Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. said Friday its international marketing arm teamed up with Bayad Center to enable online bills payment for Filipinos working overseas.
PLDT said the partnership would empower Filipinos abroad to securely and conveniently manage and process their payables back home through an easy-to-use web-based payment facility.
Among the accredited biller companies of Bayad Center are Meralco, Maynilad, Visayan Electric Co., Davao Light, PLDT, Bayantel, Digitel, Smart, Cignal, Manila Water, Laguna Water District and Pag-IBIG Fund.
“We are relentless in our pursuit of improving the lives of our overseas Filipinos, and this partnership will now allow them to directly and securely settle their typical family bills over the Internet, which is very similar to how they did it before —as if they never left home,” said PLDT and Smart executive vice president and head of enterprise, international and carrier business Eric Alberto.
PLDT Global Corp. president Alex Caeg said the Bayad Center online bills payment facility was one of the enhancements in the Smart Pinoy Store.
“With the addition of Bayad Center under Smart Pinoy Store, the online portal continues to expand its offerings while cementing its leadership as a one-stop overseas Pinoy retail store,” Caeg said.
PLDT Global operates in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and the United Kingdom and plans to expand its operations in Australia, India and Latin America next year.
PLDT Global’s business pillars include mobile virtual network operations, international load dealership, e-commerce, remittances and enterprise business.
PLDT earlier reported a net income of P25.3 billion in the January to September period, down by 9 percent from P28 billion last year.
Excluding foreign exchange transactions and other non-recurring items, core profit hit P27.08 billion, down by 5 percent from P28.86 billion last year.
Consolidated revenue was flat at P127.87 billion in the first nine months of the year.