PayMaya Philippines Inc. has teamed up with Golden Arches Development Corp., the franchise holder of McDonald’s in the Philippines, to accept cashless payments in over 40 stores nationwide.
“This is digital technology at its most convenient, and we are working toward enabling more partners like McDonald’s to further build a ‘cashless’ ecosystem all around the country,” PLDT Inc., Smart Communications and PayMaya chairman Manuel Pangilinan said Friday.
“We’re starting with McDonald’s today, but we envision a future where most of our transactions will be carried out with the help of a PayMaya account,” he added.
Over 40 McDonald’s restaurants nationwide have already begun accepting card payments for all types of Mastercard and Visa credit, debit and prepaid cards, including PayMaya Visa cards and Smart Mastercard.
The company will also soon be accepting PayMaya QR payments in its McCafe BGC Arts Center and McCafe Tagaytay Calamba stores, with more stores accepting QR-based payments in the coming months.
“Our goal is to continuously provide our customers with a convenient and feel-good restaurant experience, which is why we are committed in seeking out innovations that can deliver this to them,” McDonald’s president and chief executive Kenneth Yang,said.
“Through our partnership with PayMaya, our customers will now have a cashless payment option to make ordering their favorite McDonald’s meals more convenient,” he added.
McDonald’s joins a roster of pioneering companies and merchants that are embracing the cashless revolution with the help of PayMaya. PayMaya is the largest online and mobile acquirer in the Philippines, powering card payment acceptance of some of the biggest e-Commerce retailers in the country, including the likes of Lazada, Zalora, Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific.
PayMaya is likewise powering the QR payments acceptance capabilities of Robinsons Department Store, Robinsons Supermarket, and shops under Robinsons Store Specialists Inc., which include popular brands such as Topshop, Topman, G2000, Dorothy Perkins and Warehouse.