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Beep (smart card)
Beep (stylized in lowercase) is a reloadable contactless smart card created in 2015 to be a replacement for the magnetic card-based system in paying rail-based rapid transit transportation fares in and around Metro Manila. Beep is also used in lieu of cash in some convenience stores and other businesses. The Beep system is implemented and operated by AF Payments Incorporated, which is primarily owned by Ayala Corporation and Metro Pacific Investments Corporation.
The Beep payment system is implemented and operated by AF Payments Incorporated, which is a joint venture of Ayala Corporation and Metro Pacific Investments Corporation.
The system makes use of a reloadable contactless smart card of the same name. Each card can store a value of up to ₱10,000. Beep cards can be used to travel through the Manila railway lines such as the LRT Line 1, LRT Line 2, and MRT Line 3, select bus lines, and to pay for toll fees on the CAVITEX and NLEX roads. They can also be used as a mode of payment at FamilyMart stores through the tap-to-pay system. Aside from at FamilyMart outlets and MRT and LRT stations, Beep cards can be reloaded at Bayad Centers, SM Bills Payment Centers, Villarica Pawnshops, and Tambunting outlets, BPI Mobile app, and the Coins.ph app for NFC-enabled devices. Some third-party loading partners are charging convenience fee ranging from ₱5.00 to ₱20.00 per transaction.
The old automated fare collection system made the use of magnetic cards. Since 2006, plans to upgrade the fare system in the MRT Line 3 have been laid. It experimented RFID technology as an alternative ticketing system to the magnetic cards. However, it was phased out by 2009.
In 2012, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), the predecessor to the Department of Transportation (DOTr), announced a plan to bid out a ten-year contract for a common ticketing system for Line 1, Line 2, and Line 3.
AF Payments was one of the bidders for the project, along with SM Investments. AF Payments was awarded the contract in January 2014, and the concession agreement was signed on March 31, 2014.
By August 5, 2015, all stations of Line 1 and Line 2 were already using beep cards. A unified ticketing system for all elevated rail lines in Metro Manila was completed when the beep card system became available to use in all stations of the MRT Line 3 line on October 3, 2015.
In June 2017, Bonifacio Global City (BGC) Bus and AF Payments Inc. rolled out the use of beep card system in bus operations. The new beep card for BGC Bus replaces the TapBGC stored value cards.
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Beep (smart card)
Beep (stylized in lowercase) is a reloadable contactless smart card created in 2015 to be a replacement for the magnetic card-based system in paying rail-based rapid transit transportation fares in and around Metro Manila. Beep is also used in lieu of cash in some convenience stores and other businesses. The Beep system is implemented and operated by AF Payments Incorporated, which is primarily owned by Ayala Corporation and Metro Pacific Investments Corporation.
The Beep payment system is implemented and operated by AF Payments Incorporated, which is a joint venture of Ayala Corporation and Metro Pacific Investments Corporation.
The system makes use of a reloadable contactless smart card of the same name. Each card can store a value of up to ₱10,000. Beep cards can be used to travel through the Manila railway lines such as the LRT Line 1, LRT Line 2, and MRT Line 3, select bus lines, and to pay for toll fees on the CAVITEX and NLEX roads. They can also be used as a mode of payment at FamilyMart stores through the tap-to-pay system. Aside from at FamilyMart outlets and MRT and LRT stations, Beep cards can be reloaded at Bayad Centers, SM Bills Payment Centers, Villarica Pawnshops, and Tambunting outlets, BPI Mobile app, and the Coins.ph app for NFC-enabled devices. Some third-party loading partners are charging convenience fee ranging from ₱5.00 to ₱20.00 per transaction.
The old automated fare collection system made the use of magnetic cards. Since 2006, plans to upgrade the fare system in the MRT Line 3 have been laid. It experimented RFID technology as an alternative ticketing system to the magnetic cards. However, it was phased out by 2009.
In 2012, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), the predecessor to the Department of Transportation (DOTr), announced a plan to bid out a ten-year contract for a common ticketing system for Line 1, Line 2, and Line 3.
AF Payments was one of the bidders for the project, along with SM Investments. AF Payments was awarded the contract in January 2014, and the concession agreement was signed on March 31, 2014.
By August 5, 2015, all stations of Line 1 and Line 2 were already using beep cards. A unified ticketing system for all elevated rail lines in Metro Manila was completed when the beep card system became available to use in all stations of the MRT Line 3 line on October 3, 2015.
In June 2017, Bonifacio Global City (BGC) Bus and AF Payments Inc. rolled out the use of beep card system in bus operations. The new beep card for BGC Bus replaces the TapBGC stored value cards.