Converged Machines (Part II) - ec as wan tu tri

Another converged machine brings together cell card numbers and PINs of various pre-paid services into just one gadget. At 7-11 stores, you can purchase pre-paid cell"cards" of Globe, Smart, Sun Cellular and PLDT Teletipid/Telesulit...

Normally the PINs of these pre-paid cards are printed on plastic cards which you need to scratch to reveal the pertinet numbers. But with 7-11's ecPay, you receive a piece of paper which has the PIN printed on it. The paper is printed only upon your purchase. Numbers are hidden in between two sheets of paper.


Bottom-line: with ecPay's system, ANY pre-paid card could be peddled through 7-11. It's just a matter of integrating with the ecPay system.

Thus, ideally and theoretically, even internet cards, Level-up or Ragnarok game cards, any call card can be sold through the ecPay system.

For that matter, even G-Cash "cash-in" numbers can be sold there too. I give the 7-11 cashier P500 plus P10 service charge, the cashier gives me an ecPay receipt containing G-Cash numbers. I key in the number and PIN and viola! I've got G-cash!

That's G-Cash "money changing" without any additional POS, without any additional cashier cellphone nor any additional infrastructure.

- edwin
thinking out loud, blogging through my ayala center playground

Read the ups and downs of G-Cash's existing cash-in procedure G-Cash - my Accidental Friday G-mick (Part II)
Read: Converged Machines Part I
Search Technobiography: G-Cash
Visit: www.ecpay.com.ph (images borrowed from ecPay without permission)