UnionBank Techs Up Taguig with UPAY
The city government of Taguig is the latest local government to be
“Tech’d Up” by UnionBank as it embarks on a project meant to better serve its citizens
by digitizing tax payments. Last April 23rd, a memorandum of
agreement (MOA) signing ceremony held in Taguig, forged the partnership between
the city and the tech-savvy bank.
In attendance were key Taguig City officials Mayor Lani Cayetano,
City Administrator Atty. Jose Montales, and City Business Permit and Licensing
Office Officer-in-Charge Atty. Maria Veloso. UnionBank was represented by Chief
Financial Officer Manuel Lozano, Executive Vice President and Head of
Transaction Banking and Platform Development Ramon Duarte, and Executive Vice
President and Head of Corporate Banking Nino Fajardo.
Under the partnership, UnionBank will enable digital transactions
for a number of the City's services, including payment of taxes and other fees
and charges, through UPAY, the Bank's proprietary payments solution that brings
together a wide array of payment methods into a single integrated platform.
"The City of Taguig is committed to providing efficient and
reliable services to our constituents. With the increasing digitization of our
world, electronic payment acceptance facilities have become a vital part of
making transactions more convenient to taxpayers," said Mayor Cayetano.
"Through this MOA, the taxpayers of the City will now have more
convenient ways of paying their taxes and fees, and will also help improve
taxpayer experience, making us an easier city to do business with," said
Atty. Veloso.
"The Taguig City Government's thrust of incorporating digital
solutions into its operations to meet the needs of its citizens is a key step
that UnionBank is proud to be a part of," said Lozano. "With the
implementation of UPAY for government transactions, residents of Taguig City
will be able to pay their taxes, fees, and other charges, all online."
"Today's signing of the memorandum of agreement between
UnionBank and the Taguig City Government marks our journey towards the future
and 'Teching-Up Taguig' ensures this, as providing digital solutions impacts
service delivery in positive ways and enables seamless operations, as we bridge
critical citizen services with essential and convenient banking access.
Together, we shall continue to leverage technology towards a more sustainable
future and thus serve citizens of Taguig better," Fajardo said.
UnionBank's partnership with the City of Taguig is the latest of its
many initiatives to digitize government units and agencies in line with the
Bank's "Tech Up Pilipinas" advocacy. To date, UnionBank’s digital solutions have enhanced
the operations of the national government’s Bureau of Internal Revenue and the
Social Security System, the provincial government of Camarines Sur, and the
local city governments of Quezon, Paranaque, Tuguegarao, Valenzuela, Navotas,
Tagbilaran, and Iloilo.
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