This beep™ Conditions of Use document is a contract between you (a beep™ Card holder) and us (AF Payments Inc.) effective upon your purchase of a beep™ Card. We are the issuer of your beep™ Application, which can reside on Standard, Co-Branded Advertising or Co-Branded Multifunction cards or other form factors, such as mobile phone, key fob, watch, etc.
Terms used in this document are defined as follows:
e. "beep™ Card Distributor” or “Distributor" refers to any entity or establishment authorized to sell beep™ cards directly and/or through its authorized agents.
f. "beep™ Discount Card" means a beep™ Card (other than a Concessionary beep™ Card) sold by Partner Establishments (which are non-Rail Transport Establishments) to persons entitled to avail of discounted fares (including senior citizens, persons with disabilities or “Persons with Disabilities or PWDs”, and students) as mandated by law or regulation. “beep™ Discount Cards” are further classified into “beep™ Senior Citizen/PWD Discount Cards”, which are issued to senior citizens and PWDs and “beep™ Student Discount Card” which are issued to students entitled to fare discount.
g. "beep™ Logo" means the following trademark or logo or variations thereof which we may hereafter adopt.
h. "beep™ Merchant" means a merchant, retailer, establishment, or Transport Establishment authorized by us to accept beep™ Card as a form of payment for goods, services or fares.
i. "Co-Brander" means an entity or establishment with which we have a contract or arrangement for the issuance of a Co-Branded Advertising beep™ Card or a Co-Branded Multifunction beep™ Card.
j. "Concessionary beep™ Card" means a beep™ Card that has been registered for use by a Concessionary Person and grants the holder thereof discounted fares in Rail Transport Establishments, which are issued by Transport Establishments through the rail stations.
k. "Concessionary Person" means a person who is eligible under Philippine law to avail of discounted fares in Transport Establishments (such as Senior Citizens or Persons with Disabilities or PWDs)
l. “Defective beep™ card” means a non-working or non-functioning beep™ card due to a result from a manufacturing or card defect not related to improper handling.
m. “Damaged beep™ card” means a non-working or non-functioning beep™ card due to its normal wear and tear or due to improper handling
n.“Load Value or Load Amount” means the Peso value or amount equivalently loaded onto the beep™ Application
o. Partner Establishment" is an establishment assigned or authorized by us to accept and applications for, distribute and/or sell beep™ Discount Cards and conduct the necessary Know Your Customer (KYC) and registration of such Discount Cards.
p. "Stored Value" means, at any given time, the monetary value stored in your beep™Card.
q. “Top-up” is the action of increasing the load value / load amount on the beep™ Application
1.1. This Conditions of Use cover the use of the beep™ Application and the beep™ Cards.
1.2. For Co-Branded Multifunction beep™ Cards, functionalities/applications other than the beep™ Application are governed by the Conditions of Use issued by the relevant Co-Brander of the Multifunction beep™ Card. We will not be responsible for such other functionalities/applications.
1.3. Each beep™ Card bears the beep™ Logo and Transpo™ Logo.
1.4. Each beep™ Card, upon purchase, is unregistered. However, if you are a Concessionary Person or the holder of a beep™ Discount Card, you may register your beep™ Card as a Concessionary beep™ Card or a beep™ Discount Card in accordance with Section 3 hereof.
1.5. For Co-Branded Advertising and Co-Branded Multifunction cards, you may follow the registration process of the Co-Brander, if applicable. If the card is registered with the Co-Brander, the provisions of the Co-Brander pertaining to registered beep™ Cards shall apply.
1.6. Pricing information, changes to the current version of the Conditions of Use, and other relevant information on the beep™ Application or beep™ Cards are available in our web site: www.beeptopay.com
2. DISTRIBUTION AND PURCHASE OF beep™