Participants of the Focus Group Discussion on women’s financial health facilitated by Innovations for Poverty Action, with the UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands (center), Maya Founder and CEO & Maya Bank Co-Founder Orlando B. Vea (sitting, left), Maya Group President & Maya Bank Co-Founder Shailesh Baidwan (sitting, right), and Maya Bank President & DiBA PH President Angelo Madrid (leftmost).

As part of the Digital Bank Association of the Philippines (DiBA PH), Maya reaffirms its commitment to delivering more innovative banking services to help Filipinos enhance their financial health.

Leading the dialogue with the BSP was H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA), who participated in a roundtable with digital banks and a focus group discussion on women's financial health hosted at Maya's offices.

Welcoming Queen Máxima were Maya CEO and Founder and Maya Bank Co-Founder Orlando B. Vea, Maya President and Maya Bank Co-Founder Shailesh Baidwan, and Maya Bank President Angelo Madrid.

According to the UNSGSA Financial Health Working Group, financial health refers to the extent to which a person or family can smoothly manage their current financial obligations, has the capacity to absorb financial shocks, is on track to reach future goals, and has confidence in their financial future.

Who said that the season of love is only about spending a moment with your significant other? In time for Valentine’s/single awareness day fever, your all-in-one digital bank, Maya, serves a timely reminder that self-love deserves equal attention and celebration.

Maya shows that one way of embracing an empowered you is by taking hold of your financial well-being. By breaking the mold in the banking scene, the country’s #1 digital bank and top-rated finance app makes money management easier through just one app, helping you become more financially confident. Here, we break down three ways on how to foster self-love through Maya’s exciting deals and promos designed to give you more ways of having mastery over your own money.

Personalize with love

The best way to give yourself that much deserved love is taking care of yourself. And taking care of our financial needs and goals to get that much needed financial freedom is top of mind for most of us. Thanks to Maya, achieving those savings goals has never been this easy!

So, start saving for an emergency fund or for that much needed vacation, new wardrobe, or phone by opening Personal Goals at Maya Savings and enjoy up to 6% p.a.!

With Maya, you can create as many as five goals simultaneously and have each goal personalized with your own preferred name and set it up for 180 days. The 6% p.a. guaranteed interest will definitely give you a serious boost with your money with deposits up to P1 Million.

And not just that—Maya also offers a sign-up and save promo. Simply sign up, upgrade your account, and start saving - and you will get as much as ₱60 (₱20 when you register, another ₱10 upon upgrade, plus an additional ₱40 for your first transaction.)

Here’s another way to personalize with Maya, use your name and create your unique @username when sending or receiving money. The first to bring this new, game-changing feature to the Philippines, Maya allows users to keep your personal data private, such as their account name and mobile number. Say goodbye to QR codes and long numbers, with Maya you can personalize your @username by simply following these steps:

1. Open your Maya app
2. Tap the “Profile” icon on the upper left corner
3. Tap "Get Started" to create your @username
4. Key in your preferred @username and hit "Confirm."
5. Finish off by keying in the One Time Password (OTP) sent via SMS.
A username is unique to each Maya account holder.


You can also customize your Maya card with your new @username! Simply order a physical card on your app’s Cards section, personalize with your @username, and wait for it to be delivered to your doorstep!


Pick a store, any store


You deserve all your heart’s desires this season of love and beyond. With Maya, you can shop for what you want with the best deals and discounts.


For instance, you get a cashback when you pay with Maya at Robinsons until April 15. New users can get up to ₱200 cashback upon completing a transaction via Maya QR with a minimum spend of P1,000, while existing users get up ₱150.


If you scan to pay via Maya QR at SM Store until March 31 with a minimum spend of P1,000, you get one raffle entry for a chance to win exciting prizes. This includes ₱3,000 Maya Credits, Apple Airpods Pro 2, and Apple iPhone 14.

Eyeing a relaxing staycation? If you book now at Agoda until March 14, you will receive a 7% discount sitewide by paying with Maya at checkout and using the promo code “MAYA7JAN.” You also get the best deals by paying with Maya at Flowerstore, Boozy, Edamama, Google Play, Codashop, Aipaz, Bills Pay, PLDT, MetroMart, Booking.com, Qatar Airways, and Mobile Protect.

While roses and chocolates may be the popular gifts for couples this Valentine’s Day, give yourself added wealth minus the charges by topping up with Maya.

Maya allows you to cash-in for free in several ways. One option is via linked banks and OTC channels up to ₱8,000 per month. You can also cash in directly for free, with no limit via BPI, RCBC, UnionBank, and Chinabank. If you’re cashing in from other banks, you can get your InstaPay fee as cashback of up to P25 when you cash in a minimum of P1,500. Another option is via Maya Centers, with lower cash-in service fee of 1%, while you receive a 100% cashback on the fee, capped at ₱150 per customer. The offer runs until February 28, 2023.

Spread the value of self-love

What’s more? Spread the love and stay connected with close friends and family here and abroad by loading with any network using Maya. You can get 5% cashback (Php25) for every ₱500 accumulated load spend until February 28. If you are a Smart or TNT subscriber, you receive 20% cashback at a maximum of ₱50 per user.

Completely free to download and register, Maya packs a feature-rich money app, an inclusive digital bank, and everything else you need to manage your money–save, borrow, spend, invest and more, right from your smartphone.

Maya’s digital banking services are powered by Maya Bank, Inc., a digital bank supervised by the BSP. Deposits are insured by the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) for up to PHP500,000 per depositor. To learn more, visit maya.ph and mayabank.ph. Follow Maya at @mayaiseverything on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok and @mayaofficialph on Twitter.

A new phone, a much-needed family vacation, a seed fund for a side hustle, a down payment for a starter condo unit —these life goals are more achievable with the help of savvy money moves, thanks to Maya, the country's all-in-one money app, powered by Maya Bank.

Maya recently launched Personal Goals, the newest digital banking feature that empowers users to save for different life goals while earning 6% per annum, one of the highest interest rates in the market.

Under Maya Savings, you can easily set up to five active goals at a time and put a target amount and deadline of up to six months. The best part is that you can get a 6% interest rate on your Personal Goals savings for up to P1 million, per goal.

"Achieving goals, even small ones, feels great. Maya Personal Goals can help Filipinos set their own goals, track their progress, and celebrate milestones. It's a great way to help our users master their money and make the savings experience more delightful," said Angelo Madrid, Maya Bank President.

Getting started with your Personal Goals is easy:

Go to Savings on your Maya app and tap “Create a Personal Goal”
Select the mood that best fits your particular goal.
Enter the goal name, due date, and goal amount, and hit Continue.
Check your goal details, tap Confirm, and key in the one-time password (OTP).
Deposit money to start your saving goals and enjoy a 6% interest rate along the way!

Putting money to your Maya Savings is easy. Customers can deposit via Pesonet to their Maya Savings and Personal Goals accounts. They can also quickly cash in to their Maya wallet for free at over 90,000 touchpoints nationwide and transfer the fund to their savings accounts at no cost. Maya's free cash in touchpoints include all Maya Centers, BPI and Unionbank online, Ministop, Robinsons Supermarket, Shopwise, Palawan Pawnshop, and more.

The Maya app, formerly PayMaya, was launched over two months ago and continues to be the top-rated finance app in both Google Play and App Store. Completely free to download, it seamlessly integrates digital banking services powered by Maya Bank, such as savings and credit, with its feature-rich e-wallet with features like cryptocurrency, micro-investments, and insurance. Maya customers also get their own virtual Visa card in-app and link up to three physical Visa and Mastercard prepaid cards.

Maya is powered by the country's leading digital payments company, PayMaya Philippines, and Maya Bank, one of only six digital banks licensed by the BSP. As the only all-in-one money app in the Philippines, Maya leads millions of Filipinos — consumers, businesses, communities, and government agencies alike — into a digital economy that's more inclusive, transparent, and empowering. Visit www.maya.ph and www.mayabank.ph for more information.

Rewards are sweeter when we least expect them. Especially for things that we least like doing, such as paying the bills, it's much easier to bear when we get an unexpected deal from it.

That's why the country's only all-in-one money app, Maya, is giving you the UnbelievaBILLS promo, where you get cashback rewards of up to P250 when you pay your PLDT Home, Smart, Meralco, and other bills using the app.

"At Maya, we aim to give our customers good deals to make everyday transactions more delightful. Paying our bills is more of a responsibility for many of us. As an incentive, we're making it unexpectedly more rewarding with this our UnbelievaBILLS promo," said Pepe Torres, Maya's Chief Marketing Officer.

It's super easy and, not to mention, really hassle-free to pay your bills using the Maya app because you don't have to go out and line up anywhere. You can do it all at home and on your phone!

Here's how you get that UnbelievaBILLS cashback:

1. Pay your PLDT Home bill with a minimum of P1,500 on Maya. First-time payers get a cashback of P100 while returning payers get P50.

2. Pay your Meralco, Smart Postpaid, or Smart Bro on Maya (with a minimum of P2,500 for Meralco and P999 for Smart Postpaid and Smart Bro) to get P50 cashback.

You can do transactions 1 and 2 in no particular order.

3. After doing these, pay any other biller (except for Cignal, COL Financial, and billers under Donations or Payment Solutions) with a minimum of P1,000 to get P100 cashback.

Do all three, and that's up to P250 worth of cashback! You can do this and get the rewards until June 30. Pretty awesome, right?

Paying bills with Maya is effortless. Here's how:

1. Open Maya and log in—or if you're new, create an account for free.

2. If you don't have enough balance in your Maya wallet, add some by tapping Cash In on the home screen and using the bank partner or payment channel of your choice.

3. On the home screen, tap Pay Bills.

4. On the Pay Bills screen, tap the appropriate category of the biller you want to pay.

5. Provide the necessary bills payment details, and tap CONTINUE to confirm your payment.

It's that fast and hassle-free! So, what are you waiting for? See for yourself how easy it is to use Maya, pay your bills on the app, and get the cashback rewards you deserve so you can do more with your money. Download the app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and register for free. That's the beauty of Maya—it's everything and a bank. For more information, visit http://mayaph.co/TripleBillPromo.

Maya is the all-in-one money platform bringing Filipinos bolder ways to master their money. It is powered by a unique integrated financial services ecosystem that addresses the ever-evolving financial needs of today's generation through cutting-edge technology.

Maya leads millions of Filipinos — consumers, businesses, communities, and government agencies alike — into a digital economy that's more inclusive, transparent, and empowering. Maya is powered by the country's only end-to-end digital payments company, PayMaya Philippines, and Maya Bank for digital banking services.