UBX teams up with Alibaba Cloud to strengthen new finance platform
Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, has collaborated with UBX, the fintech venture studio and fund spun out of UnionBank of the Philippines (UnionBank), to…
NPC leads creation of global working group on data privacy
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) led by Commissioner Raymund Liboro heads the formation of a new working group under the Global Privacy Assembly (GPA). It is aimed at gathering and…
Philippine Startup Week returns for 3rd year Nov. 15-19
Philippine Startup Week 2021, the country’s largest startup conference, is set to hit the virtual stage Nov. 15-19, 2021. The week-long event, organized by the Department of Trade and Industry,…
Final 10 vie for top prize at PLDT, Smart’s Start Up Innovation Challenge
PLDT and Smart have narrowed down to 10 startups the finalists for its Start Up Innovation Challenge launched a few months ago. Nudgyt, Packetworx, Uproot Urban Farms, Lyon.com.ph, KargaX, @steer…
IBM report sees potential rebound for travel, event spending
Photo by Skitterphoto on Pexels With the mass inoculation of their citizens, some countries are opening up their borders to foreign travelers, still with additional health security measures. The latest…
US-based biotech firm to hire more Filipino engineers as part of PH expansion
US-based InterVenn Biosciences (Intervenn) is set to open a new and bigger office in Ortigas as part of its expansion efforts. It is also looking to hire up to 100…
Lenovo Philippines kicks off two-month-long holiday shopping spree
With Christmas just around the corner, the hunt for the perfect gift has begun. Now that almost everything can be bought online, the challenge is finding the right shop that…
Chromebook, tablet shipments post first decline since onset of pandemic — IDC
Chromebooks and tablet shipments posted five quarters of growth before the reported decline recently, according to the latest preliminary data from the International Data Corp. (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing…
Small group of marketers outperforms majority of the competition amid pandemic — Accenture
About 17% of marketers (from 1,000 respondents) found ways to face the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic in the last 18 months. This is one of the findings in Accenture…
Are digital banks in the Philippines ready to rise to the fraud challenge?
By Frederic Ho, Vice President of APAC, Jumio Corp. Six digital banking licenses have already been granted in the Philippines as part of the ongoing revolution in financial services. Digital…
Lalamove taps CIMB in providing partner drivers access to loans
CIMB Bank Philippines and Lalamove Philippines partnered up to provide easy credit access to Lalamove partner drivers through CIMB’s new all-digital offering, REVI Credit. Through the partnership, qualified Lalamove partner…
Shopee lists Filipino Christmas staples for early holiday shopping
To make this year’s Christmas celebrations even more memorable than before, Shopee shares a list of Filipino Christmas essentials that will be featured at Shopee’s 11.11 Big Christmas Sale, Shopee’s…
PayMaya accelerates national rollout of QR Ph for merchant payments
Digital financial services company PayMaya is accelerating the rollout of the QR Ph P2M (person-to-merchant) across its enterprise partners. QR Ph P2M is the national QR standard for merchant payments…
AUB enables sellers to accept Mastercard using QR
Sellers or merchants using AUB PayMate need not invest in costly point-of-sale or card terminals to accept Mastercard payments from their customers. Asia United Bank (AUB), one of the fastest-growing…
Pointwest names IT-BPM veteran Rey Untal as president and CEO
IT-BPM industry veteran and advocate Rey Untal joins Pointwest as its new president and CEO. Pointwest, a 100% Filipino-owned global IT solutions and services company, recently made the announcement, highlighting…
Infinix PH launches budget gaming phone HOT 11S in PH
Emerging smartphone brand Infinix launched its latest budget gaming phone HOT 11S, which is set to disrupt the leaderboards in the below-P7,000 gaming phone category with its top-notch dual-chip processor,…
YouTube strengthens safety features of YouTube Kids
YouTube has put in place policies that will enable children to watch age-appropriate content that it hopes would encourage further exploration. YouTube Kids is a children-targeted version of YouTube that…
Trend Micro to hold free annual cybersecurity conference
Cybersecurity solutions firm Trend Micro Philippines is once again bringing together experts from all over the world for DECODE 2021: DEC1DE. DEC0DE on Nov. 10-11, 2021. The annual cybersecurity conference…
BPI AIA brings back insurance with short payment terms
Insurance firm BPI AIA said it found that Filipinos increasingly prefer purchasing long-term protection plans at shorter payment terms. To continuously support customers’ changing needs, the company is again offering…
Kaspersky shares ways in managing your ‘digital ghost’
If you have been using the internet to make just about any online transaction, chances are you have an active digital ghost. And you need to know what to do…
Coins.ph makes cash-in available in ‘sari-sari’ stores with TrueMoney
Blockchain-backed digital wallet Coins.ph is making cash-in available in many parts of the Philippines with its new partnership with leading payments and remittance network TrueMoney. With an estimated 20,000 TrueMoney…
PLDT blocks record 88,000 child abuse links as part of fight vs OSAEC
PLDT’s campaign against online child abuse picked up pace in the last three months, blocking at least a record 88,000 sites and links, nearly three times more in a period…
EPOS lands in PH bringing premium audio solutions for enterprises
It is nearly two years into the pandemic, working from home, and communicating via video conferencing. It is about time people pay attention to one piece of equipment that can…
Facebook is now Meta
Facebook, the company, tries to reinvent by creating an umbrella organization (Meta) for its suite of apps and technologies. At Connect 2021, CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement emphasizing that…
Pru Life UK names Eng Teng Wong as new president, CEO
Life insurer Pru Life UK announced the appointment of Eng Teng Wong as the new president and CEO starting Nov. 1, 2021. Wong will lead the continued transformation of the…
Cisco launches Webex hologram, new app features to address hybrid work challenges
Cisco’s WebexOne previewed the Webex Hologram, which is a real-time meeting solution leveraging augmented reality (AR). The hologram uses immersive 3D technology and AR (augmented reality) headsets such as Magic…
CloudSwyft deploys virtual labs solution to STI College nationwide
Cloud-based technology learning platform Cloudswyft will start rolling out its virtual lab solutions at STI Education Services Group, Inc. (STI ESG) schools. The partnership was launched on Oct. 18 with…
Worldwide smartphone shipments decline by 6.7% in Q3 2021 — IDC
After a boost in sales in the first half of 2021, the smartphone market experienced a 6.7% decline year over year (YoY) in worldwide shipments. Based on the data from…
How smart homes are changing our lives in 2021
By Chris Connell, Managing Director for Asia Pacific at Kaspersky Smart home technologies have long ceased to be something new or surprising. Today, the idea of smart home appliances or…
Infinix forges partnership with esports team ONIC Philippines
Emerging smartphone brand Infinix has partnered with ONIC Philippines, one of Southeast Asia’s most popular professional esports teams, to launch HOT 11S, its newest budget gaming phone. ONIC Philippines, widely…
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