This is the first “palengke” in the country to accept cashless transactions

When it comes to shopping and eating out at your favorite restaurants, paying using mobile wallets has been a convenient option. This mode of payment has also made its way to a certain palengke in the country where usual buyers can shop for necessities on a daily.

Araneta City announced its partnership with the e-wallet app GCash to carry out cashless transactions at Farmers Market, Quezon City. The first contactless payment project in a public market allows buyers to pay for items by scanning a QR code with GCash once it’s fully implemented, as per Business World.

‘We are pleased to partner with Araneta City in carrying out our very first cashless and contactless payment scheme in a public market,’ Ana Bautista, Lead for Conglomerate Accounts of GCash Enterprise, said in Araneta City’s post. ‘This is our way of helping create a safer and convenient retail environment both for our small entrepreneurs and the public consumers.’

The partnership aims to help with the government’s call to encourage cashless transactions to limit the spread of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila, as per ABS-CBN News. Several establishments, including public services, have adopted this payment method over the course of the pandemic.

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