A teachers’ group on Thursday, November 13, raised the alarm over a “surge” in suspicious emails targeting public school teachers’ official Department of Education (DepEd) accounts, warning educators to stay vigilant against phishing scams as the year-end bonus season approaches. The...
Senator Mark Villar, chairman of the Senate Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies, pushed for the passage of the proposed Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (AFASA) to ensure that no scammers will be able to defraud Filipino banking consumers in the long run. Sen. Mark...
Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday called on banks and other financial institutions to toughen its stance against cybercrime especially at a time more people are turning to digital transactions. Poe, who chairs the Senate Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies, made the appeal...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday slammed the reported hacking of teachers’ bank accounts by still unidentified “unscrupulous individuals” whom he said are concocting all kinds of methods to steal money via online and other digital means. Earlier in the day, the Teachers’ Dignity...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalin on Tuesday urged the banking industry to invest more on modern security banking solutions to induce confidence among financial consumers. Rather than telling the public how to avoid being a victim of cybercriminals, Gatchalian said banks should prioritize the protection of...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday urged the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to ensure that financial consumers who were victimized by the recent online banking hacking incident are protected while its investigation is ongoing. Gatchalian said he is considering filing a resolution seeking a...
RCBC RCBC Bankard Services Corporation, the credit card arm of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) has snatched the Mobile Banking and Payment Initiative of the Year at the Asian Banking and Finance’ (ABF) 2021 Wholesale Banking Awards and Retail Banking Awards. In giving the award, ABF,...
