Black Friday shopping with GCash

MANILA, Philippines - Every year in the US, millions of shoppers take advantage of the savings offered by malls during Black Friday, a special discount shopping day after Thanksgiving Day in the US. 

Now you, too, can avail of the huge discounts offered by some of the biggest online shopping sites in the US like Best Buy, K-Mart, Target, and Amazon during their Black Friday Sale with the new GCash American Express Virtual Card.

A tie-up between GCash and American Express — the GCash American Express Virtual Card, which is linked to the user’s existing GCash mobile wallet, enables customers to use their GCash to pay for purchases conveniently and securely at international online sites and app stores that accept American Express.

“Black Friday is the biggest pre-Christmas shopping sale in the US and now that Christmas is fast approaching, you can enjoy your gift-buying in the US with big discounts using the GCash American Express Virtual Card. This is the most-awaited sale in the US and now, we can all shop even if we’re here in the Philippines,” said Globe president and CEO Ernest Cu. Black Friday will be held on Nov. 23 in the United States.

“For many years, shoppers in the US have enjoyed massive savings on great products as a result of ‘Black Friday.’ Now Filipinos can. With the GCash American Express Virtual Card, you simply need your GCash wallet to pay for your purchases even if you don’t have a credit card. And what is good about the Virtual Card is that even if most US online sites only deliver within the US you don’t have to worry how to get the goods delivered to the Philippines.  We provide you with a personalized US address where your goods can be delivered and from there, you can have them shipped to the Philippines right to your doorstep at very low shipping rates,” said Paolo Baltao, president of G-Xchange, Inc. (GXI), a fully-owned subsidiary of Globe Telecom and operator of GCash.

 Getting the GCash American Express Virtual Card is easy.  Simply register your GCash wallet and e-mail address online at www.globe.com.ph/gcash-amex. Once we have validated your account, you will receive your virtual card number, your personalized US shipping address, and other pertinent information via email so you can already start shopping.

For information, visit www.globe.com.ph/gcash-amex.