"This should make people go for e-payment quickly," Apisak said, adding the junta aimed to bring big and small businesses into the e-payment system.
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The trouble began with an ad campaign for E-pay, a government e-payment system.
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JustCo will launch an application this year with plans for an e-payment platform later, he said.
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Friendster was acquired by a Malaysian e-payment provider in 2009 with a steady 115 million members.
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Havas, the agency behind the advert, said this was intended to convey the idea that "e-payment is for everyone".
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Play a game, make an e-payment, or decide on a restaurant and make a reservation, all without leaving your chat.
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Some shops accept Alipay, a Chinese e-payment system that can be used by a retailer who simply downloads an app.
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But one of Indonesia's start-ups says it's confident of further catalyzing the adoption of e-payment systems in the country.
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With such a culture of corruption it's not difficult to see why the e-payment pipe dream was doomed from the start.
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Tencent recently announced it will roll out its WeChat payment services in Malaysia after gaining an e-payment license outside of China.
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The app will also have food, delivery, e-payment and financing services in the future, Hai said at its launching ceremony in Hanoi.
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Tencent has an e-payment licence in Malaysia where it plans to launch WeChat Pay—its first foray outside China and Hong Kong.
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They also launched a contest to find solutions to prevent financial fraud, reduce the cost of transactions and develop an e-payment infrastructure.
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Last month it invested $50 million in ride-sharing, Grab to launch an e-payment app and tap into merchant and customer data.
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Aside from network reliability, consumer demand centers around messaging, sound quality, data and ease of communication, but also e-payment, e-insurance and e-learning.
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The venture would focus on financial services and integrating Line's other products in Thailand like the e-payment platform Rabbit Line Pay, Kim told reporters.
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"The message behind this advertising campaign is that e-payment is for everyone," Havas Worldwide and The Celebrity Agency (TCA) said in a joint statement to CNN.
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In Thailand, satellites, optical scanning and e-payment services have been rolled out to prevent forced labor in its multibillion-dollar seafood industry, where many migrants work.
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February 2005: Three early employees at e-payment startup PayPal — Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim — start working on a free video-sharing site called YouTube.
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WorldPay found that 45 percent of Chinese respondents used credit cards and 30 percent used Alipay, with the e-payment system's popularity largely driven by under-35 travelers.
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The group is working on initiatives to jointly tackle the threat of extremism and cyber attacks, as well as to promote trade and cross-border e-payment systems.
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Mishwar is an online service where you can order your groceries, and pay either on delivery or with one of the e-payment solutions we have in our country.
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Alipay, the e-payment service owned by Alibaba's Ant Financial, boasts over 520 million users — and WeChat Pay, owned by Chinese internet giant Tencent, boasts over 600 million users.
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The company, which is a subsidiary of Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand, offers e-payment services and micro-loans targeted at customers who are under-served by big financial services players.
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Technology stocks, which are the best performing sector on the ASX 200 this year, rose about 1.3%, led by a 3% rise in e-payment services provider Afterpay Touch Group .
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Some 5.5 million baht will be for e-payment customers, with the biggest prize of one million baht and the rest for business operators that install electronic data capture (EDC) machines.
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The agency hired to create the ad and the city state broadcaster's talent management group apologized and said that the ad was intended to show how e-payment was for everyone.
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Tencent has made a "breakthrough" in gaining an e-payment license in Malaysia for local transactions, and plans a launch early next year, senior vice president S.Y. Lau said in an interview.
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Earlier this year, the Indian government was pushing for really budget smartphones of lower than $30, in hopes that this would push mobile adoption — and consequently mobile e-payment — in the country.
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Messaging and e-payment app WeChat has become the latest Chinese technology to be banned by an overseas military on security grounds, with Australia instructing its armed forces not to use it.
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E-payment systems like Samsung Pay, Apple Pay, and Android Pay already use biometric data to authenticate users — so using biometric data to access banking information would be the a next logical step.
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"All of our drivers right now in the network — we have about 850,000 registered drivers — can accept cash to top up people's Go-Pay accounts," Makarim said, referring to the firm's e-payment platform.
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It thinks its head start and extra services will keep it on top of the competition, and that banks, latecomers to e-payment, will struggle to match the scale of its operations and vendor network.
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If you're going to spend money, though, cities and states around the country want to make sure you can pay with cash, even as some retailers move to a credit- or e-payment-only model.
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As Southeast Asian economies struggle and tax income misses budget targets, Thailand's finance minister is hopeful a nationwide e-payment scheme will add tax revenue of 2000 billion baht ($2450 billion) a year to the coffers.
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The Agency figured if it could convince those at corruption hotspots, such as customs agents and border guards, to use e-payment methods, then it might curb the amount of cash those agents pocketed every day.
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The four investments last year include PayQwick, an e-payment company that serves cash-intensive businesses; VividGro, an indoor-agriculture technology; Mood33, which specializes in hemp-infused beverages; and Apex Trading, a wholesale cannabis-commerce company.
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Ant Financial - the financial services affiliate of Alibaba that includes Alipay - signed a memorandum of understanding with Malaysia's top banks CIMB Group Holdings Bhd and Malayan Banking Bhd to explore collaboration opportunities in e-payment and financing services.
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Anthony Thomas, president and CEO at Mynt, the Philippines-based e-payment and fintech arm of Globe Telecom, Ant Financial and Ayala, said the super app needs to be able to help people get through daily life more smoothly.
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MUMBAI (Reuters) - Electronic payment firms got a big boost when India abolished most of the country's banknotes last year, but rival state-sponsored e-payment services are forcing them to raise their game to hang on to their new customers.
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Last week, Thai e-commerce firm Asset Bright Pcl formed an alliance with WeChat to offer e-payment services and targeted the 8 million Chinese tourists visiting Thailand annually with estimated spending of about 420 billion baht ($12.05 billion) a year.
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"I think the mindset that we had in the beginning is that a customer is not a ride-hailing customer, a customer is not a food delivery customer, a customer is not an e-payment or an e-wallet customer, a customer is just a customer," Makarim told CNBC's Christine Tan.
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Danke Apartment, whose name means "eggshell" in Chinese, closed the Series C round led by returning investor Tiger Global Management and newcomer Ant Financial, Alibaba's e-payment and financial affiliate controlled by Jack Ma. Four years ago, Beijing-based Danke set out with a mission to provide more affordable housing for young Chinese working in large urban centers.
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No changes to text.) * Tencent plans e-payment launch in Malaysia next year * Tencent in no hurry to speed up overseas expansion - Lau * Aims to reverse trend, and export Chinese culture By Sijia Jiang HONG KONG, Nov 13 (Reuters) - China's biggest social network and gaming firm Tencent Holdings, which last week reported forecast-beating quarterly results, is close to making Malaysia the first foreign country to roll out its WeChat ecosystem, an executive told Reuters.
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Ovo is Indonesia's leading digital e-payment platform. In December 2018, Grab launched GrabClub subscription programme.
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In 2005 he ventured into industries such as renewable energy sector, e-payment services and development of mobile applications.
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UnPAY was the only e-payment business from China to be invited to the Dubai Smart City Innovation Conference. The three parties have also reached preliminary agreement on possible collaborations.
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Iraq Wallet was licensed to develop an e-payment services by the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) to provide e-payment services under the commercial name ZainCash. ZainCash is a mobile wallet linked to the individual SIM card that allows the user to transfer money, pay bills electronically, shop online, buy Mastercard, and receive payments, among other personal banking services. Zain Cash provided their users with an international Mastercard called the WalletCard that was launched in November 2018.
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TrueMoney is a financial technology brand, providing e-payment services in Southeast Asia. In Thailand, the platform includes TrueMoney Wallet, WeCard by MasterCard, TrueMoney Cash Card, Kiosk, Express, Payment Gateway and Remittance.
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SIA S.p.A. is an Italian company operating in the area of ICT, providing solutions and technologies to the banking and finance sector in addition to platforms for financial markets and e-payment services.
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As mentioned above, e-procurement value chain consists of indent management, e-Informing, e-Tendering, e-Auctioning, vendor management, catalogue management, Purchase Order Integration, Order Status, Ship Notice, e-invoicing, e-payment, and contract management.
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Coinstar also produces machines that provide prepaid credit cards and e-payment kiosks. On July 2, 2013, Coinstar, as Outerwall, started trading on the NASDAQ as OUTR, changing its name from Coinstar. As of 2016, it is now owned by Apollo Global Management.
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TNSC Bank offers Savings account, Current Account, deposits including fixed, recurrent, cash certificate, loans (including home loans,jewel loan,housing loan, computer loan, educational loans) for individuals and corporate banking services and rural banking. It also offers electronic era services including net banking and e-payment of bills.
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The airport has full digital based services, which include digital airport bus schedules, e-payment systems, a wifi.id corner and smart baggage claim – a facility to monitor the position of passengers' baggage. The airport is also equipped with tourism information kiosks that give a wide range of information about activities in the nearby areas.
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Benjamin Kunz Mejri Benjamin Kunz Mejri (born 6 May 1983) is a German IT security specialist and penetration tester. His areas of research include vulnerabilities in computer systems, bug bounties, the security of e-payment payment services and privacy protection. Mejri is known for uncovering new zero-day vulnerabilities and making them transparent to the public.
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Engel led Picasa's customer acquisition, marketing and business development initiatives, again significantly boosting revenues. After Google acquired Picasa in 2004, Engel joined Google and led online customer acquisition/advertising for Google’s AdSense and AdWords products, through Google’s 2004 IPO. From 2005 to 2013, Engel was CEO and co- founder of FastSpring, an e-payment platform for 3,000+ desktop software and SaaS companies worldwide.
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The other key collaborators are the Cards & Personal Identification Technical Committee (CPITC) under the Singapore IT Standards Committee (ITSC), Network for Electronic Transfers (NETS) and EZ-Link Pte Ltd (EZ-Link). CEPAS was published by SPRING Singapore as SS 518 and was officially launched during the CEPAS Launch & Next Generation e-Payment seminar on 27 June 2006, held at Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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Thailand is the last of the three South-east Asia countries that introduced plan to impose tax on digital goods. It was introduced in report released in April 2019 stating that it will aim at taxing the digital platform operators and joint with e-payment law prevent tax evasion of local online platform operators. It is also planned to come in effect at the beginning of 2020.
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However, wet markets have been losing ground in popularity compared to supermarkets, despite the fact they may be seen as healthier and more sustainable. Reports suggest "although there are well-managed, hygienic wet markets in and near bigger cities [in China], hygiene can be spotty, especially in smaller communities." During the 2010s, "smart markets" equipped with e-payment terminals emerged as traditional wet markets faced increasing competition from discount stores.
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Interswitch also owns Quickteller, an online payments platform; Retailpay, a mobile business management platform; and Smartgov, an identity management and e-payment infrastructure for state governments. Interswitch has also very recently acquired VANSO, a mobile-focused technology provider to banks. This new acquisition will result in VANSO’s mobile banking, SMS and security business lines being fully integrated into Interswitch’s digital commerce and technology operations in Nigeria, and across the Africa.
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The Bank has over 9 million e-banking customers, over 27 million credit cards issued and correspondent bank partnerships with 1,687 bank headquarters and their branches in more than 128 countries and regions. It is the first financial institution to establish the strategic cooperation of multi-channel and multi- application e-payment with China UnionPay. The Bank continues to provide customers with efficient, quality and comprehensive financial services.
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Prices are paid which are fixed by the Government in slab rates, depending on the quality and quantity of opium tendered. 90% of payment is made to the cultivators, directly in their bank account through e-payment method. Final payment is made after laboratory testing at opium factory after confirming that no adulterants have been found. All the opium procured is sent to Government Opium and Alkaloid Factories situated at Neemuch and Ghazipur.
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With the upgrade, a new touchscreen was introduced, replacing the old rail map format. Passengers buying a standard ticket now select their destination station on the touchscreen, either through a navigational rail map or by station name. A single trip or return trip option is available. This type of GTM accepts EZ-Link/NETS FlashPay card top-ups through contactless credit and debit cards, and contactless e-payment systems, in addition to cash and NETS.
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In August 2017, Xinhua described high-speed rail, electronic payments, bike sharing and online shopping as China's "four great new inventions". However others pointed out that none of the four were actually invented in China, with modern high-speed rail originating in Japan in 1964, e-payment systems originating in the United States in the 1990s, bike sharing invented in Europe in the 1960s and online shopping invented by the Briton Michael Aldrich in 1979.
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In 2012 Rakishev has expanded the range of his business interests to venture investments in the perspective innovation startups in the US, Canada, Israel and Russia. He started to position himself as an independent investor and entrepreneur. After the acquisition of the major stake in US based Net Element company he has got the honorable nickname "the first Kazakh at NASDAQ". In March 2015 Net Element has acquired one of the Russia's e-payment market leaders PayOnlinePayOnline company.
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Meera Shenoy began her work in skilling as Executive Director of EGMM (Employment Generation & Marketing Mission) For the first time, her work made companies realize rural youth can be placed in entry level jobs when short term customized training is given. When she left after six years, it had trained 2, 20,000 youth with 70% placements. A unique IT architecture linked to e-payment was put in place for transparency. Her work was featured in Knowledge@Wharton and the Wall Street Journal.
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Siemens Announces Joint Venture with Brokat (the free library) In spring 2000, Brokat also issued a high-yield bond of €125 million led by the West LB bank. In November 2001 Brokat declared bankruptcy after it was unable to negotiate a restructuring agreement with the creditors of the high yield bond.Brokat declares insolvency ITworld.com 11/26/01 During the liquidation, the e-payment engineering core was acquired by eOne Global (a First Data company) and maintained as a legal entity called Encorus Technology.
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LEGIC maintains a global network, currently with over 300 licensed partner companies. Based on the LEGIC security platform, these companies develop a multitude of security and authentication systems with applications such as staff work time logging, access control, biometrics, e-payment, parking, ticketing and other multi- applications. The company has its roots in the «LEGIC IDENTSYSTEMS» business division of Kaba AG in Wetzikon which was created in 1990. In 2002, the business division was converted into an independent limited company.
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Various measures have been introduced to increase internet penetration and the use of technology at school, in entreprises, at home and in various public services. E-payment is now a reality at the Mauritius Revenue Authority, tablets and wifi have been introduced at school. Hon. Duval's vision is to make Mauritius movie towards a higher wage economy. The country is already a renowned financial center of excellence and the Minister of Finance has spared no efforts to improve its legal framework.
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CEPAS is spearheaded by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), and is one of the key next generation e-Payment initiatives under Singapore's iN2015 infocomm masterplan led by IDA. The vision of CEPAS is for Singaporeans to have a single MPSV card for use all around Singapore for micro-payments. This includes transit (bus, MRT, LRT), taxi, motoring (ERP, parking), retail, and other services. CEPAS is a result of close collaboration by IDA with different industry players and the Land Transport Authority (LTA).
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WBSEDCL provides power to a customer base of more than 1.95 crores across West Bengal through its service network spanning 5 Zones, 20 Regional Offices, 76 Distribution Divisions, and 533 Customer Care Centers. In the field of Information Technology, WBSEDCL has implemented Enterprise Resource Planning – SAP in Financial Accounting & Control, Material Management, HR with Payroll, Plant Maintenance and Project System. Apart from that SCADA, Smart Grid, development of IT system through R-APDRP Project, Mobile App development, e-payment through own website and third party,Spot bill, collection kiosk etc. have been implemented.
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As a subsidiary of Land Transport Authority, contactless transport payment card operator EZ-Link has also partnered up with NETS to introduce e-payment methods in local hawker centres. Starting from April 2018, payment at hawker centres can be carried out using EZ-Link or Nets card using a single Nets terminal. There were mixed responses from the food vendors. Several stall owners expressed their opinions on the efficiency of the system, stating that sometimes the cashless electronic transactions do not go through, causing delays in the queue of the business.
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Infocomm will make Singapore a premier wealth management centre, with intelligent data management and analysis and efficient back- office processes and the assurance of authentication, privacy, information systems and security. A corporate financial information exchange will provide automated reporting, corporate transparency and greater analytical coverage. Next-generation infrastructure will enable nationwide electronic and mobile payments, offering new transactional and value-added services and new e-payment solutions. Global financial institutions will find Singapore both a centre of innovative financial services and the ideal location to service regional customers, manage high-end financial processes, and develop and market innovative financial products and services.
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The ticketing system uses the EZ-Link and NETS FlashPay contactless smart cards based upon the Symphony for e-Payment (SeP) system for public transit built on the Singapore Standard for Contactless ePurse Application (CEPAS) system. This system allows for up to 4 card issuers in the market. The EZ-Link card was introduced on 13 April 2002 as a replacement for the original TransitLink farecard, while its competitor the NETS FlashPay card entered the smartcard market on 9 October 2009. A card may be purchased at any TransitLink ticket office or passenger service centre for immediate use.
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OOMCO was launched in October 2003, along with its new brand identity, when Oman Oil Company acquired shares of what was formally known as BP Oman in December 2003. In 2018, OOMCO signed deals with the Muscat Municipality and with Hass Petroleum to supply fuel to the cities fleet of vehicles and to distribute lubricants in Kenya and other Eastern African markets. In 2018, the company also introduced e-payment via an app at their service stations, partnering with Thawani Technologies. In September 2018, OOMCO announced plans to expand their network of service stations into Saudi Arabia.
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TrueMoney was launched as an e-payment and financial service provider, catering to the underserved and unbanked market across Southeast Asia, now serving Thailand as a flagship venture, with presences in Myanmar, Cambodia and Indonesia. In Indonesia, it has partnered with Samsung to fulfill its target of 7,000 electronic data capture (EDC) modules to serve the archipelago of 14,000, and certified as compatible to Islamic banking laws by Indonesia's National Islamic Council. Cambodia launched its services on New Year's Day in 2016 while Myanmar has partnered with Asia Green Development Bank, the same service provider as Myanmar Post and Telecommunications (MPT).
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For example, efforts are being made to link self-help groups to commercial banks, to network member-owned organizations together to achieve economies of scale and scope, and to support efforts by commercial banks to 'down-scale' by integrating mobile banking and e-payment technologies into their extensive branch networks. Brigit Helms in her book Access for All: Building Inclusive Financial Systems, distinguishes between four general categories of microfinance providers, and argues for a pro-active strategy of engagement with all of them to help them achieve the goals of the microfinance movement.Brigit Helms. Access for All: Building Inclusive Financial Systems.
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Prior to the citywide overhaul of the bus network, small-scale reforms had already been made to improve the city's bus network. This included the implementation of Yangon's first bus rapid transit system, the Yangon BRT, in February 2016 operated by Yangon Bus Public Company Limited. Despite the BRT system serving only two lines, it has seen considerable success, gaining popularity among commuters for operating an all air-conditioned fleet of buses, as well as introducing the first e-payment system for buses in Myanmar. The new bus network has reduced the old network's 300 lines to 100.
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In 2009, Central Bank of Malaysia and the Securities Commission Malaysia jointly established Asian Institute of Finance (AIF)to development human capital development in domestic and regional financial services industry. The Securities Commission and Central Bank Malaysia also established Finance Accreditation Agency (FAA) an international and independent quality assurance and accreditation body for the financial services industry in 2013. The Central Bank of Malaysia, Bursa Malaysia and the Securities Commission of Malaysia worked closely together to introduce Electronic Share Payment facility for share transactions by using e-payment in the stock market. In April 2010, Central Bank of Malaysia, Bursa Malaysia and the Securities Commission Malaysia have also launched e-Dividend.
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The Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry introduced the Chamber Awards in 2014 to recognize, promote and celebrate private and public institutions operating in Nigeria for best business practices, growth through innovations, business sustainability and positive impact on the people/Society. The award recognized companies in the following industries - Banking, Insurance, Pension Management, E-Payment, Education, Telecoms, Professional Services, Healthcare, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Trade/Retail Trade, Building & Construction and SMEs. For the 2015 Awards, Beat 99.9 FM on-air personality, Olisa Adibua and Rhythm 93.7 FM on-air personality & celebrity vlogger, Toke Makinwa were selected as the hosts of the 2015 Lagos Chambers of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) Awards.
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BCR offers a wide range of banking services for retail clients: current account, saving products, secured and unsecured loans, internet and phone banking, “Primeste pensia în cont curent” (“Receive your pension in the current account”), direct debit, standing order, money transfer payments, traveler’s cheques, SEIF BCR – lockboxes and sealed bags, transfers of amounts in hard currency. For corporate clients, BCR offers financing for the investments of local public authorities in the social and utilities infrastructure (large and small cities), co-financing for the implementation of international funding programs: PHARE/SAPARD/EBRD/EU, investment loans and financing of the working capital for SMEs, financing of trade, factoring, cash management for large companies, e-payment solutions (local taxes and fees, banking transfer, multi-cash).
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Contactless smart cards fully replaced their magnetic ticket predecessors on 1 December 2002, making Singapore one of the first cities to implement contactless smart card payment on all main modes of public transportation, similar to Hong Kong. The ticketing system uses the EZ-Link and NETS FlashPay contactless smart cards based upon the Symphony for e-Payment (SeP) system for public transit built on the Singapore Standard for Contactless ePurse Application (CEPAS) system. This system permits up to 4 card issuers to provide for the market. The EZ-Link card was introduced on 13 April 2002 as a replacement to the original TransitLink farecard, while its competitor, the NETS FlashPay card, entered the smart card market on 9 October 2009.
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The rise of e-payment products like e-wallets, m-wallets, multi-purpose cards and smart applications evolved by new technologies like Near Field Communications (NFC) cards and non-bank players like Payment System Operators (PSOs) and Payment System Providers (PSPs) are incoming to the marketplace for joint manufactured goods or service modernization. The State Bank in its annual payment system review for the Financial year 2013-14 has disclosed that Pakistan shows its advancement towards quickly emergent international payments practices, with reasonable increase in usage of e-banking as recorded in Financial Year 2013-14. Per quarterly reports, 61.7 million transactions through ATMs with an increase of 10.2% in ATMS uses have been witnessed during 2013. The quarterly report of October–December 2014 also recorded 112.3 million of e-banking transactions with reported amount of Rs.8.8 trillion.
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In this plan, PUC Founder is venturing into industries such as renewable energy sector, e-payment services and development of mobile applications. On 10 Mar 2015, PUCF wholly owned subsidiary MaxGreen Energy Sdn. Bhd. ("MESB") has been awarded as a Feed-in-Tariff Approval Holder by the Sustainable Energy Development Authority Malaysia to develop and operate a solar photovoltaic ("PV") plant with 1 megawatt power ("MWp") capacity in Sungai Petani, Kedah, to produce electricity to be supplied to Tenaga Nasional Berhad. Subsequent to that, it has brought positive feedback on market confidence as PUCF shares (stock code: 0007) together with its Warrant, PUC-WA (stock code: 0007WA) have both emerged in the list of top 10 most actively traded counters on Bursa Malaysia with a trading volume of 80.67million shares (PUC, 0007) and 30.96million units (PUC-WA, 0007WA).
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Singapore's debit service is managed by the Network for Electronic Transfers (NETS), founded by Singapore's leading banks and shareholders namely DBS, Keppel Bank, OCBC and its associates, OUB, IBS, POSB, Tat Lee Bank and UOB in 1985 as a result of a need for a centralised e-Payment operator. However, due to the banking restructuring and mergers, the local banks remaining were UOB, OCBC, DBS-POSB as the shareholders of NETS with Standard Chartered Bank to offer NETS to their customers. However, DBS and POSB customers can use their network ATMs on their own and not be shared with UOB, OCBC or SCB (StanChart). The mega failure of 5 July 2010 of POSB-DBS ATM Networks (about 97,000 machines) made the government to rethink the shared ATM system again as it affected the NETS system too.
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Sir Aladekomo founded Chams Limited (now Chams Plc, and listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange) as the first indigenous computer maintenance outfit in Nigeria in September 1985, almost 30 years ago. Working as the Chief Engineer, he led Company to deploy Nigeria's first Wide-Area-Network WAN) on personal computers, and to deploy the country's pioneer card technology. Sir Aladekomo is also acknowledged as the brain behind the success of the first e-payment card in Nigeria birthed by the Valucard project, working with a consortium of five indigenous Banks. Under his watch, Chams transformed from a privately held company to public liability company listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, differentiating itself in the Nigerian market by focusing on the business of identity management, ceding the increasingly cluttered card technology and transaction payments segments to its subsidiaries, ChamAccess Limited and Card Centre Nigeria Limited.
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Barely a month since his assumption to duty as the new CIR, Commissioner Parayno offered a Voluntary Assessment and Abatement Program (VAAP) to taxpayers with under- declared sales/receipts/income. To enhance the collection performance of the BIR, Commissioner Parayno adopted the use of new systems such as the Reconciliation of Listings for Enforcement or RELIEF System to detect under- declarations of taxable income by taxpayers and the electronic broadcasting system to enhance the security of tax payments. It was also under Commissioner Parayno's administration that the BIR expanded its electronic services to include the web-based TIN application and processing; electronic raffle of invoices/receipts; provision of e-payment gateways; e-substituted filing of tax returns and electronic submission of sales reports. The conduct of special operations on high-profile tax evaders, which resulted to the filing of tax cases under the Run After Tax Evaders (RATE) Program marked Commissioner Parayno's administration as well as the conduct of Tax Compliance Verification Drives and accreditation and registration of cash register machines and point- of-sale machines.
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