This Public Market is the First in the Philippines to Go Totally Cashless

Araneta City and GCash have partnered up and made Farmers Market in Quezon City the first public market in the Philippines to fully implement cashless and contactless transactions between the vendors and the customers.

PHOTO BY Farmers Market, Shutterstock, Unsplash ILLUSTRATION War Espejo

They have set up a Scan to Pay setup where customers with GCash accounts can scan a unique QR code for each Farmers Market stall and pay for their purchased items using GCash, too. Araneta City and GCash's collaboration supports the government's call for the private sector to provide cashless payment options so as to help lessen the COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila.

"As an essential establishment, Farmers Market has remained open to the public regardless of the quarantine classification imposed by the government. We have always maintained that all market personnel, vendors, and shoppers will observe compliance with health and safety protocols," said John Castelo, Araneta City's Senior Vice President for Business Development. "We value the cashless payment platform provided by GCash as a welcome addition to our strict anti-COVID measures."

This story originally appeared on Yummy.ph. Minor edits have been made by the SPOT.ph editors.

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