Cherry and GCash team up with their back-to-school deals, where you can avail of these Cherry products with great bundles through GCash’s GLife until August 21. One of the best deals Cherry has to offer through GCash is for its Aqua Smart TV: those getting the UHD 55-inch model will get a plethora of freebies […]
GCash further expands its partnership with Alipay+ by allowing users to use the Ewallet platform in Europe. Some of the key countries included are the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Itay. The cross-border payment service is part of GCash’s Global Pay service, which helps its customers have the convenience of hassle-free payments right in the […]
With GCash stating that the May 8 incident involved phishing and that no breach has occurred, the independent investigation made by the National Privacy Commission (NPC) further confirms that there was no security breach. “As far as data privacy is concerned in determining kung na-breach nga ba sila o hindi, sa ating pagsisiyasat, hindi sila […]
With all the brouhaha GCash faced last week involving a phishing attempt that prompted them to put their app on maintenance for several hours, Maya is quick enough to take a swipe at its e-wallet competitor—citing some of its advantages. In what appears to be a series of campaigns, Maya’s first swipe at Gcash involves […]
While the BSP and the NPC are set to conduct their own investigation as to what happened to GCash last May 8, the -e-wallet platform has sent us an official statement explaining what happened. Reiterating their previous comments, GCash explained that “no hacking nor glitch” occurred in their platform. Instead, GCash said the May 8 […]
Aside from the BSP and Congress, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) is also conducting its investigation on the GCash hack attempt, where they are investigating a possible data breach involving compromised accounts. To recall, GCash’s initial findings on the incident, where they foiled a supposed hack attempt that involved Php 37 million, the fraudster made […]
Despite the ordeal it had to deal with this week, where around Php 37 million of funds were seized in a hack attempt, GCash assures everyone that it is stepping up its efforts toward hunting down online scammers. In a statement, GCash disclosed that they have helped anti-cybercrime agents in arresting an online seller who […]
Following all the events that happened to GCash this week, where the use of phishing links is seen as the primary cause of the foiled hack attempt, Senator Win Gatchalian urges all e-wallet users, not just those using GCash, to report any suspicious or unauthorized transactions immediately. “Incidents like this (GCash) diminish the confidence of […]
With GCash being able to avert a potentially big crisis for them by foiling a large-scale hack attempt, the BSP is set to conduct its own investigation on the unauthorized transactions. BSP Deputy Governor for the Payments and Currency Management Sector Mamerto Tangonan has confirmed to GMA News that the recent set of unauthorized transactions […]
A few days ago, GCash was in utter chaos when multiple users reported that there were unauthorized transactions made. GCash insisted that it was not hacked. Instead, GCash said that they were able to foil a hack attempt that involved transferring money–with some transactions as high as Php 50,000–into two bank accounts from EastWest Bank […]