, GCash minimum active user numbers have also skyrocketed during this quarantine. This is due to the fact that it is … Read more
E-commerce has been on an upswing for a while now, even before the quarantine. Now, it’s as strong as ever due to enterprising Filipinos who are leveraging the cheaper fees of delivery services like Grab/Lalamove. Coupled with increased usage of digital wallets like GCash, there is no other way but up for e-commerce and for … Read more
Lately, groceries and supermarkets have been put in the spotlight, as everyone needs to do grocery runs during the quarantine. It is good to know that we can also use the cashless route when paying for groceries, even though the lines can be long because of the social distancing scheme. For GCash, there are essentially … Read more
This post explores how we can best leverage bank cash-in methods on the GCash app. As we go towards Week 4 of the Community Quarantine, I’m getting some comments about creating a tutorial for people with bank accounts. As we all know, it’s currently a bit troublesome to go for over-the-counter cash-in options because of … Read more
This post explains the different ways you can pay in Grab, foodpanda, and Lalamove using GCash. Currently, since we are in quarantine, one of the most sought-after resources is food, and as such, we can see a lot of people using delivery services in buying and ordering food. The other day, I was walking to … Read more
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
This post explores how to use your GCash Card to its fullest potential, and how to manage the card from within GCash. The GCash Card is pretty versatile. It’s one of the analog parts of GCash since we can use it to make all of our digital money into something tangible, like real cash. How … Read more