Virtual Banking
Philippines’ Lawmaker Pushes for Virtual Banking Regulation
Albay Representative Joey Salceda on Monday filed a measure providing a regulatory framework for virtual banking to boost the financial inclusion thrust pursued by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Salceda, chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, filed
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How Philippines’ UnionBank is Reinventing Themselves for a Digital World
UnionBank of the Philippines has been stealing headlines for quite a bit recently with various tech-related announcements. There a lot of bright spots in the Philippines fintech ecosystem even though they are not as heavily reported on as some of
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CIMB Bank Reaches 1M Customers In New All-Digital Bank Model In The Philippines
CIMB Bank Philippines surpasses their targets for expanding their consumer base in the country, successfully signing up over a million Filipinos to its all-digital mobile banking platform in just 10 months. This makes CIMB Bank Philippines the fastest-growing all-digital bank
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State-Owned Overseas Filipino Bank to Become a Fully Digital Bank by 2020
The Overseas Filipino Bank (OFBank), a state-owned bank and a subsidiary of Land Bank of the Philippines, is planning to become a fully branchless, digital lender by mid-2020. Currently pending approval from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the country’s
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Malaysian Bank Secures 500k Customers in 6 Months Thanks to Partnership with Gcash
CIMB Bank Philippines announced that it has garnered 500,000 customers, approximately six months after opening its doors for business in the Philippines. The milestone was reached anchored on a strong proposition of co-creation and partnership between CIMB Bank and GCash,
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