By Manny Balbin/PNA
BOCAUE, Bulacan — Residents in this town will soon enjoy cashless convenience as the local government unit here has initially distributed the Bocaue citizens identification (ID) cards from PayMaya.
Some 1,500 residents comprised the first batch of recipients out of the total 23,000 townsfolk. They received their ID cards during the distribution held at the covered court of the municipal government here Tuesday.
The privilege of having the first citizen’s ID was an initiative of Mayor Joni Villanueva-Tugna, in coordination with the PayMaya community heads, led by Tricia Quinisio, Cristina Tagle, and Shiela Marie Gulapia.
Tugna, during the distribution, said it is imperative to have a PayMaya citizen’s ID because it gives users certain benefits.
Since the Bocaue citizen’s IDs are linked to a PayMaya account, these also give the residents access to a wealth of digital services available in the app.
Such services include instant prepaid mobile loading, bills payment, receiving remittances from Western Union, sending money to other PayMaya account holders, online shopping through the virtual card, aside from in-store shopping via their physical citizen’s ID and PayMaya QR, which allows cashless purchase at partner merchants even outside the city.
“The ID card can also be used to purchase groceries at a cheap price at PayMaya’s mobile store, which will roam in all barangays using the said ID card,” Tugna said.
It was learned that only 5,000 cards were initially allotted for the people of Bocaue but through Tugna’s efforts, all the 23,000 residents are now set to get the IDs. (PNA)
