Tagged: gcash

January 28, 2021 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This month (January 2021) has already been huge in terms of Fintech fundraising, with notably 13 mega-rounds valued at $100 million (or more) having been completed to start off the new year. These companies have acquired approximately $2.746 billion in capital. This figure does not… Read More

January 8, 2021 @ 10:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Globe Fintech Innovations, Inc. (Mynt), the Fintech arm of Globe Telecom and operator of the country’s preferred mobile wallet in GCash, announced on Friday it has attracted fresh capital investment from ASP Philippines LP, a limited partnership fund managed by investment firm Bow Wave… Read More

January 7, 2021 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Philippines-based digital wallet GCash reportedly reached PHP 1 trillion (appr. $20.8 billion) in total transactions for the year 2020, which represents a 254% year-over-year (YoY) increase in transfers. Globe Fintech Innovations Inc. (Mynt), which manages GCash, is part of the portfolio firms of 917Ventures (one… Read More

December 21, 2020 @ 10:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mobile payments wallet provider GCash has reportedly been chosen by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in the Philippines to distribute funding for training to local residents. TESDA has joined many other businesses and organizations that are using the GCash platform to carry… Read More

December 6, 2020 @ 6:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm JazzyPay, which is based in the Philippines, has teamed up with digital wallet provider GCash in order to offer cashless payment options to essential service providers in the country. The GCash payments platform has been integrated into JazzyPay’s PCI DSS Level 1 compliant… Read More

July 20, 2020 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ney Villasenor, the VP and chief corporate affairs officer at GCash, a Fintech company that facilitates fast and secure mobile payments, has noted that there’s no doubt that COVID-19 has made Fintech services essential for people residing in the Philippines. Villasenor pointed out that cash… Read More

August 30, 2018 @ 10:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over a month after announcing it was extended its digital money transfer services in five new countries, MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) announced it has joined forces with GCash to launch a new money transfer service to more than 10 million GCash mobile wallets in the… Read More

June 25, 2018 @ 9:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AlipayHK and GCash today announced on Monday the launch of a cross-border remittance service through their e-wallet platforms. The new service is reportedly powered by cutting-edge blockchain technology developed by Alipay, an online payment platform that’s operated by Ant Financial Services Group. Both companies claimed that… Read More