Tagged: Philippines

Fintech ZEBEDEE to Enhance International Payments with Tech Connecting US, UK, EU, Brazil, the Philippines

ZEBEDEE, a payments processor, has announced an overhaul of how users can move money across the world. The upgraded feature for borderless transactions showcases “the power and potential of global, friction-free and currency-agnostic payments and represents a significant improvement and simplification of how anyone can… Read More

ACI Worldwide, Philippines’ Security Bank Corp to Streamline Real-Time Payments

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a global provider of real-time payments and digital payment software solutions, and Security Bank Corporation, a universal bank in Philippines, announced that the bank has chosen ACI Worldwide’s Enterprise Payments Platform solution to strengthen its real-time payment capabilities. The partnership will… Read More

Strike Expands “Send Globally” to the Philippines, Providing Lightning-Fast Money Transfers

Strike, which claims to be the world’s “leading” digital payments platform built on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, announced the expansion of its “Send Globally” product to the Philippines. Send Globally now “enables fast, secure, and low-cost money transfers between the U.S. and the Philippines, revolutionizing traditional… Read More

Philippines: Digital Banking Platform GoTyme Bank Partners with Mambu to Streamline Financial Services

Newly launched Filipino digital bank GoTyme Bank has partnered with global cloud banking platform Mambu in order “to deliver an innovative digital banking solution that is aiming to improve access to high quality financial services for Filipinos.” Singapore-based Tyme Group, which has partnered with Gokongwei… Read More

Digital Transformation: Philippines SEC to Accept Only Virtual Payments After Feb 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the Philippines revealed that it will be making a full shift towards all-digital payments by February 1, 2023. The general public residing in the Southeast Asian country will be using the eSPAYSEC that was introduced in March 2022,… Read More

Union Bank of the Philippines, Hex Trust to Tap into the Metaverse

Union Bank of Philippines, a “long-standing” partner of Hex Trust, is expanding their digital asset exposure by “tapping into the metaverse.” As a continuation of their “Tech-up Pilipinas” advocacy, UnionBank has announced their entrance “to The Sandbox, with the help of Hex Trust’s digital asset… Read More

Philippines: Neobank Tonik Acquires TendoPay, Enters Employee Benefits Market

Tonik Financial Pte. Ltd., the parent company of Tonik Digital Bank, Inc. in the Philippines, has entered into a landmark agreement with Tendo Payment Solutions Pte. Ltd. in order “to acquire its Philippine business, operating under the brand name ‘TendoPay’.” This deal, which is “subject… Read More

BNPL: 2C2P, Pine Labs to Expand Buy Now Pay Later Acceptance in Southeast Asia

2C2P, a global payments platform and merchant commerce omnichannel platform Pine Labs have partnered to expand Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) “across Asia in six key markets, namely Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.” Unlike other BNPL offerings, Pine Labs claims that… Read More

Tempo France, Elsa Care Technologies Introduce Remittances to Philippines

The international remittances company, Tempo France and the Spanish company Elsa Care Technologies (Elsa.care) have launched money transfers to the Philippines. Clients are now able “to send money through the Elsa.care’s app to the recipients’ bank accounts in this country.” The integrator of the technical… Read More

Central Banks of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand to Work on Regional Payment Connectivity

Bank Indonesia (BI), Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and Bank of Thailand (BOT) have agreed “to strengthen and enhance cooperation on payment connectivity to support faster, cheaper, more transparent, and more inclusive cross-border payments.” A Memorandum… Read More

Tonik Furthers Credit Inclusion Services in the Philippines by Introducing All-Digital Loans

Tonik, the Philippines’ first neobank, continues “to accelerate financial and credit inclusion with the launch of its two new lending products, Flex Loan and Big Loan.” Building on the success of its all-digital savings portfolio and successful launch of its first lending product, Quick Loan,… Read More

Philippines: UnionBank Live on METACO Harmonize to Launch Crypto Services

METACO, the provider of digital asset management technology to complex, global financial institutions, announced that Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank), one of the largest universal banks in the Philippines, has “gone live on METACO’s flagship platform, Harmonize™, to pilot the launch of crypto services… Read More

Philippines based Agribank Introduces Mobile Banking App

Agribusiness Rural Bank, Inc., which is reportedly one of the top ten rural banking institutions based in the Philippines, also referred to as Agribank, has launched a new mobile banking App for Android and iOS, developed and delivered by Geniusto International. This secure and configurable… Read More

Netbank, Zetl Announce Lending Partnership in the Philippines

Zetl and Netbank, (a Rural Bank), inc. have partnered in order “to provide an innovative approach to SME financing in the Philippines.” Under this partnership, Zetl will “identify ‘asset light’ SMEs with a regular and guaranteed income stream, seeking funding.” Netbank will “provide loans to… Read More

Philippines based I-Remit, Ripple to Leverage On-Demand Liquidity for Treasury Management

Ripple, the provider of enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, announced that I-Remit, the largest non-bank remittance service provider in the Philippines, will “expand its use of Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) solution to improve its cross-border treasury flows.” As a partner of Ripple since 2018, I-Remit… Read More

Robinsons Bank Selects BPC to Drive Financial Inclusion Across the Philippines

Robinsons Bank (RBank), owned by JG Summit Holdings, Inc., one of the Philippines’ largest and most diversified conglomerates, announced that it has chosen BPC as its solution partner to co-innovate, “to drive financial inclusion and digital adoption across the nation.” Using BPC’s SmartVista Platform, RBank… Read More

CashXpress Loans from the Philippines Return to PeerBerry Platform

Investment platform PeerBerry reported that it will be listing CashXpress loans from the Philippines again. CashXpress will reportedly “offer double guaranteed 180 days term loans with a 12% ROI.” PeerBerry pointed out that you may review “the term and the loan type of CashXpress loans,… Read More

Robocash Says Digital Finance Including Lending and Saving Moving Most Promising Fintech in Philippines

Robocash Group says that online lending, savings deposits and mobile payments and transfers, are the most promising sectors of Fintech in the Philippines. Robocash is based in Europe but in recent years has expanded in Asia. Robocash Group operates in the Philippines through the online… Read More

Philippines based InstaPay, a Real-Time Funds Transfer Service, Reports Steady Growth

Real-time fund transfer service provider InstaPay (in the Philippines) has reportedly processed around 300 million transfers with an aggregate value of about PHP 5.49 trillion during the first seven months of 2022. The average daily volume was reported to be around 1.37 million transactions. InstaPay… Read More

UnionBank of the Philippines Chooses Avaloq to Enhance Wealth Management Platform

UnionBank continues the digital transformation of its wealth management business with the Avaloq Core Platform. This will “help the bank to stay ahead of the technology curve as the financial industry continues to digitalize in the pursuit of greater efficiency and innovation.” Avaloq is “implementing… Read More