Business IT

The site is expected to employ over 400 people within three months and by the end of the year, the number is expected to reach over a thousand.

Via InstaPay, Filipinos can start enjoying safe and affordable electronic retail payments in real-time.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is partnering with PLDT-owned tech firm FinTQ, through Lendr, to provide a digital lending platform where micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) can avail of the Pondo para sa Pagbabago at Pag-asenso (P3) program.

The road ahead for the IT-BPM industry in the Philippines looks promising despite artificial intelligence (AI) and intelligence automation (IA), according to the IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP).

PLDT bought 10 percent of Rocket Internet for 333 million euros or $445 million.

Innovation is when you fix something, even if it?s not broken. In entrepreneurship, continuous innovation in products, processes, business model, is the only way to survive.

PLDT chairman and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan pointed out that by 2019, virtually all of PLDT?s 1.2 million copper-based DSL subscribers will enjoy fiber-fast Internet as PLDT further expands its fixed broadband coverage to 5.1 million homes.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is keen on requiring entities applying for licenses as electronic money issuers (EMI) to also apply for a license as a crypto or virtual currency (VC) exchange.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has tapped PayMaya Philippines and other e-money issuers to equip merchants selling within its headquarters in Manila with digital payment touch points.