Bench, 39 Retail Brands to Accept GCash Scan to Pay in January

In photo are Suyen Board Chairman Ben Chan (2nd from left) and Globe President and CEO Ernest Cu (2nd from right).  With them are Suyen VP for Business Development Bryan Lim (left) and Mynt President and CEO Anthony Thomas (right). 

January 11, 2018 | 09:07 AM

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The Bench and Suyen Global Brands will expand the use of GCash scan to pay feature to include all of its retail outlets and its other brands nationwide by mid-January, to make shopping more convenient and secure. 

Aside from the convenience of shopping without carrying cash, GCash users can enjoy a 30 percent cashback of up to P500 until January 31 this year when they scan to pay with GCash in Bench and all of its other brands. 

“GCash is here to ensure that customers are given the convenience and security they deserve when paying for goods and services.  With the GCash scan to pay feature, anyone with a GCash account and smartphone can easily pay the exact amount using their phone.  There is no longer any need to wait for loose change or pay in smaller denominations, or even stand in line for a long time,” said Ernest Cu, President and CEO of Globe Telecom. 

Using the GCash scan to pay feature is simple.  With their iPhone or Android smartphone, customers only need to download or update to the latest version of the GCash App, register for an account, and then fund their GCash wallets at any of the more than 12,000 GCash Partner Outlets nationwide, including Globe Stores, Puregold branches, SM Business Centers, Robinsons Business Centers, 7-Eleven Barcode and Cliqq kiosks, TouchPay kiosks and pawnshops such as Cebuana Lhuillier, Villarica, and Tambunting.  Once it’s done, customers will simply tap on the Scan QR, point a phone’s camera at the partner’s QR code, and pay. 

GCash is being operated by Mynt, a company owned by Globe Telecom, Ant Financial, and the Ayala Corporation. 

GCash now dominates the country’s retail e-payment landscape as there are more than 4,000 GCash QRs being accepted in several merchants all over the country, including the biggest players in the retail industry such as Ayala Malls, Robinsons Department Store, SM Malls, Megaworld Lifestyle Malls Cinema, Puregold, Ministop, and NCCC Malls.