A high-tech ID card with multiple functions, dubbed the PLDT Smart Super ID, was launched recently by leading telco and digital services provider PLDT and its mobile subsidiaries Smart and Sun to enable their employees to experience the efficiency and convenience of the digital lifestyle.
An employee-driven initiative, the PLDT Smart Super ID, which is powered by PayMaya, is packed with 15 different features, providing access not only to company facilities but to the perks and privileges offered to employees by PLDT, Smart, and Sun and their partners as well.
In a message to employees, PLDT Chairman and CEO Manuel V Pangilinan said: “May this Super ID create exceptional experiences for you, your colleagues, and your loved ones. I hope you would share this technology with other growing businesses and organizations around the country. Together, let’s make this instrument of the digital era transform the daily lives of Filipinos.”
According to PLDT EVP and Chief Revenue Officer Ernesto R. Alberto, “As a major technology provider, all of us in the PLDT Group should be among the first adopters of digital solutions. This new PLDT Smart Super ID card with all its functionalities will positively and smartly alter the way we live, work, and play.”
Apart from being a smart time card which enables employees to log in and log out within company premises in just a single tap, the new Super ID also serves as a MasterCard prepaid card powered by PayMaya for cashless transactions anytime, anywhere; an ATM card that allows employees to withdraw cash from Bancnet ATMs; and a rebate card that earns points for rewards and points from partner establishments. What’s more, it is a health card that enables employees’ to access various health benefits.
As it is linked to the employee's PayMaya e-wallet account, the innovative PLDT Smart Super ID enables employees to receive allowances, reimbursements and monetary performance incentives from the company. And as a travel card, it can also receive cash advances for transportation expenses.
“Our Super ID’s multiple and integrated features mean cost efficient and seamless operations for us all. In Finance, it facilitates a smoother, faster, and more secure flow of funds, an advantage we can share with businesses, institutions, and schools all over the country,” said PLDT SVP and Controller June Cheryl A. Cabal-Revilla.
The PLDT Smart Super ID can also be used for online purchases. The physical card can linked to employees’ PayMaya e-wallet account which allows them to pay their bills right from their phones, easily purchase mobile load with the PayMaya app for uninterrupted phone conversations, conveniently buy other digital goods such as gaming PINS, as well as send money to their loved ones anytime anywhere.
“With technology-based tools like the Super ID, life becomes a lot simpler so that we can focus on more important things like growing the business or enjoying life more,” PayMaya Philippines President and CEO Orlando B. Vea pointed out.
PayMaya, the digital financial arm of Voyager Innovations, is the pioneer and leader in digital financial services in the country. It offers PayMaya, the leading digital payments electronic wallet and mobile application in the Philippine market. Paymaya also powers MVP Rewards as well as various PayMaya ID Plus cards for local government units, schools and enterprises.
