3-in-1 card now live at MRT, LRT

MANILA, Philippines - Starting today, commuters can enjoy PayMaya VISA card with beep, the first live three-in-one card in the market that allows payments for Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) fares online and face-to-face store transactions.   

Introduced by Smart eMoney, Inc., the digital financial innovations unit of PLDT and Smart Communications Inc., the PayMaya Visa Card with beep is a physical Visa card with a built-in beep wallet plus more for digital transactions. 

This three-in-one combination enables the public to enjoy the same benefits of the regular contactless beep card deployed under the Automated Fare Collection System (AFCS) for the country’s light railway transport system, plus the convenience of getting an instant virtual Visa card for online shopping in sites such as Zalora, Philippine Airlines and AirBNB via the PayMaya mobile app and a physical card for transactions with any Visa merchant.

As a special limited offer until yearend, commuters could avail themselves of the PayMaya Visa Card with beep for free plus a bonus P30 beep stored value by loading their PayMaya account with P100 in activation booths in select MRT and LRT stations.

The PayMaya app can also be downloaded on Google Play. 

“Our PayMaya Visa Card, the first live card of its kind in the country, will enable Filipinos to extend their carded experience beyond beep and further to online commerce. This is another big milestone for us as a global leader in financial inclusion,” said Orlando Vea, president of Smart eMoney.