MANILA (UPDATE) — Bank of the Philippine Islands said its mobile banking app will no longer have the "Load E-Wallet" service for the country's two biggest e-wallet apps starting Feb. 13.

BPI said users of GCash and Maya can still load their e-wallets via Instapay using the "Transfer to other banks" feature. BPI app users then need to select G-Xchange/GCash or Maya Philippines Inc/Maya Wallet from the list of banks on the menu.

A fee of P25 is charged for bank transfers.

GCash users however can still opt to "Cash In" with BPI on the e-wallet app, which only incurs a "convenience fee" of P5.    

Both BPI and GCash are part of the Ayala Group of companies. However, BPI also has its own e-wallet called Vybe.

BPI app users can also use it to pay for purchases using the scan-to-pay feature which uses the QR Ph standard backed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas that can be used for person-to-person and person-to-merchant payments.

Meanwhile, GCash said it will be undergoing system maintenance on Wednesday, Feb 12, from 12 a.m. to 1 a.m.

"Please plan your transactions ahead to avoid any inconvenience," the fintech company said in an advisory on its official Facebook page.