{"id":5358,"date":"2025-02-26T03:46:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T03:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/?p=5358"},"modified":"2026-06-12T10:22:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:22:45","slug":"rcbc-and-soft-space-roll-out-rcbc-tap-to-phone-to-drive-wider-card-acceptance-for-msmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/?p=5358","title":{"rendered":"RCBC and SOFT SPACE Roll Out RCBC Tap-to-Phone to Drive Wider Card Acceptance for MSMEs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5367\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5367\" class=\"wp-image-5367 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RCBC-Inline-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RCBC-Inline-Photo.jpg 800w, https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RCBC-Inline-Photo-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RCBC-Inline-Photo-768x407.jpg 768w, https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RCBC-Inline-Photo-260x138.jpg 260w, https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RCBC-Inline-Photo-50x27.jpg 50w, https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RCBC-Inline-Photo-142x75.jpg 142w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RCBC Tap-to-Phone in action<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Manila, 25th February 2025 \u2014 Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), one of the Philippines\u2019 leading financial institutions, has partnered with Soft Space, the world\u2019s leading Fintech-as-a-Service (FaaS) provider, to launch RCBC Tap-to-Phone, a cutting-edge SoftPOS solution for Filipino MSMEs to start accepting digital payments.<\/p>\n<p>SoftPOS (Software Point-of-Sale) transforms NFC-enabled mobile devices into secure payment acceptance terminals. With RCBC\u2019s Tap-to-Phone, merchants will be able to accept Mastercard and Visa card payments-be it credit, debit, or prepaid\u2014through their Android NFC smartphones. A QR code is generated as an electronic receipt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe in partnerships that drive progress and we remain committed to providing Filipino MSMEs with cost-effective and accessible digital payment solutions throughout the Philippines,\u201d RCBC Credit Cards President and CEO Arniel Vincent B. Ong said.<\/p>\n<p>RCBC Tap-to-Phone is powered by FasstapTM , Soft Space\u2019s flagship SoftPOS solution. Supporting all major mobile operating systems in the market as well as a wide range of domestic and international card schemes, this versatility has seen Fasstap&#x2122; establish use cases in more than 15 industries including airlines, financial services, logistics, public transportation, food and beverage (F&amp;B) etc.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dti.gov.ph\/resources\/msme-statistics\/\">Close to 99% of all businesses in the Philippines\u2014over 1.2 million\u2014are MSMEs<\/a>, so we\u2019re excited about the transformative impact our partnership with RCBC can have,\u201d said Joel Tay, CEO of Soft Space. \u201cBy joining forces under SMBC\u2019s broader investment umbrella, our organizations can leverage their shared strengths, demonstrating how aligned strategies and support can support medium and small businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manila, 25th February 2025 \u2014 Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), one of the Philippines\u2019 leading financial institutions, has partnered with Soft Space, the world\u2019s leading Fintech-as-a-Service<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company-announcement","category-news-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5358"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5583,"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5358\/revisions\/5583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}