The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a stock split for Globe Fintech Innovations Inc. (Mynt), the owner of GCash, a move intended to lower the per-share price and make the stock more affordable for its long-anticipated initial public offering (IPO). In a disclosure to the...
Five Filipina chief executives in financial services and real estate were named in Fortune Magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Women in Asia list for 2025. Named to the list are: Martha Sazon of Mynt-Gcash (#37), Anna Ma. Margarita Bautista Dy of Ayala Land Inc. (#69), Lynette V. Ortiz of Land Bank of...
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) is expected to face difficulty in achieving its capital-raising target of ₱186 billion this year, as big-ticket initial public offerings are being postponed. This comes after Hann Holdings announced the deferment of its ₱13 billion initial public offering due...
The Zobel family’s Ayala Corp. (AC) has closed the sale of a 6.5-percent stake in GCash owner Globe Fintech Innovations Inc. (Mynt) to long-time partner Mitsubishi Corp. for ₱18.4 billion after the deal was cleared by the anti-trust watchdog Philippine Competition Commission (PCC). In a...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has cleared the proposed joint venture between Ayala Corp. and Mitsubishi Corp., stemming from the latter’s acquisition of a 50 percent stake in Ayala-led AC Ventures Holding Corp. In a statement on Thursday, July 31, the country’s antitrust body...
Ayala Corporation reported that Globe Fintech Innovations Inc. (Mynt, the owner of GCash) is undergoing a stock split that will result in a lower par value per share and increase its market appeal when it launches its initial public offering. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Ayala...
Ayala-led Globe Telecom Inc. saw its net income expand in the first quarter of the year as its equity stake in Mynt, the holding company of popular e-wallet GCash, continued to pay off even after the dilution of its share. In a regulatory filing published on its website, Globe reported that its net...
The Zobel family’s Ayala Corporation and subsidiary AC Ventures Holdings Corporation (ACV) has signed the Investment Agreement for Mitsubishi Corporation’s acquisition of a 6.5 percent stake in GCash owner Globe Fintech Innovations, Inc. (Mynt) for ₱18.4 billion. In a disclosure to the...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is not abandoning the 20-percent minimum public ownership of rule for initial public offerings (IPOs), although it has approved the plan of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) to relax its implementation of this requirement to make it easier for large...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a proposal by the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) to exempt giant initial public offerings (IPOs), such as the upcoming IPO of GCash owner Mynt, from the 20-percent minimum public float requirement. “We have been able to get approval from...
Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has finalized a $400 million investment in the parent company of GCash, the Philippines’ leading e-wallet, raising its valuation to $5 billion. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Globe Telecom said that Globe Fintech Innovations...
The country’s investment houses are considering an agreement to carve out among themselves equally the huge $1 billion to $1.5 billion initial public offering (IPO) of Globe Fintech Innovations, Inc. (Mynt), which owns top e-wallet GCash. This is according to Investment House Association of the...
