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PayMongo Partners With Atome to Expand ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ Acceptance Across The Philippines

July 26 2022

“PayMongo, a Manila-based online payment processing platform, announced on Tuesday a partnership with Atome Philippines to expand BNPL acceptance among merchants in the country. This partnership enables PayMongo’s 10,000 plus merchant network in the Philippines to offer their customers flexible deferred payment options, with no additional annual or service fees as an alternative checkout payment option. Cash […]
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Central Banks in Five SE Asian Countries to Create Common Contactless QR Payments Zone

July 21 2022

“The central banks of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand are to develop an interoperable cross-border payments system that will enable residents of each country to use their mobile banking app to make QR code-based payments for goods and services when visiting any of the other territories. The integrated system will enable visitors to […]
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GCash to help taxis shift to cashless payments: transport dept

May 22 2020

“The Department of Transportation said Friday it tapped GCash to help equip taxis with scan-to-pay systems, as part of a pandemic normal that requires cashless payments. The joint venture of Jack Ma’s Alipay and Globe Telecom’s Mynt allows users to scan merchants QR codes and deduct the amount due from their mobile wallet. Digital payments […]
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AsiaKredit To Pioneer Global Standards Of Responsible Finance And Client Protection For The Underbanked

November 7 2019

“AsiaKredit, a leading digital consumer finance fintech in the Philippines, is spearheading financial consumer protection and empowerment in the Philippines via the world’s first financial consumer protection standard, the Smart Campaign. The Smart Campaign is a globally recognized initiative by the Centre for Financial Inclusion at Accion (CFI), a U.S-based think-tank for financial inclusion.”
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GCash, Starbucks Introduce New Mobile Payment Option

August 2 2019

“Getting a cup of our favorite Starbucks handcrafted beverage is now easier with GCash, the leading mobile wallet in the Philippines. As of September 2018, Starbucks had 373 licensed stores nationwide. It opened its first branch in the Philippines in 1997 at the 6750 Ayala Building in Makati City, making the Philippines the third overseas […]
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GCash Cements Fintech Leadership and Innovation Thrust in the Philippines

August 30 2021

“GCash, the number 1 mobile wallet in the Philippines, continues to be a rising star in Asia as it sets the bar higher for fintech innovation in the region. The company achieved unprecedented growth as it saw an exponential increase in its number of users from 20 million in January 2020 to 46 million in June 2021. The app also had […]
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OneConnect Partners With UnionBank’s Fintech Subsidiary UBX to Co-create Philippines’ First Blockchain-enabled Platform for MSMEs

July 22 2019

“OneConnect Financial Technology Co. Ltd. (OneConnect), an associate company of China’s insurance giant and Fortune Top 29 Company Ping An Group, has partnered with UBX Philippines Corporation, the wholly-owned fintech subsidiary of Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank), to build the country’s first blockchain-enabled platform to meet the banking needs of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The partnership underpins both […]