Technology News From The Philippines
Landbank will be working with Department of Trade and Industry-Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines, the Bureau of the Treasury, and PayMaya to ensure the efficient settlement of online payments made by clients and timely remittance of payments to the National Treasury.
The volume of GCredit transactions during the during the first half of the year rose by 26 percent to over 2 million transactions from 1.7 million transactions the previous year.
With P9-billion funding provided to schools division offices, the DepEd noted self-learning modules are continuously being reproduced in field offices.
Visa has partnered with Shopee to help support local small businesses who are selling on e-commerce platform. The tech firms will be creating campaigns to enable Visa cardholders to avail discounts when they shop at local merchants in Shopee.
Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) is a type of cloud-based solution for the development of blockchain applications that serves as a launchpad for broader blockchain technology adoption.
A report from analyst firm Canalys identified Vivo as the top smartphone brand in the Philippines with a 21% market share in the second quarter of 2020.
ABS-CBN is expanding its venture further in the digital space with Star Music’s introduction of its YouTube channel for children’s learning called TuTuBee.
In preparation for online learning this school year, the DICT said it has opened six Tech4ED Centers in San Fabian, Pangasinan and activated three Wi-Fi sites in Happy Valley in Baguio City.
