{"id":8997,"date":"2016-10-27T12:11:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T04:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=8997"},"modified":"2016-10-27T12:11:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T04:11:31","slug":"reloading-beep-card-at-convenience-stores-possible-by-year-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/10\/27\/reloading-beep-card-at-convenience-stores-possible-by-year-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Reloading beep\u00ae card at convenience stores possible by year-end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beep\u00ae cards are undeniably convenient. From being an MRT\/LRT-only form of payment, you can now use them to pay for your rides with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beepcardph\/photos\/a.2140878952719488.1073741828.2113439685463415\/2303048313169217\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Citylink<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beepcardph\/photos\/a.2140878952719488.1073741828.2113439685463415\/2283608761779839\/?type=3&amp;theater\">HM Transport Airport Loop Bus<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/its-now-official-beep-card-can-now-be-used-on-all-bgc-bus-routes\/\">BGC Bus<\/a>, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beepcardph\/photos\/a.2140878952719488.1073741828.2113439685463415\/2311980092276039\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Froehlich P2P<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beepcardph\/photos\/a.2140878952719488.1073741828.2113439685463415\/2329785727162142\/?type=3&amp;theater\">RRCG P2P<\/a> buses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8998\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/10\/image-12.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"850\" height=\"850\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>A UNIVERSAL PAYMENT CARD? From being an MRT\/LRT-only form of payment, beep\u00ae card may soon find its way into convenience stores, groceries, and fast food chains\u2026 and it may happen sooner than you think. Image grabbed from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beepcardph\/photos\/a.2140878952719488.1073741828.2113439685463415\/2337273049746743\/?type=3&amp;theater\">beep card Facebook page<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The only hassle: topping up your beep\u00ae card. However, even that might just become a thing of the past with AF Payments, Inc. looking to tap convenience stores for reloading.<\/p>\n<p>AF Payments told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gmanetwork.com\/news\/story\/586356\/money\/companies\/beep-cards-reloadable-at-convenience-stores-before-year-end\">GMA News Online<\/a> that \u201cbefore the year ends, a major convenience store chain will start implementing reloading and payment facilities via the beep card system.\u201d They did not reveal who they\u2019ve partnered with for reloading and payment, only saying that their reloading stations will increase to 200 before the end of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>AF Payments is also looking into using beep cards to pay for toll fees at North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), after a successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beepcardph\/photos\/a.2140878952719488.1073741828.2113439685463415\/2302480943225954\/?type=3&amp;theater\">implementation<\/a> at the Manila-Cavite Express way (CAVITEX).<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/news.abs-cbn.com\/video\/business\/10\/25\/16\/beep-cards-planong-gamitin-sa-fastfood-grocery\">ABS-CBN News<\/a>, Peter Maher, president of AF Payments, said tap-and-go terminals will also be available inside grocery stores and fast food chains before the end of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gmanetwork.com\/news\/story\/586356\/money\/companies\/beep-cards-reloadable-at-convenience-stores-before-year-end\">GMA News Online<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.abs-cbn.com\/video\/business\/10\/25\/16\/beep-cards-planong-gamitin-sa-fastfood-grocery\">ABS-CBN News<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spot.ph\/newsfeatures\/the-latest-news-features\/68246\/beep-card-at-fast-food-chains-a00171-20161026\">Spot.PH<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ll soon be able to reload your beep cards at convenience stores and use them for payment at groceries and fast-food restaurants by the end of 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[469,472,471,470],"class_list":["post-8997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events","tag-beep-card","tag-convenience-stores","tag-fast-food","tag-groceries"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/10\/image-12-e1477541466686.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8999,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8997\/revisions\/8999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}