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...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has expressed support for Senate Bill (SB) 1764 or the proposed Use of Digital Payments Act that allows the digital collection of taxes and fees, payments, and other disbursements. File photo SB 1764 mandates the use of digital payment in the collection of taxes,...
Smart Prepaid Offers Every person uses his or her smartphone differently. Some spend most part of their day on their phone to binge-watch their favorite series or play popular mobile games, while others rely on their device to create content and share them online. Many rely on their phones for...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara By the time this column comes out, two of the country’s biggest e-commerce platforms — Lazada and Shopee — would be wrapping up their respective “9.9” (September 9) online sales, where customers can purchase almost anything at either discounted rates or...
Globe Telecom Inc., the country's largest publicly-listed telco, is transforming itself into a digital solutions group. Globe has a market value of over P363 billion at the Philippine Stock Exchange, as of end-August trade. Once exclusively a telco business, the Globe Group of Companies has...
Filipino firm Go Shopping Philippines (GSP) is banking on the sustained boom in digital malls and marketplace in the Philippines for its growth and expansion here and abroad. 30626 “With the imposition of lockdowns, it’s inevitable people can’t go out. This paved the way for online e-commerce...
Caloocan City has completed the distribution of the cash assistance (ayuda) to its constituents that were severely affected by the declaration of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) , the first Local Government Unit (LGU) in Metro Manila to do so. Overall, Department of the Interior and Local...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has underscored the necessity of pouring more investments in information and communications technology to bridge the “digital divide” that has surfaced as a result of the continued devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic. AIPA Conference Velasco aired his view as he...
