Residents of Muntinlupa can now enjoy the convenience of cashless transactions as the city government, in partnership with the Lingkod Muntinlupa Foundation and PayMaya recently launched the MCC Plus or the expanded Muntinlupa Care Card, the country’s most advanced citizen card ID program.
Student scholars, senior citizens, small businesses and other beneficiaries can now have access to the new MCC Plus card, which combines an ordinary ID with the technology of a prepaid card of PayMaya, the digital financial arm of PLDT and Smart’s Voyager Innovations.
Through the new card, Muntinlupa residents will be able to receive cash benefits and allowances from the city government and use their accounts to pay for goods and services in some 5,000 small businesses and beneficiaries of the city’s Joint Resources Financing Program zero interest loan.
Residents can also avail of free rides to e-jeepneys plying the city by tapping their MCC Plus cards onto the sensors inside the vehicles.
Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi said the city takes pride in MCC Plus, the country’s most advanced LGU card that will bring more convenience to its constituents.
He said that since its launch in 2015, the MCC program already has over 200,000 cardholders and the partnership with PayMaya will bring more opportunities for the city’s residents in the growing digital economy.
MCC Plus cards can also be used to shop online and in-store, pay bills, or buy prepaid cell phone load from all networks using the PayMaya app.
Cash credits can be added to their accounts through more than 20,000 Add Money touchpoints, including Smart Padala, SM Business Centers, Robinsons Business Centers, 7-Eleven, Touchpay, UnionBank ATMs, Shopwise, Wellcome, 2Go, ExpressPay, Cebuana Lhuillier, Palawan Pawnshop, Smart Padala, Banco De Oro, UnionBank, RCBC Online Banking, and other InstaPay outlets.