UnionBank Techs Up Iloilo with UPAY
Last April 2023, while partnering with the Iloilo Local Government
to successfully mount the "Enterprise Growth through Digital
Transformation" summit for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) at the
Iloilo Convention Center, UnionBank also planted the seeds of “Teching Up” Iloilo
City.
In a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signing ceremony held at city
Mayor Jerry Treñas’ office in Iloilo City, a partnership between the city and the
tech-savy bank was forged. In attendance were UnionBank President & CEO,
Edwin R Bautista, UnionBank EVP & Head of Retail Banking, Mary Joyce
Gonzalez, UnionBank AVP & Visayas Region Sales Director, Romeo Gabayeron
Jr, UnionBank Corporate Solutions Manager, Fiona Therese Baldeo and other key
Iloilo city officials.
“Excited to announce our partnership with UnionBank and its
President and CEO Edwin Bautista, a proud Ilonggo, to bring digital solutions
to our city hall transactions.” said Mayor Jerry Treñas, “With This agreement, we’re adding an extra
payment option for business permits and licensing, making it more convenient
for everyone. Thank you to UnionBank for supporting our city’s progress towards
a more accessible and efficient government.”
Under the partnership, UnionBank will be able to support the city’s
roadmap to becoming a smart city where transactions for all businesses and
constituents will be transparent and digitized. Through UnionBank’s proprietary
payments solution that brings together a wide array of payment methods into a
single integrated platform called UPAY, digital transactions will be enabled for
a number of the city's services, including payment of taxes and other fees and
charges.
Mayor Jerry Treñas
proudly bannered the agreement as “Partnering with UnionBank for Faster and
More Accessible Transactions” during the signing ceremony on his official
social media page as it marked the 8th city to benefit from
UnionBank’s UPAY solution.
UnionBank's partnership with the City of Iloilo is the latest of its
many initiatives to digitize government units and agencies in line with the
Bank's "Tech-Up Pilipinas" advocacy. Other government entities who
have benefitted from leveraging on UnionBank's digital solutions include the
Quezon City, the Bureau of Internal Revenue, and the Social Security System.
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