All you need to know about GCash Invest Money

Name: All you need to know about GCash Invest Money
Item: GCash App
Author: Miel

Last month, I finally had a chance to enable the GCash Invest Money feature on my account. I wasn’t able to get it done in the past because after some app updates my fully verified status was wiped out. I thought it may take a while for me to verify again but I was wrong. It only took a few minutes after sending IDs.

I should’ve done it in the past.

GInvest Dividend Paying Funds (ALFM Global Multi-Asset Income Fund)

Anyway since I was able to fully verify my account again, it is time for me to try out the new features that I have missed. One of them is the GCash Invest Money. Let’s discuss a few things about it and some insights about my experience in using it.

BTW, just a simple disclaimer, I am not an expert when it comes to Investments. I’m just really into trying this feature out and if it’s worth it then I’ll continue using it. We may need to check out some financial advisors about complex ideas about investing.

First of all, what is GCash Invest Money?

Well, from the word itself, it is the investing platform provided to GCash users. It allows you to use your GCash balance to subscribe to an investment, very straightforward.

Few terms to be aware of…

Subscribe – this is your way to buy an investment on GCash.
Redeem – to sell out your investment and turn it into GCash balance.
Risk Profile – is your willingness to take risks in making investments. It can be conservative, moderate or aggressive. Usually, lesser risks have lesser returns and a lower chance of loss. While higher risk can provide higher returns and higher losses. Your risk profile is determined by answering a few questions when Signing up.
NAVPU – this is also known as “net asset value per unit”. Since I am just a normal person and not a financial advisor, I’ll define this in a normal way too. When subscribing to an investment they’ll give you NAVPU, it is like when you buy rice 60 PHP per kilo. Kilo is the same as NAVPU. If you’ll buy rice for 90 PHP, you’ll get 1.5 Kilos. Meaning you invested 90 PHP for the value of 1.5 NAVPU. Gets? Hahaha.

How to get started with GCash Invest Money?

You must be a fully verified GCash user first.

Gcash account must be on fully verified status

On the app, you just have to open the Invest Money icon and follow the on-screen instructions. That also includes agreeing to Terms and Conditions and answering the Risk Profile test.

Make sure that you answer them truthfully and understand the possible losses you may encounter in investing.

They’ll send you an SMS if it is approved or not. In my case, I got the approval message a few minutes after registration. I am not sure if this may vary and why there is an approval process but for reference here’s the FAQ answer by GCash why some may be disapproved.

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ATRAM, our partner product provider who screens registrations, is required to conduct standard due diligence on the prospective investor. As such, if the investor fails to meet certain pre-set criteria, their registration submission may be declined.
FAQ answer by GCash why some may be disapproved.

Once your account is verified you can start investing for as low as 50 PHP.

Subscribing and redeeming your GInvest Money

When subscribing for an investment, the entered amount will be debited from your GCash automatically. However, the subscription will remain pending and may be completed within 1 to 2 banking days.

Meanwhile redeeming an investment is different. It usually takes 2-3 banking days to show up on your GCash balance.

Whether you are subscribing or redeeming the minimum amount they can process is at least 50 PHP. No subscription or redemption fees. That is the cool thing I like about it.

I tried checking things about investing in the past and most of the investing platforms have fees when redeeming early or whatsoever. With GCash Invest Money you can subscribe and redeem anytime you like without any fees.

GCash GInvest Money Partner

GCash partnered up with investment companies to provide this service possible to common Filipinos. I remembered seeing two partners during registration. On their website, they mentioned Seedbox Philippines and ATRAM. I am not familiar with these investing companies or whatever but that is their partner, just in case you wanted to know.

Setting up reminders for investing!

This feature is quite amazing because you can set up reminders to invest so you won’t forget about it.

Experience and investment trial logs…

I like that GCash keeps on improving their services to enhance our financial awareness and provide more reach to services that most Filipinos had no access to.

I started investing on May 27, 2019.

My Risk Profile: Moderate
Investment Product: ATRAM Peso Money Market Fund
Product Risk Classification: Conservative

Investment product performance for the past 12 weeks

From May 27 up to June 17, 2019, I have done 5 subscriptions and 1 redemption for testing purposes. Currently, my total invested amount is 1200 PHP and in this period it gained 1.27 PHP. For me, it is a good sign because it is higher than savings interest.

My Current Investments ( total 1200 and 1.27 income as of June 17 2019)

Transactions from May 27, 2019 - June 17, 2019

With bank deposits, you usually get cents for monthly interest and will deduct some tax.

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Some important notes

Feel free to share your experience or ask questions in this post. I am aiming to make this content helpful and useful by updating it from time to time. However, I’d like to let you know that I am not from GCash or affiliated with them so for any serious and account related concerns, contact them at [email protected]

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39 thoughts on “All you need to know about GCash Invest Money”

Andyva
April 13, 2020 at 1:41 pm
hi,
ask ko lng thru gcash lng b talaga pwede mag invest sa ATRAM? I currently used Gcash para mkapaginvest sa ATRAm, pero naisip ko what if long term goal akong mgiinvest sa ATRAM…D ba pwede akong magdirect na lang sa ATRAM?
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1. Miel
  April 13, 2020 at 5:55 pm
  Hi, It’s nice that you have a long term goal for investing. Actually, you should be able to do that. However, I think it would be different in terms of the required amount for subscribing. You can try contacting them here> https://www.atram.com.ph/ATRAM/ContactUs/default.aspx
  I’m not really sure kasi, pero since lockdown ngaun most likely ideal pa nmn ung GCash invest. I suggest contact them tlga. 🙂
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2. Lirie Jane
  July 12, 2021 at 8:41 am
  Okay lang po ba hayaan ang investment sa gcash ng taon?? Di po ba mawawala yun??? May investment po ako sa product ng atram Philippine equity…yung 50 ko nanging 54 na within 3mos. Sabi kasi risky xa and gusto ko sana mag subscribe ulit kaya may doubts ako kung pagsubscribe paba or di na….hayaan nlng ng kahit years
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  1. Miel
    July 12, 2021 at 11:24 pm
    yung price increase po kasi ng investments like this vary on the price per NAVPU so it will go up and down. Kaya po mas maigi na dinadagdagan ung investment para madami ung NAVPU ninyo. so even it has gone up to 54 after 3 months may chance dn sya na bumaba if the price per unit goes down.. risky nmn po tlga ung mga investments pero it usually pays off pag dinadagdagan regularly and hinohold for years. So pwedeng pwede po sya iwan for years kasi gnon naman po usually when investing. 3 years or more bago kinukuha.
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denisescorner
April 5, 2020 at 5:45 pm
any updates po? ok po ba ang gcash invest?
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1. Miel
  April 7, 2020 at 9:19 am
  hi po I don’t encourage people using gcash too much right now during lockdown… parang wala kasi sila masyadong support now kaya mhirap kumontakt pag ng kaproblem…
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2. Miel
  April 7, 2020 at 9:23 am
  GSave muna okay nmn ung interest ng savings nila don malaki dn. Para ka na dn nag invest.
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prettynadj
March 2, 2020 at 3:01 pm
Last month I submitted an order of 1k sa Gcash invest, it was deducted on my wallet but never reflect on my ATRAM. Until now, puro apologies and pending parin daw yung pagrefund ng amount. It was so hassle kasi sana may interest na na-gain din yun. So, pull out ko na yung money ko sa Gcash invest. It was risky if the support system nila is not that quick responders. Im planning to open in PAGIBIG MP2 savings thou after redeeming my funds.
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1. Miel
  March 2, 2020 at 3:58 pm
  Un lng dn mahirap sa kanila minsan mahirap ang support.. have u tried contacting atram directly.. sayang nmn .. hopefully it’ll get fixed soon..
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  1. Kim
    February 20, 2023 at 6:10 pm
    Hello po, I have the same problem po. I order 1k sa ginvest pero hindi po nag reflect sa ginvest account ko. Paano po I contact direct po Yong stream?
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    1. Miel
      April 8, 2023 at 11:23 pm
      Hi po nd po sya tlaga nag rereflect agad usually mga 5 days according sa kanila 4 business days daw pero minsan parang naabot dn ng 1 week.Pag wla pa dn check nyo muna ung status sa transaction history ng ginvest bka pending pa
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Ceniza Mesa
February 5, 2020 at 12:24 pm
Magkano po payment kung mag redeem nang money sa gcash po.
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1. Miel
  February 13, 2020 at 12:29 am
  Wla po syang bayad ..
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Gin Macaraeg
January 30, 2020 at 10:41 am
Hi, can you please update what happened? May instances ba tlg na hindi nababalik un pera after magredeem?
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1. Miel
  January 30, 2020 at 10:42 am
  Hi Gin in my case wla nmng gnung nang yari. Talagang 3 business days nga lng before dumating.
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2. Jessica
  February 11, 2022 at 7:51 pm
  based on my experience, so far wala namang nangyaring ganun. I invest in aggressive one. every month more or less nasa Php2 yung nadadagdag.
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