SSS text-based service getting more popular

The Social Security System mobile phone transactions hit an all-time high of 601,936 last year. Said figure reflects a 106 percent increase from the previous year’s 291,600 transaction. This only proves that more members of the SSS are using the text-based facility to inquire about their contributions, benefits, loans and other concerns with the pension fund company. SSS has now more than 313,000 registered Text-SSS users as of end of December last year.

The Text-SSS was launched in February 2010, initially as a way for members to conveniently check their SSS contributions, loan balance and loan status through their cell phones. Enhancements introduced last year gave members a huge incentive to use the facility.