Our
friends at BPI marketing team invited us for a meeting over coffee and snacks in
their BPI office, I’m a bit clueless on what’s the meeting all about, but I
suspect in the first place that they might be sharing some new info about their
BPI bank here in the Philippines.
And
after I arrived…well I got late for 30 minutes, I barged into the room and saw
that they already heated up the table and I heard about that photo in Patrick’s
iPad tablet hahaha.
I grabbed my Coke drink and also ordered some club
house sandwich and then they shared to us the good news about BPI’s success in
introducing the tech for our banking here in the Philippines, well it’s a BPI
exclusive service, no other bank can have the similar style of what BPI have
today.
I’m a bit embarrass that among our group, I’m the only guy who
doesn’t have yet a BPI account, but I attempted already to apply in one of BPI
mall road show, but I skipped in getting an application because I lack more
valid IDs. I think I should try applying via online and claim my BPI atm card in
my preferred branch, Patrick and his team said that its possible.. Okay..I will
give it another shot.
Okay here are some of the info that they
shared to us
BPI Express Assistant Online (BEA )I
featured this in my blog last year and it was a new way on how you can fast
track your banking transaction in any BPI branch, one of my problem is that I
didn’t like going to the bank on my own, I mean, I don’t like talking to the
bank teller and tell them do this or do that for me, I’m still allergic to
banking that’s why I told my wife to manage our money because she’s the expert
in saving and also in banking, but I learned that I have to get over with and
start dealing with the bank on my own, because It’s a way on how you can be a
responsible person on how to deal with your own savings. Oh crap… I must get my
BPI soon.. Going back to the BEA Online, you can reserve a slot online thru the
BPI website and you can get the number slot without lining up to a long line in
any BPI branch, all you need is to be there 15-20 minutes early so that you can
get a number slot, the bank teller will call your number and also your name, but
if you missed your slot on that time, you can wait for a little minute in order
to get your turn. If you missed it for that day, then you should rebook your
sched with BPI thru the BEA online site.
I shared this already to my
family, at first they didn’t understand me, but then when they tried the BEA
online, they are so happy about that service, a FREE service for all BPI account
holders, that way, they are no longer need to line up during banking
heydays.
read more here at
https://www.mybpimag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1016&Itemid=1180Deposit
Cash in Real-timeBPI 24/7 introduces another machine in selected
branches, it’s a machine that accepts 1000, 500 and 100 pesos bill for bill
payments, cash deposits and fund transfer. They told us that you can transfer
funds to your account or another account using this BPI deposit machine. You can
also check your balance and also send cash to your account, the machine can
count the money bill for you and it will deposited in just minutes to your BPI
account.
The best and fastest way to deposit is via this machine, no
need to face the bank teller, no need to line up and no longer need to carry a
bulk of money with you when you go around the busy street of the city.
According to the banner above, the deposit machine can also be your LOADING
center for your prepaid mobile phone.
read more here about the deposit
machine -
https://www.mybpimag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=409&Itemid=452Here’s an infographic from BPI 24/7 about their
new updates1. Everyone now can do their banking at home or in their
office via BPI online, just hit the web and check your account online, you can
also transfer fund using your web account
2. The BPI 24/7 mobile app is very
successful, I’ve seen how it works, Enzo of
www.juanmanilaexpress.com showed to
me that he pays for their Meralco bill via logging in to his BPI mobile app and
then in just two- three clicks, he pays bill online using his iPad mini
tablet.
3. 1,900 machines are now available around the Philippines, I just
saw the BPI deposit machine for the 1st time in Tagaytay City, It sat next to
the ATM machine and I saw that many people are using it to deposit money to
their account, they deposit it via the machine and even if the bank is
closed.
4. PHP50,000 is now the maximum amount to transfer money per day, you
can do this via the mobile app, and I guess the transaction is BPI to BPI
account.
5. Bills payment service is now available for 300+ merchants, just
log in to your online account and click then pay your cable, electricity, credit
card or telephone bill
here are some new tech that BPI will
launch soon (well, its under negotiation )
1. Deposit paycheck via
digital image of your paycheck, all you need to do is upload it and encash it
online
2. Deposit paycheck via the BPI deposit machine
3. NFC BPI card –
just tap and no need to insert your card in the machine, or tap the card to
transact, actually a first generation NFC card already exist and it is now being
used in some fast food (wink!!!)
4. There are more tech news from BPI, but I
already forgot some stuff they shared to us, next time..I will record it in our
next meeting hhahaha.
It’s a big tech news from BPI, I just hope that
next time, applying for a BPI atm card will not require too many valid ID to
present.
Okay…my
club sandwich is here…
Btw, for customer service or if you want answers
for your inquiries, I suggest you go to their BPI Facebook page -
https://www.facebook.com/bpithey
have a CSR team that can answer all your inquiries privately from 8am-5pm during
weekdays.