UBX names Dan Marogy president and CEO
UBX Philippines, the fintech arm of Union Bank of the Philippines, has appointed Dan Marogy as president and CEO effective Sept. 1, 2025. “Dan’s proven leadership and deep expertise in…
SBI Holdings acquires minority stake in UBX to expand reach
SBI Holdings Inc., a financial conglomerate based in Tokyo, has acquired a minority stake in UBX, a company driving digital transformation in the Philippines. The partnership aims to develop tailored…
UBX: Open finance may improve credit access in the Philippines
Open finance has the potential to transform the financial industry by democratizing access to credit for the unserved and underserved segments in the Philippines, according to John Januszczak, president and…
MediCard utilizes UBX’s fintech solutions to enhance member services
MediCard Philippines Inc. (MediCard), a health maintenance organization (HMO), will utilize fintech company UBX’s comprehensive payment gateway, BUx, as payment option to its members. MediCard will also be using UBX’s…
AboitizPower taps UBX to power mobile payment platform
UnionBank of the Philippines’ UBX, an open finance platform, powers the mobile app of Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower), one of the country’s largest retail electricity companies, integrating digital payments for…
UBX powers Oriental Mindoro’s digital transformation initiatives
The provincial government of Oriental Mindoro tapped the open finance platform UBX to beef up its digital transformation initiatives and promote greater financial and social inclusion. Under this partnership, UBX…
UBX partners with PGA Sompo to beef up cyber insurance offerings
UBX, an open finance platform, has tapped global top insurance company PGA Sompo Insurance Corp. (PGA Sompo) to beef up its customer protection mechanism through personal cyber insurance. UBX will…
UBX names AI expert Mario Domingo as new global CTO
Open finance platform UBX has appointed digital transformation and artificial intelligence expert Mario Domingo as its new global chief technology officer (CTO). With over three decades of experience, Domingo is…
UBX powers cross-border remittance between PH and SG
Open finance platform UBX is enabling more than half a million Filipinos in Singapore to make digital cross-border remittances through its network of access points at more affordable rates. Through…
UBX, Unit 256 launch country’s first tokenized NFT platform
Open finance platform UBX and art-tech startup Unit 256 Ventures Inc., introduced what is considered to be the Philippines’ first tokenized NFT platform. Artifract utilizes the proprietary “token factory technology”…
UBX launches UrGovPH digital solutions for local governments
Open finance platform UBX introduced UrGovPH, a suite of open finance solutions that aim to assist local governments in their digital transformation journey. UrGovPH equips local government units (LGUs) and…
Microfinance group partners with UBX to digitize microloan processing
UBX, an open finance platform by Union Bank of the Philippines, has been tapped to digitize the microloan processing of Kabalikat para sa Maunlad na Buhay Inc. (KMBI), a microfinance…
UBX, Post Office partner to transform postal outlets into financial centers
Image from PhilPost Wikipedia Union Bank of the Philippines’ fintech UBX has teamed up with the Philippine Postal Corp. (Post Office) to launch Kasama Lahat, a capacity development project will…
UBX brings together industry players to strengthen PH startup ecosystem
Union Bank of the Philippines’ fintech arm UBX brought together industry players with the hopes of accelerating the development of the local startup scene through its UBX Lounge 48 Mixer.…
Alibaba Cloud fintech program aims to boost financial inclusion in PH
Alibaba Cloud’s new fintech support program hopes to provide finance-related companies with the tools to take their digital transformation a notch higher than it is now. Fintech ONE offers companies…
UBX bolsters insurtech ecosystem with new financial wellness offering
Union Bank of the Philippines’ (UnionBank) fintech arm UBX introduced an integrated employee financial wellness benefits ecosystem during the Insuretech Connect Asia conference in Singapore held recently. UBX aims to…
UBX, Unit 256 Ventures develop platform to offer art pieces as NFTs
Image by Tumisu from Pixabay UBX, the fintech arm of Union Bank of the Philippines, has partnered with Unit 256 Ventures, an art tech enterprise, in developing a platform that…
UBX partners with Bayad to beef up bills payment offers
UBX, the open financing platform in the Philippines, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Bayad, the country’s authority in bill payments and Meralco’s full-service fintech subsidiary. Under the agreement,…
UBX, Oh Crop! introduce sustainable agri financing to Adlai farmers
Open finance platform UBX and rice brand Oh Crop! have partnered to provide access to agricultural value-chain financing for rice farmers nationwide. Through this partnership, SeekCap, the digital lending marketplace…
UBX’s i2i eyes 300% growth in 2022
i2i, the banking-as-a-service platform and open finance community under UBX, expects business to grow by as much as 300% in 2022. This year’s growth comes after recording significant results in…
Bixie teams up with UBX to provide finance solutions to women
Bixie, an AI-powered finance platform for women has tapped UBX, an open finance platform by Union Bank of the Philippines, in providing digital solutions for beneficiaries. The partnership hopes to…
SeekCap aims to increase MSME loans by P33.5 billion in 2022
SeekCap, an online lending marketplace built by leading open finance platform UBX, is eyeing to grow its loans processed to P33.5 billion this year. The growth target is part of…
Fintech firm UBX doubles workforce to drive more innovations
Following the announcement of its significant revenue growth in 2021, UBX, the fintech arm of UnionBank of the Philippines, plans to more than double its workforce this year to strengthen…
UnionBank’s fintech arm revenues grow 5x in 2021
UBX, the financial technology arm of Aboitiz-led Union Bank of the Philippines, reported that its revenues ballooned five times last year, reaching an annual gross transaction value of P20 billion.…
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…
UnionBank’s fintech arm UBX sets up Singapore office
UBX, Union Bank of the Philippines’ fintech venture studio and fund, expands its operations in Singapore to further its vision of invisible banking in Asia. The new Singapore headquarters will…
UBX’s embedded insurance platform aims to capture underserved market
UBX Philippines Corp. (UBX) introduced its embedded insurance platform Assured to give the uninsured population access to insurance coverage. John Januszczak, CEO of UBX, the fintech arm of Union Bank…
UBX’s open finance platform i2i drives financial inclusion in PH
Just two years after it was launched, UBX Philippines (UBX) open finance platform i2i (island-to-island, institution-to-institution, individual-to-individual) has served the unbanked and underbanked individuals in financially underserved communities across the…
Online shop builder Sentro powers over 30,000 merchants
Since its launch over a year ago, free online shop builder Sentro has powered over 30,000 merchants across the Philippines. Developed by UBX Philippines, Sentro is an all-in-one e-commerce platform…
UBX recognized anew as Fastest Growing FinTech Company in Southeast Asia for 2021
Union Bank of the Philippines’ (UnionBank) fintech arm UBX is once again recognized as the Fastest Growing Fintech Company in Southeast Asia for 2021 by the Global Banking and Finance…