Published June 28, 2021, 9:31 AM
PayMaya-SSS
The country’s top revenue-generating government agencies are now enabled by PayMaya, providing citizens and businesses with a safer and better way to transact using digital payments, both online and face-to-face.
“With PayMaya as enabler, more national government agencies and government-owned corporations are heeding the call of providing ease of doing business and efficient delivery of services by adopting digital payment technologies. As the only end-to-end digital financial services platform enabler, we are committed to making the government’s initiatives work for all,” said
Orlando Vea, Founder and CEO at PayMaya Philippines.
PayMaya has deployed its plug-and-play solutions such as PayMaya Checkout, One by PayMaya, and PayMaya QR to the government’s top two tax-collecting agencies Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BoC). The Social Security System (SSS) and the Home Development Mutual Fund or
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In a statement, LTO Assistant Secretary Edgar C. Galvante said the agency already harmonized these processes to further avoid the proliferation of fixers, especially in this time of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic when they have also shifted online.
“Ating inayos at pinabilis ang panuntunan sa aplikasyon ng mga lisensya at reshistro ng mga sasakyan. Hindi na kakailanganin ng serbisyo nitong mga fixer na babayaran n’yo ng pagkamahal-mahal samantalang mas makaka-menos tayo kung susundin natin ang tamang proseso (We have expedited the application process for licenses and vehicle registration. You will no longer need the service of these fixers in exchange for a higher fee. We can save more if we follow the right process),” Galvante said.
This enabled the two to step up their internet speeds, on the back of their network rollouts.
Smart’s average mobile download speeds have almost tripled from 16.60 Mbps to 47.30 Mbps between May 2020 and May 2021.
PLDT’s average fixed download speeds have more than doubled from 27.44 Mbps to 67.91 Mbps in the same period.
This was according to analysis by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® data.
“Speed in the homes is strengthened by our ongoing fiber rollout, while 5G continues to lift the wireless experience,” noted Alfredo S. Panlilio, PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications President and CEO.
In Ookla’s latest Speedtest Global Index, the Philippines’ mobile average download speeds were at 31.98 Mbps, whereas average fixed broadband speeds were at 59.73 Mbps.
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) said it was targeting that all 1,600 local government units (LGUs) will have their electronic Business One-Stop Shop (e-BOSS) before President Duterte's term expires on June 30 next year.
Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director-General Jeremiah Belgica (Photo fr
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