{"id":38483,"date":"2020-04-22T11:24:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T03:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=38483"},"modified":"2020-04-22T11:24:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T03:24:50","slug":"sss-taps-paymaya-for-small-business-wage-subsidy-and-other-loan-proceeds-disbursement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2020\/04\/22\/sss-taps-paymaya-for-small-business-wage-subsidy-and-other-loan-proceeds-disbursement\/","title":{"rendered":"SSS taps PayMaya for Small Business Wage Subsidy and other loan proceeds disbursement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Eligible employees under the Small Business Wage Subsidy (SBWS) program will be able to conveniently receive the cash assistance straight to their PayMaya accounts once disbursements commence in May.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State pension fund Social Security System (SSS) has tapped digital financial services leader&nbsp;PayMaya&nbsp;for an easier and more convenient way to disburse proceeds from&nbsp;the&nbsp;national government&#8217;s&nbsp;SBWS program and&nbsp;its&nbsp;other loan offers to&nbsp;more than 3 million&nbsp;member-employees affected by the current COVID-19 public health situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eligible employers and their respective employees can now link their\u00a0PayMaya\u00a0accounts in the\u00a0My.SSS\u00a0online portal,\u00a0so that they\u00a0can conveniently receive their wage subsidies when the disbursements start\u00a0next month.\u00a0Depending on their location, eligible employees stand to receive P5,000 to P8,000 in subsidies from the government\u00a0through the\u00a0SSS. Employers have until April 30, 2020 to submit their applications at the\u00a0SSS\u00a0website (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sss.gov.ph\/\">www.sss.gov.ph<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"706\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PayMaya.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38484\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PayMaya.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PayMaya-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To successfully receive their wage subsidies via PayMaya, employees must make sure that their PayMaya accounts are upgraded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government has set aside a P51 billion fund&nbsp;in wage subsidies for small businesses whose employees were affected by the enhanced community quarantine and unable to work&nbsp;due to suspension of business operations in some industries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\u201cThis is especially convenient and beneficial for employees in small businesses who were unable to work during the enhanced community quarantine period. More than ever, fast and easy access\u00a0to funds for their daily necessities becomes critical at this time.\u00a0We are happy to be part of government&#8217;s thrust in using e-Money as a convenient tool for cash distribution,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Orlando\u00a0Vea,\u00a0founder and CEO of\u00a0PayMaya.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The disbursement of wage subsidies and other loan proceeds is an expansion of the partnership between&nbsp;SSS&nbsp;and&nbsp;PayMaya, which together launched a more convenient way to pay for member contributions using the&nbsp;SSS&nbsp;mobile app in late 2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Promoting safe and convenient payments<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After receiving their wage subsidies or loan proceeds in their PayMaya accounts, employee beneficiaries may immediately use the funds to pay bills, buy airtime load, send money to family, or shop online for basic necessities using their PayMaya app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They may also opt to withdraw the funds at any&nbsp;Bancnet&nbsp;ATMs currently available using their physical&nbsp;PayMaya&nbsp;card or through the more than 30,000 Smart&nbsp;Padala&nbsp;centers nationwide.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aside from offering convenience, utilizing PayMaya for various digital transactions is also a safer way to pay as part of physical distancing and health measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To sign up for a&nbsp;PayMaya&nbsp;account, all they&nbsp;have to&nbsp;do is download the&nbsp;PayMaya&nbsp;app in the Google Play Store or the Apple App store and register using their mobile number.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eligible employees under the Small Business Wage Subsidy (SBWS) program will be able to conveniently receive the cash assistance straight to their PayMaya accounts once disbursements commence in May. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":38484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,15,19],"tags":[7081,3682,4331,7129],"class_list":["post-38483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biz-solutions","category-business","category-headlines","tag-covid-19","tag-paymaya","tag-paymaya-philippines","tag-social-security-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}