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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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SME Lending in APAC Is the Major Opportunity for Banking-as-a-Service
Opportunities are endless with Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS), and nowhere is this more true than in Asia Pacific (APAC). Banks in the region, particularly in hubs like Singapore and Hong Kong, have embraced and become leaders in open banking, automated services, ever-improving
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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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8 Financial Processes Poised for Digital Transformation
COVID-19 accelerated trends toward remote banking and digitalisation, forcing financial institutions to embrace new technologies and processes to keep their businesses functional despite social distancing restrictions. Now, with more and more people relying on digital solutions for interactions and transactions,
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PDS Group Launches Blockchain-Based Digital Bond With STACS as Its Tech Partner
The Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corp. (PDS Group) announced the launch of a fully digitally native bond, issued on a distributed ledger technology (DLT) network powered by Hashstacs (STACS), a Singapore-headquartered fintech firm. The digital bond was issued by the
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UnionBank Enhances Its Supply Chain Financing Solution for MSMEs
The Union Bank of the Philippines has digitally transformed and strengthened its Supply Chain Finance (SCF) solution platform to mitigate the losses endured by micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The solution also aims to simplify operations and financial management
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Why B2B Payments Is The Next Big Domino in APAC’s Fintech Innovation Wave
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, a 2020 McKinsey report projected that Asia’s payments sector would be well positioned to exceed US$1 trillion in annual revenue by 2022 or 2023, despite also forecasting a temporary 1-8% decline in Asia’s 2020
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