{"id":74315,"date":"2026-06-11T07:49:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=74315"},"modified":"2026-06-08T18:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:51:30","slug":"visa-expands-contactless-payments-with-garmin-pay-launch-in-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2026\/06\/11\/visa-expands-contactless-payments-with-garmin-pay-launch-in-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"Visa expands contactless payments with Garmin Pay launch in PH"},"content":{"rendered":"

Viss announced that cardholders of eligible Visa debit and credit cards issued by participating banks in the Philippines can now add their cards to Garmin Pay on their compatible Garmin smartwatches.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now enabled for Visa debit and credit cards from EastWest Bank and GoTyme Bank, as well as other foreign-issued Visa cards supported by Garmin Pay, this new feature enables Garmin users to make secure, seamless payments from their smartwatch at any contactless-enabled terminal in the Philippines, advancing payments digitalization while giving cardholders peace of mind with every tap.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Garmin Pay expands contactless payment options in the Philippines, building on Visa and Google\u2019s collaboration in 2025 to launch\u00a0Google Wallet and Google Pay<\/a>\u00a0in the market. Garmin Pay transactions are enabled by Visa\u2019s tokenization technology. Tokens are used to create seamless and secure payment experiences for consumers and businesses, helping to significantly reduce fraud by replacing actual card numbers with unique digital tokens and preventing cardholders\u2019 real account information from being shared with merchants or stored in devices,<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

The Philippines is the fourth market in Southeast Asia where Garmin Pay is currently available, after Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia. This payment innovation further aligns the Philippines with regional and global standards in payments digitalization, expanding cashless payment options for everyday transactions. In the Asia Pacific region, more than 71% of consumers\u00a0prefer using mobile or smart devices when making in-store or payment transactions,<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cContactless payment platforms such as Garmin Pay amplify Visa\u2019s benefit to Filipinos, enabling speed, convenience, and security with every contactless transaction. With Garmin Pay, Visa provides Filipinos with safer, more convenient ways to pay across shops, public transport, and tourist destinations, empowering local merchants to embrace digital payments and supporting the government\u2019s push to become a cash-lite economy,\u201d noted\u00a0Jeffrey Navarro, Country Manager for Visa Philippines.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

The launch of Garmin Pay also boosts tourism, offering more seamless and secure payment experiences for both Filipinos traveling abroad and visitors traveling to the Philippines. Across the Asia Pacific region, 97% of travelers\u00a0say that they want to use credit, debit, or prepaid cards on their trips, while only 17% intend to bring foreign currency. Visa\u2019s research found that in the Philippines, 44% of tourists report encountering various payment problems, including non-acceptance by merchants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now enabled for Visa debit and credit cards from EastWest Bank and GoTyme Bank, as well as other foreign-issued Visa cards supported by Garmin Pay, this new feature enables Garmin users to make secure, seamless payments from their smartwatch at any contactless-enabled terminal in the Philippines, advancing payments digitalization while giving cardholders peace of mind with every tap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":74316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[413,7196,676],"class_list":["post-74315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-banking","tag-garmin","tag-visa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74315","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=74315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74317,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74315\/revisions\/74317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}