Business IT

Loans disbursed via the Mobile Loan Saver (MLS) facility of the Land Bank of the Philippines powered by Smart e-Money Inc. (SMI) have reached P1 billion barely six months after it was launched to government employees.

Digital money transfer provider Xoom Corporation is now offering instant deposits to all Landbank peso and US dollar accounts.

Gate Distribution is said to be is the largest prepaid distributor of cards for phone, gaming, and Internet, while ECPay is an electronic payment system provider in the country operating as a secure e-warehouse and e-payments data center for prepaid products, bills payments, airline ticket payments, and online shopping transaction payments.

Listed consumer technology firm Xurpas has acquired a 51-percent controlling stake in technology firm Storm Flex Systems for $4.3 million.

Smart Communications and fastfood chain giant McDonald?s have come together to offer McDonald?s Value Meal with a free Super Messaging 10 coupon from Smart, which offers a whole day of unlimited text and unlimited access to mobile chat apps.

Acquire has opened new facilities in Metro Manila over the last few months alone to house over 1,400 seats in Eastwood City and Shaw Boulevard.

Initial rollout of the service will be on February 16, with full availability on?February 18.

A recent trip to the Philippines by Accenture?s global HR head Ellyn Shook highlighted the cutting-edge e-learning facility which the company is using to forge collaboration with other Accenture sites located in different parts of the country and the globe.

Dominant carrier PLDT has further expanded its global Points of Presence (PoP) with the launch of an additional PoP in the UK through Telehouse Europe, one of the world?s largest data center owner operators.

US-based BPO firm iQor has announced that it is added an additional 65,000 square feet to its Dasmari?as, Cavite contact center.