Tag: philippines

The global fintech firm, which is bringing payments on-chain, has recently closed a $10m funding round as it looks to reduce remittance costs in Asia.

Interconnected QR code payment systems continue to be developed across Asia Pacific, facilitating cross-border retail payments while maximising user experiences.

A Brankas report showed pitfalls in both Indonesian and Filipino banks’ up- and downtime in 2023, revealing more infrastructure is required for higher service reliability.

In an exclusive interview, Oscar Enrico A. Reyes Jr. shares how the e-wallet is revolutionising digital operations and how his firm plans to tap into previously underserved market segments and countries.

Signature platform, ESGpedia, now serves the Philippines’ listed community. Stacs’ managing director, Benjamin Soh, shared with CT how it will benefit the market’s MSMEs.

Investor education as well as incentive to create pricing differentiation would further advance the development of the Philippines’ green bond market, explained panellists at The Sustainable Treasurer conference last week.

The Philippines-licensed disruptor bank has appointed a former Google and Meta executive to its leadership team.

In this exclusive interview, BSP deputy governor Mamerto E. Tangonan, discusses the central bank’s roadmap to a cash-light economy, and why this is so important in a country like the Philippines.

Velo Labs and PDAX will open a new remittance corridor in the Philippines, addressing a $34 billion opportunity.

Speaking to reporters at an international media conference last week, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) governor, Benjamin E. Diokno, confirmed the central bank has no immediate plans to roll out a digital peso.

The move is part of the bank’s wider repositioning strategy as it shifts its focus to other offerings, including trade and treasury services (TTS).

UnionBank has deployed VMware Cloud on AWS software to cater to the real-time banking needs of its customer base in the Philippines.