Published May 2, 2021, 7:00 AM You head to your ‘suki’ stalls at the ‘palengke’ for your weekly marketing run, or you need to pay the trike driver – those are as real as it gets as examples of your typical, everyday financial transactions. In this time of pandemic and community quarantine, with health and safety protocols paramount on our minds, it’s only natural that handing over paper bills and coins can be health concerns. But do they really have to be concerns? When we mark time at our favorite malls, we gain admittance by registering via a QR code; and when we eat at a fine dining restaurant, we’re offered cashless transactions via a QR code. So, what if these palengke purchases or tricycle charges could also be conducted in a cashless manner? Wouldn’t that be great? No need to bring wads of cash, be ‘bulsa-ful’ of coins and loose change. Well, GCash is making that happen right now!