You can send money online INSTANTLY from your bank in the Philippines to another bank in the Philippines through INSTAPAY as long as both sending and receiving entities are participants of INSTAPAY. The fee for sending online depends on your bank. It ranges from 5 pesos to 100 pesos. BDO charges 100 pesos per transaction. […]
Philippine Bank Closures in 2019
Here’s a list of Philippine bank closures in 2019: There have been 11 banks that were closed down in 2019. Ten were rural banks and one was a savings bank, Maximum Savings Bank. 1. Bagong Bangko Rural ng Malabang (Lanao del Sur), Inc. – Office address at 593 Bayan St., Brgy. China Town (Pob.) Malabang, […]
UAE Exchange Branches in Dubai
Here are the locations of UAE Exchange Branches in Dubai: UAE Exchange is a global remittance partner of BDO, BPI, Landbank, and RCBC. Union Bank is a UAE Exchange partner in UAE only through Visa Direct. Al Barsha Shop No: 12 & 13, Ground Floor Lulu Hypermarket, Al Barsha Behind Mall of the Emirates and Adjacent […]
How to Get Your BDO Send Money Reference Number
Some people have been asking how they can get their BDO Send Money Reference Number after sending money for Cash Pickup at BDO, SM Business Centers, or BDO remittance partners like Cebuana Lhuillier and M Lhuillier. Here are ways you can get your BDO Send Money Reference Number: You can see your reference number when […]
Types of Philippine Banks Closed Down from 2000 to 2017
Which bank will be the first one to be closed down by the BSP in 2018? Or will 2018 be a rare year? With no bank failing this year. Let’s look back and see which year saw the most number of banks that failed: NUMBER OF CLOSED BANKS by YEAR YEAR RURAL COOPERATIVE THRIFT […]
How to Load Paymaya at a TouchPay machine
I was looking for drinks at the Alfamart convenience store at the ground floor of the Grace Residences in Taguig when I saw a TouchPay machine. I’ve read about it on the Paymaya website, so I decided to try to use it to load my Paymaya. It was easy, and the one-thousand peso bill that […]
Philippine National Bank in Qatar
Here are the offices of the Philippine National Bank in Qatar: Qatar Desk Office Doha Bank International Relations Center First Floor, Doha Bank D-Ring Road Branch D-Ring Road cor Al Mansour Street, Matar Qadeem, Doha PO Box 3818 Business Hours: Sunday to Thursday – 7:30AM to 3:30PM Landline (+974) 4445 6759 Mobile (+974) 5582 1049 […]
Send Money from Qatar via Landbank Remittance Partners
Here’s a list of Landbank remittance partner offices where you can send money from Qatar to the Philippines: Al Fardan Exchange Grand Hamad St., Doha Phones: 4463 0600 / 4440 8224 Al Fardan Exchange Najma St., behind Gulf St., Doha Phones: 4433 5107 / 4433 5132 Al Fardan Exchange Al Shafi Street, Near Al Shafi […]
Metrobank Remittance Partners in Qatar
Here’s a list of Metrobank remittance partners in Qatar: You can ask these remittance partners if they can help you open a Metrobank OFW account while in Qatar. Bring your IDs and money for processing. If they offer account opening, you will get your atm card and/or passbook after about one month. Al Dar for […]
Best Savings Account, Philippines
What’s the best savings account in the Philippines? We will have different answers and most of us will all be correct. It’s because “the best” means which savings account will fulfill our needs and which gives us the most convenience. For me, the best savings accounts are: BPI Family atm savings account and BDO atm […]