{"id":41756,"date":"2021-02-13T18:12:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T10:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=41756"},"modified":"2021-02-13T18:12:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T10:12:15","slug":"rakuten-viber-globe-mybusiness-and-gcash-partner-to-empower-msmes-and-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2021\/02\/13\/rakuten-viber-globe-mybusiness-and-gcash-partner-to-empower-msmes-and-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Rakuten Viber, Globe myBusiness, and GCash partner to empower MSMEs and customers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rakuten Viber, one of the leading messaging apps in the world, has partnered with\u00a0Globe myBusiness\u00a0and\u00a0GCash\u00a0in providing micro, small, medium enterprises (MSMEs) and their customers with a safe and efficient way to complete transactions through QR codes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These QR codes have been first made available for merchants on\u00a0FoodPH, Viber\u2019s very own food directory. Through this partnership, FoodPH merchants can make online food orders more convenient for their buyers. To receive payments, they can simply send their GCash QR code to their customers, who can easily scan the code using the GCash app to pay for their orders. New FoodPH merchants can get their own GCash QR code upon signing up, while existing ones can do the same via a link that\u2019s provided to them via the bot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re extremely excited to roll out this new feature on Viber, especially now that people are still encouraged to stay at home amid the ongoing pandemic. With QR codes, both our FoodPH partner merchants and their customers are now able to seamlessly transact with each other. As we\u2019ve made the experience as convenient as possible, it encourages customers to support local businesses\u00a0and order their food from MSMEs,\u201d says\u00a0David Tse, Senior Director, Rakuten Viber. \u201cAnd we\u2019re proud that we\u2019re doing this with Globe myBusiness, which is the country\u2019s leading partner for MSMEs, and GCash, which is the\u00a0leading mobile wallet\u00a0in the Philippines with at least 30 million subscribers. Our Viber users deserve no less.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGlobe myBusiness has always been committed\u00a0to\u00a0providing entrepreneurs with digital solutions and know-how to help them succeed in their ventures. We believe\u00a0in\u00a0partnering with Viber, which became the messaging app of choice for online shopping during the pandemic. That\u2019s why we have encouraged our subscribers to enlist in Viber\u2019s FoodPH, as it will help them maximize their reach and improve their customer service.\u201d says\u00a0Maridol Ylanan, Marketing and Strategy Head , Globe myBusiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGCash used to generate QR codes only\u00a0for bigger\u00a0businesses to help them streamline their point-of-sale transactions. Along with Viber, we have realized that MSMEs, especially food businesses that have been\u00a0hardly hit\u00a0by the pandemic, will also greatly benefit from this feature,\u201d says\u00a0Fred Levy, Chief Commercial Officer, GCash. \u201cGlobe and GCash take the security of our users seriously. That\u2019s why we couldn\u2019t be happier that we are partnering with Viber, which is one of the most secure messaging apps in the world, in offering QR codes to FoodPH merchants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Launched in December 2020, FoodPH is Viber\u2019s official food directory where users can search for a specific type of food, a certain cuisine, or look for a dish based on location. Merchants that are part of the community are carefully sourced&nbsp;by Viber, with some of them listed through Globe MyBusiness.&nbsp;Globe myBusiness subscribers who will register will enjoy a few perks like appearing in the first page of search results once they\u2019re verified. To further encourage users to buy local, Viber FoodPH is featuring some food merchants within the bot,&nbsp; making it easier for them to complete their Lunar New Year or Valentines\u2019 Day spread at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Viber\u2019s latest partnership with GCash comes after the messaging app announced last year that it was planning to turn the messaging app into an all-in-one app, moving towards fintech by making in-app payments available to everyone. That\u2019s why Filipinos have more to expect from this latest partnership as both are aiming to fully integrate GCash into Viber for easier payments and more within the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rakuten Viber, one of the leading messaging apps in the world, has partnered with Globe myBusiness and GCash in providing micro, small, medium enterprises (MSMEs) and their customers with a safe and efficient way to complete transactions through QR codes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41757,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1779],"tags":[1139,1204,2727,1052],"class_list":["post-41756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-headlines-2","tag-gcash","tag-globe-mybusiness","tag-technology-adaption","tag-viber"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41756","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}