Any online methods to pay bills (electric, water, etc)?

[Gator]

9 hours ago, Kingpin said:

HSBC

So not really a local bank. Looks like your only option is to use gcash or maya. As others have suggested you can fund them with your debit card via a one of the remittance services like world remit or western union. Or of course load them with cash at one of the many locations in the Phils. 

[Freebie]

BPI does direct debit for phone and wfi but for some reason couldnt get the Meralco ( Manila electricity ) to work for direct debit. So my workaround is just to pay in advance , which works fine. Throw P20,000 on it via the BPI credit card and forget about electricity bills for next few months.

[OnMyWay]

1 hour ago, Freebie said:

BPI does direct debit for phone and wfi but for some reason couldnt get the Meralco ( Manila electricity ) to work for direct debit.

BPI has never had my Subic Enerzone either.  No problem on Maya.

[Kingpin]

15 hours ago, Gator said:

So not really a local bank. Looks like your only option is to use gcash or maya. As others have suggested you can fund them with your debit card via a one of the remittance services like world remit or western union.

They can both be funded online too; GCash through a bank account which is free but slow, and Maya through a debit card which costs 200p. I'll probably try Maya later.

 

 

[Jollygoodfellow]

6 hours ago, Kingpin said:

They can both be funded online too; GCash through a bank account which is free but slow, and Maya through a debit card which costs 200p. I'll probably try Maya later.

 

 

Another option is the 7/11 app. You can pay quite a few there I believe. I only used it once when I had some problem with Globe but with the app, it gives you a bar code and you can just let the cashier scan it and pay cash.

Another app is the Visan Electric Company. Will show you your bill with options to pay.

[Kingpin]

14 hours ago, Jollygoodfellow said:

Another app is the Visan Electric Company. Will show you your bill with options to pay.

That's the one that only allows payment from 3 local banks they partnered with.

 

[PinoyDani]

Gcash stopped working on my phone after enabling "Developer Mode" in phone's setting. Maya's customer service is a nightmare when changing phone numbers. The only ones working for me are local bank bill payments.

[Freebie]

I like when paying and " trying to pay " Maya , the screen says "Making your payment experience awesome ".. who writes that tosh and thinks anyone could find making a simple standard payment AWESOME........