Startups / Apps

BPI officials said the current mobile app will phased out in the second half of the year.

Digido estimates that the total number of accounts of the 14 examined e-wallet apps could reach 81 million people by 2025.

Globe’s wholly-owned subsidiary 917Ventures has launched Housify, a real estate marketplace that matches property buyers with listings through verified sellers, an inquiry process, and a website.

The participants took on the challenge to create new digital services with the goal of addressing real customer challenges.

Happy Hotels has already partnered with over 100 properties throughout the country, with plans to acquire 500 hotels, dormitels, and BnBs per year.

The Startup Venture Fund (SVF) Investment Committee (IC) held a “community mixer event” on Friday, March 24, at the National Development Company (NDC) in Makati City to link up startups to investors.

Startup ecosystem players AHG Lab and Draper Startup House have teamed up to launch Founders Launchpad, a hands-on startup incubator program in Sinigang Valley, said to be the startup capital of the Philippines.

Shopboxo is a free online platform that allows MSMEs to build online stores using designer-crafted templates in literally a matter of minutes, even with little or no technical know-how.

The program, led by The Incubation Network, in partnership with the Global Plastic Action Partnership, UpLink by the World Economic Forum, and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, have provided tailored development support for Envirotech (Philippines), Kibumi (Indonesia), Plastic People (Vietnam), Bank Sampah Bersinar (Indonesia), and TerraCycle Foundation (Thailand).

The SEC found SunCash Lending to have threatened borrowers with shaming on social media by publishing their names as scammers and warning the people in their contact lists that they are scammers, among others.