Payments
BSP and CDA to Step up Digital Payments Oversight
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) signed an agreement to work together to oversee cooperatives that offer electronic money and payment services, including ATM deployment. The agreement sets out how the BSP and CDA
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HitPay Partners GCash to Offer More Payment Options to Filipino Merchants
HitPay, a payment processing platform for small businesses, has partnered with Philippines’ e-wallet GCash to expand its payment options for merchants in the country. Through this partnership, HitPay merchants in the Philippines can now offer three new payment methods; GCash,
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Coins.ph and Circle to Drive Awareness of USDC-Denominated Remittances
Coins.ph, a Philippines-based cryptocurrency exchange and digital wallet provider, has partnered with Circle Internet Financial (Circle), a global fintech firm and issuer of USDC. The partnership aims to drive awareness of USDC-denominated remittances as a secure, low-cost and near-instant solution
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GCash Rolls Out New Visa Card for Millions of Unbanked Filipinos
Philippines’ e-wallet GCash has partnered with Visa to launch the new GCash card that will give millions of unbanked Filipinos access to the benefits of owning one. The GCash card can be used at over 100 million merchants in the
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Cross-Border Payments Startup Parallax Raises US$4.5M Seed Round
Cross border payments company Parallax announced that it has raised US$4.5 million in a seed funding round led by Dragonfly Capital. Founded by Mika Reyes and Alex Kuang, Parallax provides near instant international payments. The firm is focused on providing
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Four E-Wallets Now Accepted in the Philippines Through Alipay+
Ant Group, the operator of Alipay+, has announced that four mobile wallets are now accepted in the Philippine; AlipayHK (Hong Kong SAR), Kakao Pay (South Korea), Touch ‘n Go eWallet (Malaysia), and Alipay (Chinese mainland). This means that tourists from
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GCash to Waive QRPh Transaction Fees for Micro-Merchants Until End of 2023
Philippines’ mobile wallet GCash will be waiving the QRPh transaction fees or merchant discount rates (MDRs) for micro-merchants using the scan-to-pay service until the end of 2023 according to a report by the Manila Bulletin. GCash’s scan-to-pay service enables merchants
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Netbank Launches Solution to Ease Remittances to the Philippines
Netbank, a Banking as a Service (BaaS) platform, has launched a solution that allows international remittance companies to facilitate cross border payments into the Philippines. Through this new solution, Netbank provides a dedicated bank account for international remittance companies to
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Wise Users Can Now Send Up to PHP 9 Million to the Philippines
Online money transfer service Wise announced that its users can now send up to PHP 9 million (approximately US$161,000) to the Philippines. This is almost 18 times more than what they could send previously. Users can send PHP to any individual
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MPT Mobility Taps Brankas to Enable Instant Toll Reloads via Bank Accounts
Open banking solution provider Brankas has announced a new integration that will allow MPT DriveHub app users in the Philippines to reload using their local bank accounts. MPT Mobility is a subsidiary and the innovations arm of Metro Pacific Tollways
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