Buy now, pay later (BNPL) and consumer finance app BillEase and payment processor PayMongolaunch teamed up to help retailers drive growth through a card-free BNPL service. Retailers using PayMongo can now offer […]
Consumer finance company Home Credit strengthens its programs to promote financial inclusion and serve the unbanked and underserved Filipinos in line with the government’s strategy to widen financial inclusion to more Filipinos. […]
Digital bank ING Philippines recently launched its security education campaign called #SimplySecuredWithING to encourage online banking adoption in the country. The campaign aims to ease any apprehensions the public still has about […]
Following its launch last year, Lista, a free financial management app, just launched Ipon Challenge, which encourages Filipinos to set savings goals through their newest features: Savings and Sales Target. The Savings […]
Singapore’s ASEAN Fintech Group (AFG), a venture firm that specializes in fintech, announced its acquisition of Philippines digital payments provider JazzyPay valued at $1.8 million. A registered digital payments provider, JazzyPay is […]
Despite the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic in the first month of its operations in the Philippines, fintech startup Xendit bounced back as demand for digital financial services grew in […]
With more companies turning to digital platforms and offering contactless payments, mobile marketing analytics company AppsFlyer’s study the overall demand for fintech apps increased by 68% between the first quarter of 2020 […]
Indonesian fintech firm Xendit continues to provide individual business owners with a payment platform that is easy to navigate and use. “The pandemic has seen a rise in individual sellers who utilize […]
Tonik, a neo or all-digital bank that recently launched in the Philippines, has now enabled interbank fund transfers through PESONet, an electronic fund transfer service. This service is initially available through RCBC, […]
Financial technology (fintech) company Xendit throws its support to startups in the Philippines by launching the “Level Up” accelerator program that will equip them with tools and skills to scale. Tracing its […]
In partnering with with the three top e-wallets in the Philippines — GCash, PayMaya, and GrabPay — Xendit is helping merchants expand their businesses and pursue digitization efforts. Xendit is a financial […]
DigiBankASIA, the visionary financial services company headquartered in Singapore, and Xebia, a company that offers next-generation digital services and consulting, announced a strategic partnership for the launch of Asia’s new digital bank […]
By Peter Barcak, CEO and Founder of CredoLab Lending has long been a universal struggle in the Philippines, especially for the estimated 70% of the adult population currently with limited access to […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the Philippine government’s digital transformation, with PayMaya being one of the financial services companies that enabled national agencies and local government units (LGUs) in accepting all types […]
Singapore’s multi-currency mobile wallet YouTrip announced a six-year partnership with digital payments firm Visa to accelerate its expansion into the rest of Southeast Asia, starting with Malaysia and the Philippines. Currently launched […]
Based on its recent analysis of the Philippines’ customer experience solutions in the banking industry, Frost & Sullivan honored UnionBank of the Philippines (UnionBank) with the 2020 Philippines Excellence In Customer Experience […]
Xendit, an Indonesian fintech (financial technology) company, will start offering its digital payment services in the Philippines. The fintech company offers what it claims as a technically advanced, yet “user-friendly,” process that […]
China may be on its way to becoming the first cashless society, according to the inaugural report of South China Morning Post, which explored the financial technology (fintech) ecosystem of one of […]
Poor user experience on mobile applications is just one of the many barriers that hamper the total adoption of digital banking in the Philippines, according to digital banking services provider Backbase. In […]
Vietnam’s Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank (TPBank) accelerated their digital transformation with Backbase, a digital-first banking platform, to transform the bank’s traditional products, services, and core banking system. Backbase drove the […]
As schools start to adopt various learning methods this year, parents now also have an alternative form of payment through PayMaya. Over 40 schools nationwide will be accepting cashless payment online and […]
With financial inclusion at the core of its development, Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) officially launches DiskarTech, an app that is intended not only as a payment method but offers select banking […]
The Philippine Payments Management Inc. (PPMI) urged its members to continue helping consumers use online and mobile banking amid the continuing quarantines caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Banking should be available to […]
Before COVID-19, the contactless transaction was just an option, today it is much preferred for safety and health reasons. Because of this, market advisory firm ABI Research sees that globally, contactless adoption […]
The Luzon lockdown in the Philippines affected practically the day to day lives of many Filipinos. Sending and receiving money has become difficult because of restrained movements. To address this, financial technology […]
Despite the worldwide boom in online retail over the past years, shopping in physical stores is still key for consumers worldwide – but only if the purchasing experience integrates all sales channels, […]
In the online survey conducted from Aug. 23 to Sept. 25 this year by FINTQ, the financial technology arm of Voyager Innovations, it was found out that not only do some financial institutions (FI) are unsuccessful in their DX attempt but also a majority of the banks have not even started yet.
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