Bacolod is the first city to adopt the program in Western Visayas. | carlapgomezINQ /PDI
Benitez said Bacolod is the seventh city in the country to adopt the Paleng-QR Ph Plus. The cashless transactions are part of his push to make Bacolod a more intelligent and digital city, he said.
Councilor Celia Flor, chairperson of the city council’s committee on markets and slaughterhouse and author of City Ordinance 1019 adopting the Paleng-QR Ph Plus program in Bacolod, said it is part of the mayor’s vision to make Bacolod a smart city. “We will encourage not only the use of digital payments but digital technology to ease the lives of our constituents,” she said.“The benefits of Paleng-QR Ph Plus create ripples of progress for our communities and the entire economy,” she said.
In the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, digital payments enabled the conduct business and purchases in the safety of homes. “Now that most of us are able go out, customers can buy what they need from markets or pay for transportation without having to bring cash,” Puyat said.
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