Globe Telecom Inc. is pivoting away from its core business to become a digital solutions platform over the next five to 10 years, President and CEO Ernest Cu announced in the recent Makati Business Club virtual forum. To keep in pace with the speed of consumer digital adoption, the company is going...
Google-Philippines-office Digital transformation can create up to P5 trillion in annual economic value by 2030, according to a new Google Philippines - commissioned report released Oct. 19, 2021. Of this value, P3.5 trillion could come from technologies that help businesses mitigate the economic...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) installed its digital science libraries in five public schools in Malimono, Surigao del Norte. STARBOOKS (DOST) The DOST-Caraga through Provincial Science and Technology Center (PSTC)-Surigao del Norte installed Science and Technology Academic and...
Digital Payment Adoption in Asia Pacific_Landscape Cash remains as king in the Philippines and Asia Pacific (APAC), at least for now, with 70 percent of respondents in Kaspersky's latest study, still using physical notes for day-to-day transactions. However, 58 percent are already using mobile...
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato de la Peña sought the full digitalization of the delivery of public services, and cited the need for the government to strengthen its partnership with startups to promote Digital Public Goods (DPGs). Department of Science and...
In celebration of World Teacher's Day on Tuesday, October 5, public school teachers in Makati City received the Digital Teacher's Kit from the city government to help them cope with the online learning system being implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the city government, each kit...
The Philippines ranked 48th among 110 countries in the latest Digital Quality of Life Index (DQL), climbing 18 places since 2020 and surpassing Indonesia. digital-897x598 The study, conducted by cybersecurity company Surfshark, covered 90 percent of the global population. Evaluated on five...
A year before the pandemic hit in 2019, the Philippine agri-food sector turned in a strong showing, accounting for an estimated P6.1T to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). The same year also saw the sector employ 42.7 percent of the national workforce. In the new normal that changed...
Sun Life of Canada (Philippines), Inc. (SLOCPI) has collaborated with two e-wallet platforms to make digital insurance products more accessible to the public. Sun Life In a statement, Alex Narciso, SLOCPI president said on Friday, Sept. 24, that the company has partnered with GCash and ePera to...
As the country continues with its shift to digital education, the Computerization Program of the Department of Education (DepEd) has seen a significant increase in budget allocation in its 2022 budget. (Photo from DepEd) The DepEd Computerization Program (DCP) is aimed at “providing appropriate...
Payments infrastructure startup Xendit has become a Southeast Asian unicorn, securing $150 million Series C funding, after its Philippines launch last year. XENDIT-LOGOArtboard-1@2x Tiger Global Management led the round and existing investors - Accel, Amasia, and Justin Kan’s Goat Capital, also...
Smart Padala by PayMaya, one of the leading financial service providers in the Philippines, and Western Union, a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, have come together to offer Western Union money transfer services at select Smart Padala agents across the...
