Posts From Fintech News Philippines
Alternative Lenders Are on the Rise to Plug the Financing Gap for SMEs
In Singapore, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are struggling to secure sufficient financing from traditional lenders, with most still largely relying on their personal networks to support their business, findings from a new study by cloud banking startup Mambu show.
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Cybersecurity Talent Shortage Puts APAC Organizations at Risk
Organizations across Asia are facing challenges in recruiting and retaining cybersecurity talents, a skills shortage that’s putting them at risk amid increasing occurrence of security breaches and resulting financial losses, findings from a research by cybersecurity firm Fortinet show. The
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Filipino MSME Bookkeeping App Lista Raises Over US$5.1 Million
Lista, a bookkeeping app for MSMEs based in the Philippines, has raised over US$ 5.1 million in a recent funding round led by Singaporean VC firm Openspace Ventures. Existing investors East Ventures, Saison Capital, and 1982 Ventures had also participated
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Digital ID Verification, Remote Document Signing to Become the Norm in Finance Sector
The pandemic has accelerated the growth of non-face-to-face interactions, forcing banks, merchants and others to swiftly deploy digital tools to accurately verify the identity of the person on the other end of a digital transaction. A 2021 study by advisory
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MoneyGram Launches Global Crypto-To-Cash Service in the Philippines
MoneyGram has partnered the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) with to initiate the roll out of its crypto-to-cash service that is now available in key remittance markets, including the Philippines, Canada, the U.S., and Kenya for the first wave of users.
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Alibaba Cloud Set to Host the Fintech Summit 2022 in the Philippines
Alibaba Cloud Philippines is set to host the “Alibaba Cloud Day Philippines: Fintech Summit 2022” at the at Grand Hyatt Manila on 21 June 2022. During this half-day summit, attendees will hear from industry leaders about the latest policies, hottest
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GCash Surpasses PHP 2.5 Billion in Loan Disbursements Within 10 Months
Philippines’ mobile wallet GCash has disbursed more than PHP 2.5 billion in cash loans in just 10 months since the launch of GLoan. According to GCash, this reflects the significant demand for affordable and fair lending rates among Filipinos. Offering
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Which Is The Most Popular Finance App in Philippines?
In the Philippines, consumers were found to be spending much more time on digital bank Tonik than any other finance app. This is according to a new report by Data.ai, an app analytics startup formerly known as App Annie, that
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GCash Surpasses PHP 500 Billion in Gross Transaction Value
Philippines’ mobile wallet GCash announced that it had surpassed PHP 500 billion in Gross Transaction Value (GTV) in March 2022. GCash said that it has daily logins and transactions of up to 29 million and 19 million respectively. To date,
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BSP Names Bernadette Romulo-Puyat as New Deputy Governor
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has named Bernadette Romulo-Puyat as its newest Deputy Governor (DG) who will be assuming office today. Sec. Romulo-Puyat will be the fifth DG of the BSP, joining DG Francisco Dakila Jr. of the Monetary
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