tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12993295244318795872024-02-19T12:26:01.223+08:00Dragonpay Online Payment SystemDragonpay is a Philippine-based alternative online payment solution that uses online and offline banking facilities, and other non-traditional brick-and-mortar outlets, to accept payments from a broader market base in a more secure and cost-effective manner.Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-82608756550269359492018-04-28T21:55:00.001+08:002018-04-28T21:55:42.961+08:00Changes in Credit Card Chargeback ProcessWhat merchants need to know with upcoming changes in the way Visa will process disputes and chargebacks:<br />
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https://blog.siftscience.com/2018/visa-chargeback-changes-merchants/Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-32965309526527611792018-02-14T12:26:00.002+08:002018-02-14T12:27:30.413+08:00Free Online Merchant AccountWe are happy to announce the availability of our free tier -- Dragonpay Lite (<a href="https://www.dragonpay.ph/lite">www.dragonpay.ph/lite</a>). So if you have been holding back because of the one-time setup fee, fret no more! With the Lite Plan, you get to enjoy the benefits of online payments with no upfront cost. Each transaction will just be billed at Php20.00. Sign up online now!Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-14236589787119978782017-12-07T09:12:00.001+08:002017-12-07T09:12:03.345+08:00Locating RuralNet BranchesAre you based out in the rural areas where there are no commercial banks or business centers to conveniently make your Dragonpay payments? No problem! Through our partnership with RuralNet, you can pay at over 400 rural bank branches and cooperatives covering 300 cities & municipalities. Visit our online branch locator at <a href="https://www.dragonpay.ph/locating-ruralnet-branch">https://www.dragonpay.ph/locating-ruralnet-branch</a> to find the branch nearest you. You can use the free text search box to type a location.Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-41130933613083896242017-12-07T09:08:00.004+08:002017-12-07T09:08:53.240+08:00Locating ECPay and 7-11 BranchesWant to pay for your Dragonpay transaction at the nearest 7-11 or ECPay branch? Visit our online branch locator at <a href="https://www.dragonpay.ph/locating-ecpay-branch">https://www.dragonpay.ph/locating-ecpay-branch</a>. You can use the free text search capability to quickly find branches around your town, city or province.Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-50004894388094680332017-08-14T13:05:00.000+08:002017-08-14T13:05:03.258+08:00Shopify's ease-of-use and flexibility in terms of customization has made it a clear top favorite for e-commerce merchants to use. We are happy to inform Shopify merchants that Dragonpay has support for it out-of-the-box. For more technical details, visit our <a href="https://www.dragonpay.ph/how-to-add-dragonpay-to-your-shopify-store" target="_blank">Shopify How-to page</a>.Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-29221452883931185772017-08-11T13:05:00.000+08:002017-08-11T13:05:22.625+08:00Dragonpay Library in GithubWow! Its been a really long time since this blog was updated. Sharing a link here from one of our developer partners who kindly provided their module to connect to Dragonpay to the Open Source community. Check it out at <a href="https://github.com/crazymeeks/dragonpay/wiki">https://github.com/crazymeeks/dragonpay/wiki</a>. Works with various PHP platforms.Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-57495603459246892312015-11-25T19:15:00.002+08:002015-11-25T19:15:48.203+08:00PH Bank StatisticsThere are 638 operating banks as of end June 2015 according to BSP. This is down from 644 for the same period last year. It reached a peak of 996 back in 1998.<br />
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<li>36 universal and commercial banks</li>
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There are 17 private banks, 20 foreign banks, 3 government banks. The industry has a total of 10,528 branches, offices (local and foreign representative offices) by end June 2015.</div>
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Banks are still predominantly in urban areas with National Capital Region (NCR) accounting for 3,318 head office and branch, followed by Cebu and Davao with 480 offices total. The Calabarzon region has the 2nd largest concentration with 1,581 offices/branches, followed by Central Luzon with 1,060.</div>
Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-70622970516907088222015-11-23T10:05:00.001+08:002015-11-23T10:05:17.005+08:00Pinoy Cyber SaleThe Philippines will be having its first major cyber sale event this Nov 27 to 30 dubbed <a href="http://pinoycybersale.com/">Pinoy Cyber Sale</a>. The event is patterned after the US Thanksgiving weekend spanning Black Friday to Cyber Monday. Get great discounts from major local e-commerce merchants.Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-70984225198205273882015-09-21T15:22:00.001+08:002015-09-21T15:23:43.674+08:00ECWID Support for DragonpayThe <a href="http://www.ecwid.com/">Ecwid</a> platform is now supported by Dragonpay through its developer partner, SiteShop. SiteShop has announced the general availability of its <a href="https://siteshop.ph/dragonpay-for-ecwid">Ecwid connector</a>. Ecwid (short for E-Commerce Widget) allows anyone to sell anywhere from hosted website, social sites and market places by just copying-and-pasting a few lines of code.<br />
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For more details, visit <a href="https://siteshop.ph/dragonpay-for-ecwid">https://siteshop.ph/dragonpay-for-ecwid</a>.Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-70967190670366244012015-07-25T13:25:00.001+08:002015-07-25T13:25:01.625+08:00Locating BPI Branch CodesNot sure of your BPI Branch Code? You can check this list:<br />
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<a href="https://www.bpiexpresslink.com/pls/production/elpk_splash_brcodes.elpr_splash_brcodes">https://www.bpiexpresslink.com/pls/production/elpk_splash_brcodes.elpr_splash_brcodes</a><br />
<br />Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-14424666008650849382015-05-05T10:22:00.003+08:002015-05-05T10:22:39.296+08:00Dragonpay Payments Through PNB Remit<a href="http://www.dragonpay.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/PNB-OBPS-Overseas-Locations-201501-Branches-and-Subsidiaries.pdf">PNB Remit branches, subsidiaries and agents in North America, Europe and Asia</a> can now accept payments for Dragonpay. Read our <a href="http://www.dragonpay.ph/pnb-remit-how-to">PNB Remit how-to page</a> to know more.Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-51917352460104215142015-05-02T11:27:00.000+08:002015-05-02T11:27:03.510+08:00Woocommerce Plug-in for Dragonpay<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Our partner (SiteShop) has released a Dragonpay Plugin for WooCommerce.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><a href="https://siteshop.ph/dragonpay-plugin-for-woocommerce" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" target="_blank">https://siteshop.ph/dragonpay-<wbr></wbr>plugin-for-woocommerce</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">It is a proprietary closed source plugin created with a licensing fee of Monthly (PHP 438.00) or Yearly (PHP 4380.00). There is also Free-Trial License (14-Day). Prices include : Unlimited Email Support and Unlimited Upgrade.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">The plugin include the ff. features:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">- On-the-fly Transactions Update at WooCommerce,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">- Automatic Daily Synchronization of Transactions (helpful in case some notifications were not received),</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">- Test Mode,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">- Debug Log mode, log file view is embed within WooCommerce Admin Panel,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">- Compatibility with Plugin: Custom / Sequential Order Numbers for WooCommerce,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">- Compatibility with Multi-Cart Redirector for Dragonpay.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><br /></span>Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-53881190941013997042015-04-18T16:42:00.003+08:002015-04-18T16:43:12.928+08:00Locating the Metrobank Branch CodeWhen paying through Metrobank over-the-counter Cash Deposit, Dragonpay will require you to encode the code of the branch where you deposited. You can use this lookup tool to determine the branch:<br />
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<a href="http://www.dragonpay.ph/locating-metrobank-branch-code">http://www.dragonpay.ph/locating-metrobank-branch-code</a>Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-67823735576559993932015-04-08T17:25:00.002+08:002015-04-08T17:25:49.548+08:00Magento Extension for DragonpayMagento plug-in now available:<br />
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<a href="http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/dragonpay.html" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" target="_blank">http://www.magentocommerce.<wbr></wbr>com/magento-connect/dragonpay.<wbr></wbr>html</a><br />
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<br />Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-77983811961511932762015-03-16T23:38:00.001+08:002015-03-16T23:38:51.073+08:00E-Commerce Plug-insLooking for a module that you can easily plug-in to Woocommerce, Magento, and the like? Check out the SiteShop.ph (<a href="https://siteshop.ph/">https://siteshop.ph</a>). Demo licenses are available for testing the plug-in modules. Purchase it for a fraction of the cost of hiring developers to write one from scratch.Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-66780832846443740992015-01-26T22:16:00.003+08:002015-01-26T22:16:57.191+08:00Locating BDO Branch CodesIf you are paying via BDO Cash Deposit, you need to enter the branch code in Dragonpay's validation page when done. The branch code can be found in machine validation section of your deposit slip. You can also use this link to determine the branch code by typing the name of the branch where you deposited:<br />
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<a href="http://www.dragonpay.ph/locating-bdo-branch-code">http://www.dragonpay.ph/locating-bdo-branch-code</a>Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-79619361822546187142014-11-10T14:25:00.001+08:002014-11-10T14:25:24.985+08:00Using BDO RIB with AirAsiaHere is a very detailed step-by-step guide on how to use BDO Retail Internet Banking via Dragonpay to pay for an AirAsia ticket from an end-user:<br />
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<a href="http://www.pinayinvestor.com/how-tos/how-to-pay-plane-ticket-online-with-dragonpay-direct-debit/">http://www.pinayinvestor.com/how-tos/how-to-pay-plane-ticket-online-with-dragonpay-direct-debit/</a>Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-87736127091013894872014-11-10T09:33:00.002+08:002014-11-10T09:33:46.310+08:00VMoney Granted EMI LicenseDragonpay partner, VMoney, was granted an Electronic Money Issuance (EMI) license:<br />
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http://e27.co/vmoney-granted-conditional-emi-license-in-the-philippines-20141106/Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-34525792913446641072014-11-10T09:18:00.000+08:002014-11-10T09:18:06.704+08:00Tech Startups That Made News This WeekWe made it as the only Philippine-based company to the Asian Tech Startups that caught the attention of TechInAsia this week:<br />
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<a href="https://www.techinasia.com/asian-startup-list-9-november-2014/">https://www.techinasia.com/asian-startup-list-9-november-2014/</a>Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-82631754540883057812014-11-07T21:16:00.003+08:002014-11-07T21:16:49.514+08:00Drupal Commerce ModuleWe haven't actually tried this but merchants planning to use Drupal Commerce may experiment with this module created by an independent developer:<br />
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<a href="https://www.drupal.org/sandbox/jhayzhon/2369999">https://www.drupal.org/sandbox/jhayzhon/2369999</a><br />
<br />Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-80830425522588198802014-11-04T21:03:00.000+08:002014-11-12T14:02:06.737+08:00Dragonpay Raises Series A from GMO to Grow Philippine E-CommerceJapanese e-payment giant, GMO Payment Gateway, invests on Dragonpay!<br />
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<a href="https://www.techinasia.com/epayments-dragonpay-funding-gmo/">https://www.techinasia.com/epayments-dragonpay-funding-gmo/</a><br />
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<a href="http://e27.co/dragonpay-raises-series-a-round-from-japans-gmo-global-payment-fund-20141105/">http://e27.co/dragonpay-raises-series-a-round-from-japans-gmo-global-payment-fund-20141105/</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.dragonpay.ph/japan-e-payment-giant-invests-in-dragonpay">http://www.dragonpay.ph/japan-e-payment-giant-invests-in-dragonpay</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/dragonpay-scores-series-a-funding-from-gmo-global/">http://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/dragonpay-scores-series-a-funding-from-gmo-global/</a>Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-48042016279119357402014-10-26T21:40:00.002+08:002014-10-26T21:40:24.891+08:00Retirement of SSL3In light of the POODLE exploit, Dragonpay has deprecated support for SSL 3.0 postbacks starting Oct 24, 2014. If you are encountering problems receiving our HTTP postback calls, please check to make sure that you are supporting the newer TLS standard.<br />
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To know more about the POODLE security flaw, you may check this:<br />
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<a href="https://www.openssl.org/~bodo/ssl-poodle.pdf">https://www.openssl.org/~bodo/ssl-poodle.pdf</a><br />
<br />Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-78925184983895385032014-09-19T15:33:00.002+08:002014-09-19T15:33:52.419+08:00Tech in Asia Mentions Dragonpay in VMoney ArticleDragonpay mentioned in Tech in Asia Article on Apple Pay and VMoney.<br />
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http://www.techinasia.com/philippines-apple-pay-vmoney/<br />
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VMoney Wallet accepts top-up via Dragonpay.Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-44814608409023035672014-08-22T21:08:00.002+08:002014-08-22T21:08:48.350+08:00Dragonpay at DCOM Summit 2014Dragonpay COO/CTO Dick Chiang interviewed in the sidelines of the <a href="http://www.dcom.ph/summit2014/">DCOM Summit 2014</a> by Adobo Magazine<br />
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<a href="http://www.adobomagazine.com/adobo-live/dick-chiang-e-commerce-philippines">http://www.adobomagazine.com/adobo-live/dick-chiang-e-commerce-philippines</a>Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299329524431879587.post-9469385972149621322014-07-26T13:10:00.001+08:002014-07-26T13:10:46.216+08:00Database MigrationWe have migrated a large chunk of our archived data from the original SQL-based database to <a href="http://www.mongodb.org/">MongoDB</a>, one of the most popular NoSQL database platform in the market today. MongoDB offers higher scalability and availability through replication and auto-sharding.Dick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.com0