The projects accelerated under the “UGNAYAN 2030” program will be focused on job creation, GDP growth, and talent upskilling, the Nasdaq-listed IT company Cisco said on Wednesday.
Local software firm Multisys Technologies Corporation has introduced an online store builder called Multistore, which entrepreneurs can use to start their own digital journey.
During a trade mission to Washington DC, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) secretary Ramon Lopez secured the commitment of US firms Black and Veatch and SBA Communications to build hyperscale data centers and common towers in the Philippines.
Joselito “Jojo” Uligan, a leading figure of the local BPO industry and president of the Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) for the last 19 years, died on Friday, April 22, after reportedly suffering from cardiac arrest.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) have jointly launched the “Agent Registry for Cash Agents”, a project that seeks to reinforce the BSP’s twin goals of financial inclusion and payments digitalization.
Voyager Innovations, the technology company behind e-wallet platform PayMaya and soon-to-be-launched digital bank Maya Bank, said it raised $210 million in new funds, propelling its valuation to unicorn status at nearly $1.4 billion.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has reminded online shopping platforms to ensure all products offered for sale in their sites should bear the Philippine Standard (PS) mark or the Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) sticker.
PEZA now says the CREATE law does not prohibit registered IT-BPM firms from conducting remote work or performing a portion of their activity outside the economic zones.
The Department of Finance said the IT-BPM firms can still implement a remote work arrangement for their employees but the companies must give up their fiscal incentives because these tax incentives are meant to be enjoyed inside an ecozone.
The BSP said it is crafting rules that will allow banks and e-wallet firms to establish a digital marketplace where they can partner with financial service providers to offer of financial products and services under a one-stop-shop platform.
