NEGROS OCCIDENTAL (PIA) -- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Deputy Governor Bernadette Romulo-Puyat hails the joint BSP and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) project which paves the way for a cashless transaction of ordinary citizens anywhere in the country.

During the recent launching of the "Paleng-QR Ph Plus" in Bacolod City, she said that by using a smartphone, one’s daily transaction in the public market, bus, jeepney, and tricycle can now be a matter of pressing their phones to make purchases and payments.

Puyat said this is a sanitary method of paying, and is relevant to the government's efforts to prevent the spread of contagious diseases such as COVID-19.