Aiming to solve the setbacks, Dragonpay helps companies track all their offline payments through a single point of API connection and portal. Companies only need to integrate their e-commerce website with Dragonpay’s API for the payment part; “We take care of the rest,” Robertson asserts. And for companies with no e-commerce website, Dragonpay provides a simple pay-by-email-link model to handle the payments. Much like its solutions, Dragonpay also employs a simple client onboarding process. Explaining the practice, Robertson says: “We only require the merchant to register with us by submitting their business registration papers, permits, and tax certifications. Once the company signs the contract, pays the one-time setup fee, they are ready to integrate with our offerings and be up and running.” Apart from that, Dragonpay also has partnerships with various shopping platforms like Shopify, which can significantly cut short the development and integration process. Even for end consumers, using Dragonpay is quite effortless. When a buyer checks out from a Dragonpay merchant page, they simply need to select where they want to pay (for instance, at their neighborhood convenience store), and Dragonpay’s system generates a reference number, using which the buyer makes the payment in cash. This approach has not only helped the merchant company to seamlessly manage offline transactions but also offered the unbanked population of the Philippines the ability to make use of a simple payment system.

Colleen further explicates the robustness of Dragonpay’s payment solutions through a customer success story. Shopee, a regional marketplace owned by the NYSE-listed SEA group, was on a drive to become a dominant marketplace in Southeast Asia. However, the company faced severe setbacks in the Philippines, where the penetration of credit cards and online banking was significantly low. With Dragonpay, Shopee was able to extend its reach to practically anyone who can pay by cash at a nearby bank, grocery, supermarket, convenience store, or remittance center. Following this success, Shopee now uses Dragonpay’s mass payment solution through which Shopee can send payments directly to its sellers’ bank accounts quickly, reliably, and cost-effectively. Apart from Shopee, today, Dragonpay also boasts clients like Ayala Land—a prestigious real estate developer in the Philippines, and Foodpanda—one of the largest online food delivery service platform in the country.

Today, Dragonpay’s alternative payment models have earned numerous accolades from its clients. “We have evolved as a ‘partner of choice’ for most businesses in the Philippines,” says Robertson. Looking ahead, Dragonpay intends to roll out more sophisticated capabilities to improve the online payments infrastructure in the country. “For 2019, we will be pushing our Cash-on-Delivery (COD) service and an installments payment service,” reveals Robertson. COD payments account for over 85 percent of total e-commerce payments in the Philippines and Dragonpay intends to leverage this trend to the fullest. Alongside, the company also plans to support different lucrative financing business through their installments payments solution. To make these possible, “We are looking to form new partnerships with various large remittance networks and expand our reach for cash pickups in more locations nationwide,” concludes Robertson.