SSS: Mandatory use of payment reference number for short-term loan payments moved to May 1

The Social Security System (SSS) announced on Thursday that the mandatory use of computer-generated payment reference number (PRN) for short-term loan payments was moved to May 1 from its original April 1 schedule.

In a statement, SSS president and CEO Aurora Ignacio said the pension fund’s management approved the one-month extension to provide members and employers extra time to create their My.SSS accounts, update contact information, as well as review their loan information.

“We wanted to make sure that our stakeholders are ready to comply with our upcoming procedural and system changes so that they can also benefit from this program and realize its importance,” Ignacio said. 

Under the Real-Time Processing of Loans (RTPL), individual members - self-employed, voluntary, and Overseas Filipino Workers - and employers will use the system-generated PRN to facilitate the immediate and correct posting of loan payments on their corresponding records.

Covered short-term loans under the RTPL implementation are salary, calamity, emergency, and restructured loans.

“Individual members and employers can either print out a copy or capture a screenshot of the PRN Loans Statement of Account with the corresponding barcode, accessed through the “RTPL PRN” module of their My.SSS accounts are found on the SSS website. They may also present the SMS received from SSS indicating the PRN for loan payment,” Ignacio said.

Members and employers can also change the amount to be paid in the said statement through their My.SSS accounts.

However, employers are required to submit an electronic-Loan Collection List (e-LCL), which can be downloaded from the SSS accounts for offline editing before submission.

The complete process flow of RTPL implementation can be accessed through this link: https://bit.ly/3u5NQIr according to the SSS.

It said that payees should present their PRN at SSS branches with Automated Tellering System (ATS) or any RTPL-compliant collecting partners.

For the complete list of RTPL-compliant partners, access the link https://bit.ly/3cCGXs3.

“This is to reiterate that starting May 1, RTPL-compliant SSS collecting partners will only accept loan payments with PRN to avoid possible system errors. Members and employers will receive a notification through email or SMS confirming their loan payment and successful posting,” Ignacio said.

The SSS launched the RTPL program in November 2019 as part of its compliance with the President of the Philippines’ directive to digitize business processes, in line with the Ease of Doing Business Act of 2018. — RSJ, GMA News