#DOTr cashless payment

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is introducing cashless payments for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT). DOTr Secretary Vince Dizon said that the open-loop payment system aligns with modern transit technologies used worldwide. To reiterate, the first phase of the cashless payments rollout will start next month. Pasig Mega Market now has satellite-powered internet to support cashless payments under the Paleng-QR Ph Plus program of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Department of Information and Communications Technology. The rollout is part of the Paleng-QR Ph Plus program, a joint effort of BSP and DICT to promote the use of QR Ph, the country’s standard system for cashless payments. MRT-3 now accepts cashless payments (GCash, QR Ph) following a pilot test run. For cashless payments, commuters can now simply scan the QR code on ticket booth counters. Read more in our articles including "DOTr introducing cashless payments for LRT and MRT" and "Pasig Mega Market gets Starlink internet for cashless payments".