
Philippines · Instant payment system
Works with Moreta Pay
Pay InstaPay codes without a Filipino bank
Yes. Moreta Pay lets visitors pay InstaPay codes in the Philippines without a Filipino bank account. Add money from the bank or card you already have, scan the InstaPay code at the counter and slide to pay in Philippine peso. The merchant is paid the same way as when a local scans it.

The network
What is InstaPay?
InstaPay is the Philippines’ 24/7 real-time transfer system for pesos, launched in 2018 under the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, with BancNet running the switch. Filipinos use it to send money instantly between banks and e-wallets, and it carries the payments behind QR Ph codes.
- Country
Philippines
- Currency
- Philippine peso (PHP)
- Type
- Instant payment system
- Run by
- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
- How locals pay
- They scan the code with their own bank or wallet app
- With Moreta
- Pay it from your Moreta balance

How to spot it
An InstaPay or QR Ph mark on the code at the counter; InstaPay itself mostly shows up as the way the money moves.
Can tourists pay InstaPay?
InstaPay is paid from a Filipino bank or wallet app, so a code on the counter needs an account opened in the Philippines. A card from home can’t pay the code on the counter, and opening a local account takes paperwork a visit rarely leaves time for.
Moreta closes that gap. It pays the InstaPay code itself, from a balance you top up with your own bank, card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, and converts at the live rate at the moment you pay. One flat fee, shown before you slide to pay.
Card or cash
- A foreign transaction fee on most cards
- Your bank's rate, or the terminal's worse one
- ATM fees from your bank and the operator
- Leftover Philippine peso to change back
Moreta
- One flat fee, shown before you slide to pay
- The live rate at the moment you pay
- No ATM and no card to hand over
- What you do not spend stays for the next country
How to pay a InstaPay code
Set Moreta up once, at home or on the plane. After that, paying a InstaPay code in the Philippines is a scan and a slide.
Costs, limits and tips
Paying in the Philippines
- Transaction fee
- 1.5%per payment, at the live rateEvery fee
- Exchange rate today
- 63.05PHPfor 1 USDLive rate, updated recentlyCompare rates
- Max payment
- 50,000PHPabout 793 USD
- Weekly limit
- 360,000PHPabout 5,710 USD
The app always shows the live rate and the exact cost before you pay.
Guide updated
Local tips
- Look for the QR Ph mark on the sticker. A code labelled only for one wallet may not be a QR Ph code.
- Carry small peso notes for tricycles, jeepneys and remote island stalls.
- Mobile data can be slow on outer islands, so top up the wallet while you have a good signal.
InstaPay questions
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Guides for the Philippines
Activate your Moreta Pay account before your trip
Set up Moreta, add money and land in the Philippines ready to scan. No cash to change, no card to worry about, and one flat fee at the live rate on every payment.
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