GCash, Cebuana Lhuillier Strengthen Partnership with over 30,000 agents nationwide

Partnership to enable wider cash-in/cash-out, money remittance services

GCash, the Philippines’ leading mobile wallet, and Cebuana Lhuillier, the leading microfinance service provider in the country, are strengthening their partnership through the expansion of service distribution network and the introduction of domestic remittance transfers soon to be available via GCash Padala.

Starting this November, millions of Filipinos will be able to receive money via GCash Padala and do Cash In, Cash Out transactions at over 3,000 Cebuana Lhuillier branches, 26,500 corporate agent doors, and 1,900 retail agents nationwide.

“At GCash, we strive to continuously offer safe and convenient services that will cater to the needs of every Filipino wherever they are, especially during the new normal. Cash-in and cash-out services are now easier and more accessible with more than 30,000 agents nationwide. Together with Cebuana Lhuillier which has been working with GCash for many years now, we will continue to innovate in order to make the lives of Filipinos better every day. With the upcoming activation of GCash Padala, sending money to loved ones will soon be made easier for families across the country. The funds are easily received via Cash In / Cash-out at the nearest Cebuana Lhuillier,” said GCash president and CEO Martha Sazon.

“We boast our wide network reach with our more than 3,000 brick-and-mortar branches nationwide that enable Filipinos to have hassle-free and easier access to money transfer services. We always believe that by partnering with reliable and trusted companies such as GCash, we will be able to pursue our mission of financial inclusion for all our kababayans from all walks of life and wherever they may be,” Cebuana Lhuillier president and CEO Jean Henri Lhuillier added.

Cebuana Lhuillier’s head of money transfer business Erlinda M. Sumanga believes that their partnership with GCash has helped Filipinos adjust to the evolving money transfer services, especially during and post-pandemic.

“Over the course of our partnership with GCash, we were able to respond to Filipinos’ need for an efficient means of sending money, which was more pronounced ever since the pandemic. We are excited for this new partnership milestone with GCash and we are looking forward to see how we can further help our clients here and abroad to make money remittance services flexible, secured, and faster,” Sumanga said.

Not yet on GCash? You can download the GCash app for free on the Google Play or App Store.

For more information, visit www.gcash.com.

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About GCash

GCash (G-Xchange, Inc.) is the #1 Finance App in the Philippines. Through the GCash App, 71M registered users can easily purchase prepaid airtime; pay bills at over 1,600 partner billers nationwide; send and receive money anywhere in the Philippines, even to other bank accounts; purchase from over 5.2M partner merchants and social sellers; and get access to savings, credit, loans, insurance and invest money, and so much more, all at the convenience of their smartphones. GCash is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mynt (Globe Fintech Innovations, Inc.), the first and only duacorn in the Philippines.

GCash was recognized by The Asian Banker (TAB) and by the IDC in 2021 for its outstanding digital financial inclusion programs.

About Cebuana Lhuillier

P.J. Lhuillier, Inc. (PJLI) is the proud parent company of Cebuana Lhuillier, the Philippines’ largest micro financial services provider that offers pawning, remittance, micro insurance, bills payment, e-load, business-to-business solutions services, and micro savings and other banking services through their banking arm, the Cebuana Lhuillier Rural Bank. For more than 30 years, Cebuana Lhuillier continuously provides fast, easy, secure, and convenient micro financial products and services to more than 30 million customers through over 3,000 branches nationwide. The company has also expanded its services into the digital space through the eCebuana App, a product of the Cebuana Lhuillier Rural Bank, and a host of other financial platforms such as Cebuana From Home, ProtectNow.com and the Cebuana Lhuillier Jewelry website.