Debt-watcher Moody’s Investors Service is upbeat about the Philippines’ recovery prospects from the pandemic, expecting the economy to outperform most of the sovereigns it rates in terms of average growth up to 2025. In its latest credit analysis report on the Philippines, Moody’s cited its...
Publicly listed telecom, media, and tech firm Now Corporation has increased its stake in affiliate, Now Telecom Company Inc., (NTCI), to prepare for the global post-pandemic turnaround . images.jpeg-10 State regulators extended NTCI's franchise for another 25 years beginning 2018 and renewed its...
As pandemic restrictions ease, 81 percent of high-level company executives in Asia Pacific (APAC), Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) as well as the U.S., revealed business travel will be more important than ever to driving success. This was according to the latest VistaJet research in...
EDITOR’S DESK Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat The pandemic has given rise to new businesses if not the strengthening of existing ones that are able to pivot and innovate with the use of digital technologies. Some of these businesses are delivery/logistics, micro finance, financial technologies (fintech),...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has started its comprehensive review and assessment of when to reduce or scale back the size of liquidity and COVID-19 relief measures to avoid financial distress post-pandemic. So far, the BSP has infused the financial system P2 trillion in liquidity, or about...