{"id":69227,"date":"2025-04-14T07:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T23:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=69227"},"modified":"2025-04-12T16:36:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T08:36:58","slug":"maya-pepsi-cola-to-power-distributors-and-sari-sari-stores-with-digital-payments-and-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2025\/04\/14\/maya-pepsi-cola-to-power-distributors-and-sari-sari-stores-with-digital-payments-and-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"Maya, Pepsi-Cola to power distributors and sari-sari stores with digital payments and credit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Maya, the country\u2019s #1 digital bank and leading payments processor, and Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. (PCPPI) are rolling out a new digital initiative to modernize how payments and financing are managed across PCPPI\u2019s nationwide network of over 200,000 distributors and retailers, including sari-sari stores.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initiative is designed to make it easier for business owners within the PCPPI distribution ecosystem to collect payments, access capital, and streamline day-to-day operations through Maya\u2019s all-in-one digital banking and payments platform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Distributors and retailers will benefit from faster collections via Maya\u2019s end-to-end cashless payment system. By reconciling transactions in real-time, this system aims to reduce risks tied to cash handling, such as theft, collection delays, and misreporting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) for credit scoring, Maya will also offer access to working capital loans\u2014linked directly to real-time sales and payment data. This provides sari-sari store owners and distributors with accessible financing options that can fund their inventory purchases and fuel business growth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maya&#8217;s solutions will be integrated into PCPPI\u2019s Distributor Management System (DMS) to create a connected, end-to-end financial infrastructure that supports everything from collections to inventory financing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis partnership with Maya supports our goal of streamlining operations and strengthening support for our distributors and retail partners,\u201d said Phyo Phyu Noe, President and CEO of Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. \u201cBy shifting to digital payments and financing, we\u2019re making it easier for our partners to do business and grow with us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are proud to work with Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. on a program that supports the essential role of distributors and sari-sari store owners in the local economy,\u201d said Shailesh Baidwan, Maya Group President and Maya Bank Co-Founder. \u201cBy simplifying collections and improving access to financing through our digital banking platform, we\u2019re helping them run their businesses more efficiently and grow with confidence in an increasingly digital world.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This initiative reflects a broader transformation in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector, where embedded digital finance is emerging as a key driver of agility, efficiency, and growth at the grassroots level.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across the country, more companies are embedding financial services into their supply chains\u2014not just to digitize payments, but to strengthen last-mile relationships with trade partners. For Maya and PCPPI, this collaboration offers a working model for how digital finance can unlock inclusive growth and long-term resilience across the Philippine retail landscape.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The initiative is designed to make it easier for business owners within the PCPPI distribution ecosystem to collect payments, access capital, and streamline day-to-day operations through Maya\u2019s all-in-one digital banking and payments platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":69228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[7376,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-69227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-maya","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69227","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=69227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69229,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69227\/revisions\/69229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}