PLDT Inc. Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan dismissed any hope for an initial public offering in the next two years by digital bank Maya, which it controls through Voyager Innovations Inc., because the firm has yet to have the required three-year profit track record. “We have a lot of work ahead of...
How does European Union Ambassador to the Philippines Luc Veron spend his weekend? In what could be a start of another series of how he enjoys his time in the Philippines, the envoy has shared some of the Filipino literature titles currently in his reading list. (Photo from EU Ambassador to the...
Voyager Innovations, the technology firm behind the end-to-end money platform PayMaya and neobank Maya Bank, has raised $210 million in new funds, propelling its valuation to unicorn plus status, at US$1.4 billion. Leading the round is new investor SIG Venture Capital, the Asian venture capital arm...
69618 Riding on the surge of data/broadband demand in the continuing pandemic, PLDT Inc. reported its "highest full year revenue ever attained" of ₱182.1 billion in 2021, surpassing 2020’s ₱171.5 billion by 6 percent. The telco's data/broadband revenues, which account for 77 percent of the...
The Dubai-based designer takes us for a spin into his magical world For now, we can only dream of being able to freely travel anywhere without restrictions and constraints. With the current pandemic situation, one must still navigate carefully moving from coast to coast and zip code to zip code....
CANBERRA, Australia -- Researchers from Australian National University (ANU) have embarked on a voyage to unlock the secrets of the Earth's inner layers. The ANU-led team on Nov. 10 departed on a three-week mission to retrieve 27 seismometers -- instruments that record the motion of the ground...
Tech firm Voyager Innovations raised US$167 million (P8.15 billion) to establish a digital bank via its financial technology arm, PayMaya Philippines (PayMaya). Existing shareholders PLDT Inc., global investment firm KKR and leading Chinese tech firm Tencent participated in the fund-raising, which...
Regent Seven Seas Cruises announces The World’s Most Luxurious Fleet’s return to sailing OPULENCE AFLOAT Seven Seas Voyager Having already announced the September return of Seven Seas Splendor , Regent Seven Seas Cruises has confirmed its resumption of a sailing plan for the rest of The...
