EON now available, Paypal still a pain

Yesterday morning at 8:00 sharp, I received a short message from Union Bank Fuente branch, the message goes like this:


Hi Jean this UnionBank fuente branch. Wud like to inform u that ur eon card isnow ready for pk up. Thank u & have a nice day!


After 2 months, a couple of phone calls, four time personal visit and a blog post: 5th bullet on Things I hate about July, the ATM card is now available. I wonder why they sent me a text message instead of letting me call in and check for its status, maybe because they thought I have been into a not-so-good experience with their process. Imagine, the supposed to be two weeks wait for the EON card lasted for two months and 2 weeks. Phone call attempts using a land line has never been successful so I used my cellular phone to call them which is much more expensive than a Php 5 land line phone call.


Since I was tired yesterday, I decided to just procrastinate and go there the next day. So after my shift today, I directly went to the branch office. I arrived there at 10:15 and approached the front desk teller, she then recognized me and apologized for the delay. I just smiled(*maldita effect) and she processed the files. I signed the log records and the Release and Activation form. I proceeded to the accounting area to pay for the annual fee worth Php 350.00. The front desk teller then gave me my EON card and gave reminders such as to use the temporary password first and that I can only change the password after a successful withdrawal. She even explained to me that the bottom number is the account number which should be used when depositing to the account and the upper series of digits is the card number used for online transactions. I thanked the teller for it and  got out of the office at 10:30. So that was real fast.




I was kinda hungry so I went straight to Jollibee Robinsons, on my way there, I came across a man who looks like a foreigner, two guys at the back are running after him and who are offering him a pair of glasses and were speaking in English. The foreigner guy shoke his head as a sign of refusal but the two seemed not understanding him, the guy then spoke and to I was surprised, he's speaking Bisaya pretty fluent. He told them: "Mahal ra kaayu ang Php 250, kahibawo ko fake na!" The two guys then stopped insisting and turned their way back. Hahaha. 


I treated myself and ate my favorite Jolly spaghetti at Jollibee and went home after. 





Super excited to change my paypal's bank account, I rushed to the cafe, (*Yes, I haven't subscribed to any internet provider yet so I usually go to cafes) and changed my bank account. I searched for the bank code because I have forgotten to ask the teller for the information. Thanks to the web, I will not anymore go back or call them to get that info, I just googled it and found it! 


If you are looking for the same information, here it is:

Bank Name Bank Code
ALLIED BANKING CORP 010320013
AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND 010700015
ASIA UNITED BANK 011020011
BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS 010030015
BANGKOK BANK 010670019
BANK OF AMERICA 010120019
BANK OF CHINA 011140014
BANK OF TOKYO 010460012
BANCO DE ORO (& EQUITABLE PCI BANK) 010530667
BANK OF COMMERCE 010440016
BANK OF THE PHIL ISLANDS (BPI) 010040018
CHINA BANKING CORP 010100013
CHINA TRUST COMML BANK 010690015
CITIBANK N.A. 010070017
DEVT BANK OF THE PHILS (DBP) 010590018
DEUTSCHE BANK 010650013
EAST WEST BANK 010620014
EXPORT & INDUSTRY BANK 010860010
FUJI BANK 010640010
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK (HSBC) 010060014
INTL COMML BANK OF CHINA 010560019
INTL EXCHANGE BANK 010680012
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 010720011
KOREA EXCHANGE BANK 010710018
INTL NEDERLAND BANK 010660016
LANDBANK OF THE PHILS 010350025
MAYBANK OF THE PHILS 010220016
METROPOLITAN BANK & TRUST CO 010269996
PHIL BANK OF COMMUNICATION 010110016
PHIL TRUST COMPANY 010090039
PHIL NATIONAL BANK (PNB) 010080010
PRUDENTIAL BANK 010150018
PHIL VETERANS BANK 010330016
RIZAL COMML BANKING CORP (RCBC) 010280014
SECURITY BANK & TRUST CO 010140015
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK 010050011
UNITED COCONUT PLANTERS BANK 010299995
UNION BANK OF THE PHILS (UBP) 010419995
UNITED OVERSEAS BANK 010270189

I then set my new EON account to be the primary one. After adding it successfully, I was given a link to withdraw the balance, (super duper excited) when the window came up, I received the same Your account access is LIMITED. Grr, I could break a neck! Well, I actually can't so I looked for the contact us link then, hit the Send us a question by email and wrote them, it was a short question on how I can resolve it. They noted there that they will reply within 24 hours, so we'll see then.


Hmmm... I guess there will still be a continuation about this post until I get a reply from paypal. To Unionbank-Fuente Branch: thank you!!!










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1 Comment to “EON now available, Paypal still a pain”

  • I already had few funds on my Paypal account that is why I wasn't that excited to withdraw. I asked few bloggers on how to verify my account with my EON. They just told me to initially deposit few hundreds (at least 200).

    I enrolled and tada! it was confirmed, verified and ready to use. The $1.95 will be returned after. I was just waiting for my funds to reach $180 for me to withdraw the Philippine money at least Php7,000 (no withdrawal fee for this amount).

    Lesson for this, don't be too excited to withdraw from your Paypal unless it is already verified with your EON. Hehehe!

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