Note: This story was first published in Technobiography on October 2004 I heard that Smart Padala brought in 150 Million pesos in remittances in July. And that was just from Hong Kong. I gathered this info from a journalist in the OFWs beat. I wonder how accurate this info is. Smart Padala has bitten off [...]

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Note: Excerpt from the article “The VAS Difference” published in Technobiography in August 2004. Smart Padala – “The world’s 1st International Cash remittance through text”. In brief, an OFW goes to a Smart Remittance Partner abroad, sends money, then the recepient gets the money via a SmartMoney cash card. Me and my friend, Cong in [...]

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Note: This article was first posted on Technobiography in August 2004 Smart Padala is a remittance service that takes advantage of Smart existing Smart Money service and Smart’s tie-up with McDonald’s. A remittance begins with an OFW going to a Smart Padala remittance station abroad (basically, existing remittance offices affiliated with Smart). Then the recepient [...]

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Yes, this blog is for Overseas Filipino Workers and their families. There is a soft spot in my hear for OFWs. I believe it started when I first went to Hong Kong in 2000. I realized how many Filipino mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters leave their families in the Philippines to make a [...]

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