GCash
boosts fast and secure payment transactions local government units (LGUs). The G-Xchange
flagship mobile money service (Globe Telecom subsidiary) is revving-up
operations of LGUs’ transaction via mobile. GCash teamed up with the local
governments of Quezon City, Valenzuela City and Batangas City under USAID’s
Scaling Innovation through Mobile Money (SIMM) project to provide residents a
platform to settle their payments of real property tax and business and
construction permits.
“We are happy to help the government
fulfill its duties to its residents by making GCash accessible to them. Using
our mobile payment system, residents of Quezon City, Valenzuela City and
Batangas City will no longer have to travel all the way to city hall and queue
in line for hours to pay for their real property taxes as well as for their business
and construction permits. With GCash, residents get a better, faster and more
convenient option to settle their financial obligations. All they need to do is
to simply register to GCash and pay using their mobile phones,” says G-Xchange,
Inc. President Paolo Baltao.
GCash provides the most innovative
mobile money system that drives real-time assessment and easy payment anytime,
anywhere. Quezon City residents can use GCash to pay for real property taxes,
while those in Batangas City can pay their for business permits using the
innovative mobile money service. Meanwhile, residents in Valenzuela City can
settle their real property taxes and business and construction permit payments
using GCash. They may register to GCash by dialing *143# for FREE, select GCash,
Register, and provide the necessary information.
Payment of Real Property Tax can be
made by dialing *137# using Globe/TM SIM; Select Quezon City/Valenzuela City;
Choose Real Property Tax; Input the Tax Declaration Number; Confirm Tax
Declaration Number for assessment; Choose which balance to pay (1) Current
Quarter Balance and (2) Year-end Balance and Confirm payment details.
Meanwhile, Batangas City and Valenzuela City residents can pay for
their business permits by simply dialing *137# using Globe/TM SIM; Select
Batangas City/Valenzuela City; Choose Business Permit; Input the Account Number
and proceed with the payment.
A GCash wallet may be funded through
GCash outlets nationwide (available
in Globe Stores, Puregold Supermarkets, Partner Rural Banks, Globe Load
Distributors, and partner pawnshops like Villarica and Tambunting Pawnshops
among others); Mobile banking through
BPI Mobile Bank and Unionbank; GCash
online via Megalink online cash-in and ATM
via Bancnet.
