CASHLESS TRANSACTIONS OF UNIVERSITY OF MINDANAO EMPLOYEES A BUSINESS RESEARCH PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MINDANAD CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the Study In recent years, debit and credit cards have become increasingly common as retail payment mechanism and have increasingly displaced checks and cash. The payment system has no doubt has witnessed advancement in adoption of cashless payments to provide a chance to consumers for satisfying their buying desires in a convenient way. Cashless payment system where transactions is functioning, operated or performed without using coins or banknotes for money …show more content…
In Philippines, financial cards are expected to record robust growth interms of cards in circulation because of greater acceptance of using cashless transactions. In fact, the Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC), in partnership with the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), launched a “cashless” payment system in its more than 2,000 food outlets nationwide. JFC chairman and chief executive officer Tony Tan Caktiong and BPI president Aurelio Montinola led the launching of the “happyplus” card at the Jollibee branch at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City on Monday(Flores, 2012). In Davao City, cashless commuting debuted after local taxi company deployed a cab that accept fare payment via Automated Teller Machine (ATM) and debit cards. With the new payment system, passengers need not worry about having the exact change for fares although they have to make sure their ATM accounts have enough funds. China bank, Bancnet and Mabuhay taxi have teamed to pioneer to meet customer satisfaction in providing passenger’s comfort, security and convenience in using cashless system (Santos, 2012). The result of this research points out cashless transactions of consumers, what
In Ethiopia, taxis are mostly vans capable of carrying up to twelve passenger customers who pay a fixed rate to get to their destinations. The taxies have conductors and this assistant called “woyala” who collect fares. The fares are paid only in cash because there is no electronic payment system. The conductor calls out the names of the places on the way to the stops and final destination. There are no signs, so the passengers have to listen to the conductor calling out the locations. On the contrary, in the United States, taxies are mostly small and gave the customer privet ride to a specific destination. Fees are paid based on the distance driven, and electronic payment is also available for convenience purposes. Because of road unavailability and unaffordability of cars for local people, the taxi system in Ethiopia is also limited to very few cities unlike the United
The liberalization of the money related divisions in Asia has brought about the fast spread of charge card organizations and monetary organizations giving different sorts of purchaser credit. The charge card market in general world has extended radically that the guarantors of outside nations has presented cellular telephone Visas for the comfort of their customers.(Amin, 2008) This, combined with the passage of remote banks, has enormously expanded the quantity of credit cards accessible, and consequently such spending in Pakistan. Despite the fact that charge card was presented in Pakistan decades prior when Habib Bank, the biggest bank in Pakistan, dispatched its gold card, however individuals had scarcely think about this card in view of its extremely restricted issuance. Several years back, Master card was introduced by ABL (Allied Bank of Pakistan), but that also was not get good attention. In year 1994, VISA Card is introduced by Citibank, that give a better turning point to plastic money industry in Pakistan. The working of Citibank no doubt was amazing that open doors for new offerings for the people of our country as well as for financial industry
The future of payments is current shifting to another path with how technology is changing and is currently modifying how we process our payments and how we store data. It is going away from low-tech and paper based tools, expensive and bulky registers, and physical card swipes. And it is introducing and renovating online commerce and online payment. This is happening due to the decrease of money supply and checks in the current market because people are starting to pay more and more there bills online. As the economy improces and corporations and business gets larger they have started a large-scale implementation of processors in electronic payment technology in their business ands services. Also, credit and debit are growing amongst consumers and it has been the highest that it has even been in history.
As technology advances over the years, we have experienced and noticed that the trend in how payment are received have shift tremendously. Twenty years ago, check was the preferred way of payment. In today’s world, more and more payments are done by credit cards. Credit card transactions are instance that provides a faster payment method.
The service is available in multiple payment modes, online and through a network of agents. An instant confirmation is generated for the bill payments. The BBPS will transform the society from cash to electronic payment system, making it less dependent on cash.
In January 2014, SmoothPay was first launched in Toronto, Ontario offering mobile payments with integrated functions such as customizable loyalty programs and solutions. In addition, this company’s network has reached over 5,000 users and 100 merchants in their well connected partnerships and community in less than two years. Despite this achievement, only a low percentage of consumers are using their smartphones to make their daily purchases across Canada creating difficulty in further promoting SmoothPay’s business. However, SmoothPay has focused in highly populated areas, such as universities. Therefore, this strategic decision has increased some brand awareness. Since this product lets consumers to easily connect with their payment accounts, such as Visa, MasterCard, and PayPal, many have
The issue with this practices is that there are employees who are not familiar with the use of pay cards or debit cards, they prefer going to the bank and cash a check of receive t...
It is undeniable that the advent of plastic money has improved and made huge changes in the way business is being run in the world. It has given customers many benefits and convenience. It has become a necessity but the other side of the coin is the plastic money is coupled with setbacks like drowning card holders in debts which results from unplanned spending.
Many countries all over the world have already started moving towards a cashless society, and the use of electronic payment methods are becoming more and more popular, however, becoming a completely cashless society will be problematic. Transactions made electronically can all be traced, and there are advantages and disadvantages to certain security aspects. The elimination of tangible money will introduce contradicting cost savings and added costs, as well as convenience but the system is unreliable in emergency situations. There is no doubt that electronic money will continue to exceed the use of cash, however it is unlikely that notes
With this, the paper is going to look into the use of credit cards. The credit card usage has grown fast with many people opting to get one instead the use of cash system. This system which has seen the banks issuing more credit and debit cards and also influencing the growth of banks because ATM machines have to be installed to also help customers withdraw their cash (Mark, 2102). The paper will be analysing why people have chosen to use credit cards, the reasons why they should revert to using cash systems instead of credit cards.
More and more people before deciding to purchase goods used to check offers via smartphones or tablets. The world 's total number of sales of such devices exceeded the number of desktops.[1] Technological development and high availability of new solutions contributed to the increase in customer expectations to its relations with the bank. The ability to use the money anywhere, anytime in an easy and convenient way for customers has become natural. Mobile payments is big innovation which has some a lot of good coins but it has some threats and limitations about which I will consider and analyze in my literature review.
Picture this, you are purchasing your favorite drink and as you reach for your wallet, the only option you have for paying is electronically. That could become the case if we become a cashless society. You will see what a cashless society is and what it all entails. With disturbing someone’s privacy to the results of hijacking electronic accounts, cashless societies can have some advantages and disadvantages. As a list of countries that have already made the surface of topic when it comes to cashless societies, you will see how much of a difference cash is being used today as in years before. Cashless societies are creeping up upon people without them realizing it, but becoming aware of it could help people as they enter into the future.
During the past decade, we have undergone enormous changes in the way that we conduct business. ATM check cards, credit cards, and preferred customer cards are the most common buying tools today. Check, or debit, cards are ATM cards that function just like cash. Customers can now make payments with their check cards
Many financial institutions across the world have adapted to the change towards the cashless society by implementing electronic funds transfer via automated teller machines (ATM’s) and of late, the internet. By having a simple plastic card, society could completely eliminate the need for cash. The benefits range from the end user through to the government and the
Consumers are increasingly using credit cards to simplify their spending. In addition, carrying cash is more dangerous than carrying credit cards and