BDO and Pilipinas Makro, Inc. (PMI) recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement for the acceptance of major credit and debit cards in Makro effective December 2007.

Visa, MasterCard, JCB and Amex can now be used in any Makro stores nationwide. The partnership has also opened Makro to the acceptance of EPS (BDO ATM, Landbank ATM) and Megalink debit cards as an additional mode of payment for the goods and services Makro is offering.

                   

Signatories were (seated, from the left) Tovi Mendoza, BDO VP-TBG Retail Market; Roena Sarte, PMI Commercial Director; Ismael Estela, Jr., BDO SVP-Transaction Banking Group; Pieter Boone, PMI President and Managing Director; Rolando Tanchanco, BDO EVP-Consumer Lending Group; Nora Aquino, PMI Finance Director; and Marili Tioseco, BDO SVP-CLG Merchants Acquiring.

The contract signing was witnessed by (standing, from left) Alex Marquez, BDO AVP-TBG Retail Market; Marivic Chan, PMI Senior Marketing Manager; Cora Rey, SM VP-Audit; and Dennis Crisostomo, BDO Manager-CLG Merchants Acquiring.