Philippines
Without legacy infrastructure, cloud-native digital banks are faster & more innovative than traditional banks, says UNObank CEO Manish Bhai [Q&A]
Singapore-based FinTech UNObank was granted the first new digital banking license under the Digital Banking License framework of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Manish Bhai shares insights on how digital-native banks can provide faster and more innovative services to address the needs of the underbanked and unbanked.
Malaysia HealthTech startup BookDoc partners with Childhope Philippines Foundation for CSR collaboration
BookDoc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with Childhope Philippines Foundation, Inc. in relation to corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs and promotions.
Social entertainment startup Kumu to scale operations and roll out new features with Series B fundraise led by SIG and Openspace Ventures
Kumu will use the new infusion to scale its current operations, which has seen significant growth over the past year. To date, an estimated 11.2 million registered users around the world watch live streams up to 60 million times per month, with over 100,000 active streamers commanding about one hour of average daily usage for its mostly Gen-Z & Millennial…
10 Financial literacy solutions receive grants and support from PhilDev’s Financial Literacy Innovation Challenge
The Financial Literacy Innovation Challenge is the third and biggest innovation challenge yet by PhilDev. First launched in 2020, PhilDev’s Innovation Challenges seek to discover and support sustainable enterprise solutions in response to operational gaps shared by organizations while fostering a human-centered design approach and mindset among…
Philippines startup Great Deals E-Commerce secures $30M Series B led by Fast Group
Great Deals plans to use its Series B fund to build an automated fulfillment center that will concentrate on tech development. This will be a big help for the company to meet the growing demand for e-commerce in the Philippines.
Philippines ‘buy now, pay later’ platform Plentina raises $2.2M in Seed funding round to accelerate credit access to the underbanked
The FinTech startup plans to use its fresh capital to grow its data science, business development, and customer operations teams.
Why should businesses track their social impact?
Impact-driven businesses should invest resources in measuring and managing their social impact. It can provide them a lot of benefits in the end which can also affect their relevance in the market and their sustainability.
Exploring opportunities in the Philippine tech landscape
With the economy improving, and an internet and mobile-savvy market, the Philippines is also showing initiatives to encourage and advance the innovation space.
Velocity by 917Ventures, a venture building program for Southeast Asia founders, to start 3-month bootcamp in April
Velocity is a 3-month corporate innovation program that enables venture builders to build their MVP, market their solutions, and refine their value proposition, along with Seed funding support for successful startups.
UNObank to pilot in the Philippines as Xebia partners with Singapore-based DigibankASIA to launch the full-service digital bank
It will be a full-service digital bank that will have its pilot launch in the Philippines with a target to expand across the region.
