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Since April 2024, the Official Receipt is no longer the BIR’s primary proof of sale. The Sales Invoice is, both for goods and for services. Most Philippine businesses have made the switch on paper. Far fewer have caught the part that actually costs money: the invoice you issue is
Merchant Stories
From a struggling MRT kiosk to a media-celebrated brand with 3x growth and a catalog of over 30 regional delicacies, House of Puto Bao reinforced their backend operations to avoid facing payment bottlenecks and fake payment screenshots.
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For years, ₱50,000 was the most you could send in a single InstaPay transfer. Paying a ₱180,000 supplier invoice? Four transfers. Running payroll? Batch it through PESONet and wait, or cut a check. That changed on 29 July 2026. The BSP and Philippine Payments Management, Inc. (PPMI) raised
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For a small business, access to credit is often treated as a yes-or-no question: can the business qualify for a loan? The question is certainly black or white. But what most miss is that businesses don't stay the same size after gaining access to a loan.
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Capital is one of the most misunderstood terms in business. It can refer to the money a founder puts into a company, the assets a business uses to operate, or the resources available to fund growth. These are related, but they are not the same thing. Understanding the difference matters
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The first thing to know about how to get a QR Ph code is where it comes from. Not the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. BSP wrote the standard; it does not issue codes. Your code comes from a participating bank, e-money issuer, or payment service provider, and that choice
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2026 changed how Philippine merchants get paid in two different ways. Six BSP issuances rewrote the rules – pricing, authentication, the line between a merchant account and a personal one, cash thresholds. Then in July, the BSP and PPMI launched three new payment rails, including the country's first interoperable
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You post a pair of sneakers online. Within minutes, the comments start rolling in. "UP." "LP?" "MOP?" "RFS?" If you're new to online selling in the Philippines, it can feel like everyone is speaking a different language. In a way,
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Search interest in accepting digital payments grew fastest in Northern Mindanao, Western Visayas and Davao in 2025 – outpacing Metro Manila roughly 3-5.5x – and kept climbing into 2026. Interest in digital payment acceptance among businesses outside Metro Manila has reached its highest level in five years, according to PayMongo&
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Searches for accepting digital payments more than tripled in Indonesia and nearly tripled in Vietnam since 2022, with the Philippines and Singapore climbing steadily. As digital commerce matures in Southeast Asia, its sellers are searching for how to get paid, according to a PayMongo’s analysis of five years of
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GCash is one of the most widely used payment methods in the Philippines with millions of users. If you sell anything, whether in a store, on social media, or through a website, some portion of your customers would rather pay with GCash than any other way. Accepting it is not
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Choosing a mode of payment is one of the first decisions any Philippine business makes, and it directly shapes how much you sell. Digital payments now make up 57.4% of retail transactions, and the BSP targets that at 60–70% by 2028. This guide covers every mode of payment