THE Department of Finance is establishing an online-based payment gateway called PHPay System to be used for government transactions in line with the administration’s efforts to cut red tape and further improve the ease of doing business.
Finance Undersecretary Gil Beltran said in a statement Tuesday the payment system would enable taxpayers and other state clients to remit fees and other charges electronically to government agencies.
He said the PHPay system “will cover the development of a payment gateway and a payment ledgering management system for the whole of government.”
The PHPay system is designed to be a secure and reliable collection system in which government clients can transfer payments online for government services anytime and anywhere, minimizing the need for human contact and eliminating long queues in state offices.
“Taxpayers and other government clients, can however, still opt to use other payment methods even when PHPay is in place,” Beltran said.
