All financial institutions will eventually find themselves needing to readjust to the realities of outside events and internal pressures, and retail banks are no exception. Today, retail banks and other financial institutions are faced with a choice: undergo digital banking transformation...
Alliance Towers Corporation Chairman and CEO Sherwin Hing and President and COO Alvin Tolentino. Independent tower company Alliance Towers Corporation (ATC) is going full speed ahead in building towers to support digital transformation and telecommunications industry efforts to address the demand...
Singapore-based startup helps SME retailers automatically digitize their products Fairmart today announced the closing of an oversubscribed S$2M (US$1.5M) seed round co-led by Quest Ventures and Entrepreneur First, with participation from SOSV, Vectr Ventures and Hustle Fund. The company supports...
A trio of pro-digital transformation bills will all be on Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte's mind once sessions resume in the House of Representatives after the May 9 polls. (Sergey Zolkin/ Unsplash) Villafuerte said further digitalization should preoccupy lawmakers in the remaining...
With women’s influence in decision-making being wielded across more platforms of power, the Philippines has made huge strides towards this direction. The country ranked 2nd in the Asia-Pacific region and the 17th globally to close the gender gap, according to the World Economic Forum’s 2021...
Smart City Summit and Expo 2022 The Smart City Summit and Expo (SCSE) launched in both Taipei and Kaohsiung as a hybrid on Mar. 22nd until Mar. 26th as twin events for the first time. They are hosted under the topic of “Digital Transformation Takes Smart Cities to New Heights”, featuring smart...
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is partnering with NTT DATA Philippines to implement SAP solutions for modernizing and the digitalization of key business processes such as finance, procurement, supply chain, and human resources. 67480 The partnership brings together NTT DATA’s global IT services with...
TECH4GOOD Monchito B. Ibrahim Former DICT Undersecretary The pandemic has forced organizations to go digital to sustain their operations, be able to reach out to their customers, become more efficient and effective, or improve their bottom line. But for many, it is the only way to survive the...
TECHNOLOGICAL ERA The world is increasingly becoming digital (vecteezy) Digital transformation is not a fad. For years, I have been organizing webinars about smarter ways to transform our education digitally. Digital transformation has infiltrated every aspect of our lives, including the...
Have you ever heard of ‘financial stress?’ According to experts, this condition refers to that state of anxiety or emotional tension related to money, debt, and expenses. Money, in fact, is one of the most universal sources of stress. Financial stress has been found as one of the main concerns...
Aboitiz-led Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) is widely-known to have been trailblazing many firsts in the country since it began operations forty years ago. UnionBank has always been among the first to embrace technological innovations to empower its customers into the future of banking....
If the country intends to become more resilient to disasters, a serious improvement in its energy sectors is required, according to a consumer advocacy group. (Manila Bulletin file photo) This much needed boost would also help the Philippines recover from the pandemic, and take the country to a new...
