The facility, which is located at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City, is Affinion?s first contact center and shared services hub in the Philippines and in the Asia Pacific region.
The tie-up between PayMaya and Uber will allow more Filipinos to experience the ride-sharing service even without a credit card. The partnership is said to be the first-of-its-kind in Southeast Asia.
Just a week after sealing a P69.1-billion deal to acquire the telecom assets of San Miguel Corporation, fierce competitors Globe Telecom and PLDT collaborated again to establish a long-awaited bilateral IP peering arrangement.
In addition to expanding network capacities in major areas where there is commuter traffic, Globe will also provide free Wi-Fi services in all MRT Line 3 stations. This is expected to benefit about 350,000 who will have free Wi-Fi access for 30 minutes daily.
More opportunities for collaboration are opening up for banks and other financial institutions with financial technology or ?fintech? firms in the Philippines as way of driving their growth and addressing financial inclusion gaps nationwide.
The Computer Professionals? Union (CPU) said its suggestion is in line with the minimum speed proposed by the International Telecommunications Union, the world?s telecommunication standards body.
Wireless operator Smart Communications has announced that it will start using this year the 700 MHz frequency as part of the accelerated deployment of its LTE service in an attempt to speed up mobile Internet in the country.
E-commerce firm CashCashPinoy recently introduced its CashCash Fast-Track Delivery to give its customers the experience of enjoying their purchases immediately, its top official said.
Australia-based payment solutions firm Novatti Group and FINTQnologies, the financial technology unit of PLDT-owned Voyager Innovations, have announced they are discussing opportunities in providing digital financial platforms to bank and non-bank partners in Africa and the Middle East.
