Real-time interbank money transfer service, InstaPay, recorded its highest single-day volume of 1.88 million transactions on December 15, 2021. Their total value was also an all-time high of P12.93 billion. According to InstaPay operator BancNet, this volume is 54-percent higher than the volume of...
Aspiring Filipino scientists abroad may soon submit their applications to be Balik Scientists in the country through an online portal that will be launched by the Balik Scientist Program (BSP) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Friday, Nov. 19. Balik Scientist Program (BSP...
Facing the difficulty of lack of machinery and resources, Vice President and presidential aspirant Leni Robredo needs all the help she can get. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) Unlike other presidential bets who had been preparing for years, it seems she had none at all for her campaign. In...
The Social Security System (SSS) uSSSap Tayo Portal on Monday, Sept. 13, to commemorate its 64th anniversary and in a bid to provide users with easier, simpler, and faster access to information. uSSSap Tayo Portal (Screenshot from the website) "Many of the concerns that we receive through our...
Quezon City residents will soon register their newly-born babies online as the local government is set to launch this year its first online birth registration portal. The local government made the announcement Monday, saying the project is part of its digitalization program of its public services....
All stakeholders transacting with the Bureau of Customs (BOC) can now type and send their feedback or concerns on every service provided to them using the bureau's online portal. (Photo courtesy of the BOC) Through the Customer Care Portal System (CCPS), stakeholders are allowed to give their...
Over a million registrants have logged into the Land Transportation Office's (LTO) new Land Transportation Management System (LTMS), which allows clients to transact online amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo from Land Transportation Office) To mark this milestone, LTO...
Digitalization is well on its way in the Philippines with both government and the private sector embracing digital destiny, according to Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez. At the Sulong Pilipinas virtual forum, Lopez noted the game changer Central Business Portal (CBP) of the government...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) asked its members and covered employers to ensure the correctness and validity of their disbursement accounts when enrolling in the Disbursement Account Enrollment Module (DAEM) through the My.SSS portal. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president...
Year-Ender The maritime sector handles 90 percent of global trade. No wonder, hell broke loose when most international borders slammed shut in March. Port operators wrestled with congestion although the ports stayed open. “Throughout these lockdowns, all of our ports – without exception...
GCash, the country’s leading online payment portal, sees P1 trillion transaction value this year, a feat they accomplished in three years before the pandemic. Frederic Levy, GCash chief commercial officer for transfers, cited the momentum that GCash is currently enjoying as more people are...
Recognizing the power of technology to keep the country’s education system running amid the current health crisis, leading software solutions firm Multisys Technologies Corporation launched its SchoolBox platform that supports online distance learning modalities. SchoolBox is a digital academic...
