McDonald’s PH now accepting cashless payments via PayMaya

McDonald's customers in the Philippines can now pay hassle-free for their McDonald’s favorites,  as the quick-service restaurant chain rolls out over-the-counter Mastercard and Visa card transactions in select branches through a collaboration with PayMaya Philippines.

No need to traffic in the cashier lane just to count bills, look for coins. It can now be cashless-ly done, thanks to Paymaya PH and Mcdonald's PH tie up.

Over 40 McDonald’s restaurants nationwide have already begun accepting card payments for all types of Mastercard and Visa credit, debit, and prepaid cards, including PayMaya Visa cards and Smart Mastercard.

Soon, McDonald’s customers can also transact via PayMaya QR payments in its McCafé BGC Arts Center and McCafé Tagaytay Calamba stores, with more stores accepting QR-based payments in the coming months. 

Pay using PayMaya QR

1. Open the PayMaya app
2. Scan the QR code displayed at the cashier area inside participating stores
3. Pay

Now anyone with the PayMaya app can make quick and convenient payments using only their smartphones. 

In the very near future, customers can also look forward to being able to book and pay for their McCelebrations Birthday Party online as well as pay for their orders via McDelivery.

Convenient card and QR payments

Our goal is to continuously provide our customers with a convenient and feel-good restaurant experience, which is why we are committed in seeking out innovations that can deliver this to them. Through our partnership with PayMaya, our customers will now have a cashless payment option to make ordering their favorite McDonald’s meals more convenient

McDonald’s President and CEO, Mr. Kenneth S. Yang

This is digital technology at its most convenient, and we are working toward enabling more partners like McDonald's to further build a ‘cashless’ ecosystem all around the country... We're starting with McDonald's today, but we envision a future where most of our transactions will be carried out with the help of a PayMaya account.

 - Manuel V. Pangilinan, Chairman at PLDT, Smart, and PayMaya

Getting a PayMaya account is easy. All one has to do is to download the app or start a chat with @PayMayaOfficial in FB Messenger to be able to create an account. Loading up their PayMaya accounts is also hassle-free, given the ubiquity of over 15,000 top-up facilities nationwide. These include Robinsons Department Store Business Centers, SM Business Services, Cebuana Lhuillier, ExpressPay, TouchPay kiosks, 7-Eleven, Expresspay, Palawan Pawnshops, Shopwise, Wellcome, 2Go outlets, Petron stations along NLEX, and Smart Padala centers down to sari-sari stores in grassroots communities, and Unionbank ATMs.

Toward a cashless Philippines

“McDonald's is a well-loved brand that we are glad to be partnering with to provide Filipinos with more cashless payment options. Together, we take one bold step with them in creating a cashless Philippines, which we see happening in the very near future," said Orlando B. Vea, President and CEO at PayMaya Philippines.

McDonald’s joins a roster of pioneering companies and merchants that are embracing the cashless revolution with the help of PayMaya. Today, PayMaya is the largest online and mobile acquirer in the Philippines, powering card payment acceptance of some of the biggest e-Commerce retailers in the country, including the likes of Lazada, Zalora, Philippine Airlines, and Cebu Pacific, among many others.

Aside from Mcdonald's, PayMaya QR payments is already being accepted at Robinsons Department Store, Robinsons Supermarket, and shops under the Robinsons Store Specialists, Inc., also the SM Store and Mall Information Booths nationwide are PayMaya QR payments' ready. Merchants in food parks as well as other retail and food chains are also now accepting PayMaya QR.

As more merchants accept Paymaya and other synonymous payment technologies, it'll not only speed up payment transactions but will cure the usual long lines and waiting furiously for your turn. We're excited to try Paymaya payment on our next McDonald's McDelivery order.