It's always good to start the day with a smile, reading this thread made me crack up.
Thanks Pichardo, I needed that this morning.
Thanks Pichardo, I needed that this morning.
This whole thread must be a joke.
I know people here that rarely have pesos on their phones...they get people to phone them...you are talking about everyone getting a plan?
What do tourists do...I always turned off my phone when I visited as the roaming was a bitch.
There are plenty of places that don't get a signal...even here in Sosua.
I know people who lose/robbed of their phones twice a month. What happens when you lose your phone?
What happens when the power goes out and you can't charge your phone?
What do illegals in the country do?
This seems like another pie in the sky idea that will never see the real light of day.
I am disapointed, last night I bought 7 "dulce de manille" (?) off a haitian guy that walks around selling them. As I had no change I thought I would use orange pay system.....
I was more than suprised he didnt know what I was talking about....... and even more when he didnt know who Pichardo was....:classic:
From the original post:
GCS International has developed mobile payment products such as tPago?, a solution that links bank accounts and credit cards to a mobile phone and enables merchant payments, airtime topup, bill payment and person-to-person transfers between multiple financial institutions with ease.
tPago? was launched in July 2010 in the Dominican Republic to great success.
To this date the product has penetrated 25% of the banked population in only 3.5 years. In this timeframe the product has amassed more than 432 thousand subscribers by the end of 2013 with a year-over-year growth of 40%. In its last year of operations it processed 13.7 million transactions making it the most successful mobile payments product in the region thanks to its average amount of transactions per active user. As a payment method, tPago? is accepted by more than 9,000 merchants across the nation.
Can someone...anyone....confirm that they have used this system?
Surely if tpago has penetrated 25% of the banked population, and the DR1 crew is a savvy bunch, someone can report on its success.
tpago.....m-peso.....e-currency......soon to a colmado near you.....right after they install those tax printers, the peso goes to 25:1, the DR returns to the gold standard, all the smartmeters are installed, all those new schools announced are actually built and equipped, after all those power plants announced are actually built and running, after the power is on for 24 hours....in a row, then and only then......maybe.
Respectfully,
Playacaribe2
the poor will benefit since they will now be able to budget their money easier.
No more Bipear, no more no tengo minutos. FREE AT LAST !
Can someone...anyone....confirm that they have used this system?
Surely if tpago has penetrated 25% of the banked population, and the DR1 crew is a savvy bunch, someone can report on its success.
miesposo uses tpago. no, i am not married to pichardo.
note that it says tpago is used by this segment of the population who have bank accounts. a while ago there was an article in diario libre stating that over 50% of all the adults working in DR is employed in a "grey zone". they do not pay income taxes, they do not use banking system either.
i expect the actual number of people who have bank accounts is pretty low. and of those who do have many just have a banking booklet, no cards, no online banking.