Smart Padala by PayMaya agents deliver financial services to common folk
nEAR the border separating Bulacan and north Caloocan in the northern part of Metro Manila stands the small school supplies store and Smart Padala by PayMaya center of Dina de leon, a typical establishment in the municipality’s urban center.
But as the entire Metro Manila was placed on an enhanced community quarantine by the government on March 15, her small remittance outlet quickly turned into a lifeline for many workers virtually trapped inside the nation’s capital.
Many informal workers who had families in the provinces were suddenly unable to go home and were forced to stay in the capital due to the quarantine.
Dina usually opens her store at nine in the morning, but ever since the quarantine was imposed on the island of luzon there’s now always a beeline of people in front of her store even before she lifts the metal doors. Some of the customers are sending much-needed money to family in the provinces, while others are receiving remittances from relatives to sustain them while stuck in Metro Manila.
“Our Smart Padala agents may not be medical frontliners, but they provide very critical services to Filipinos at this time and need and they deserve to be commended for it. As much of the country reels from the effects of the pandemic, many can rest assured that their friendly neighborhood Smart Padala center can continue to offer them assistance for their financial transactions, one way or another,” said Shailesh Baidwan, president of PayMaya. Smart Padala is the domestic remittance arm of PayMaya.
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