Philippine lawmakers freeze the DICT budget and summon Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to address platform safety and child exploitation risks.
A landmark BSP-IPA study reveals that waiving InstaPay transfer fees doubles transaction activity and activates cash-reliant Filipinos.
FinTech Alliance PH partners with the BSP and banking associations for Sportstacular 2026, following its successful ASEAN Tech Summit.
Maya deploys AI-assisted document checks and self-service portals to eliminate administrative friction and streamline workplace operations.
Digital advocacy group Digital Pinoys supports integrating PhilSys identity checks into social media to eliminate troll farms without giving tech companies access to private ID data.
The Philippine SEC has cleared GCash operator Mynt to proceed with its historic ₱92.32 billion IPO on the Philippine Stock Exchange this October.
RCBC Chief Innovations Officer Lito Villanueva earns Digital Banking Champion of the Year at WFIS Philippines 2026 for expanding national digital financial access.
Filipinos can bypass card delivery backlogs and access an officially recognized Digital National ID on their smartphones today.
Mynt Inc. sets its October 2026 PSE listing timeline for GCash, offering shares at up to ₱10.00 each in a record-breaking ₱90-billion IPO.
The Philippine government is asking Meta to mandate PhilSys National ID verification on Facebook and Instagram to combat online crime and identity masking.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas ruled out using foreign reserves to hold the peso below ₱60 as the currency fell to a historic low of ₱62.265 against the US dollar.
Philippine regulators and Meta have agreed to establish a rapid-response hotline for harmful content, officially shelving the threat of a nationwide Facebook ban.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas now allows banks to offer tax-exempt PERA time deposits with a minimum 30-day maturity and full PDIC coverage.
Philippine regulators are evaluating a nationwide ban on Facebook following Meta’s delayed removal of violent content and mounting child safety concerns.
Lower inter-bank fees and widespread QR Ph adoption pushed digital payments to 64.7% of all retail transactions in the Philippines.
Morph Payments launches a non-custodial checkout tool letting freelancers and merchants accept USDC and USDT directly to their own wallets.
Coins.ph and Skyro partner to integrate QR Ph payment rails, bringing instant loan disbursements and payment acceptance to 10,000 partner stores nationwide.
SSS members can borrow up to ₱20,000 digitally using RCBC’s DiskarTech app without visiting a physical branch.
KPMG U.S. issued a clean, unqualified audit opinion on Tether’s 2025 financial statements after physically inspecting reserves and verifying balance sheets.
The two firms are exploring ways to connect PDAX’s regulated digital asset infrastructure directly with RCBC’s mobile banking channels.
Coins.ph integrated Stripe-backed Tempo blockchain to enable sub-second USDT and USDC transfers with no extra gas token requirements.
Coins.ph doubles its biller network to nearly 300 merchants through a direct Bayad integration featuring 24-hour real-time payment posting.
The survey directly asks customers how likely they would be to buy, sell, and hold cryptocurrency directly inside the app using their existing MariBank or ShopeePay balance.
Maya delays its public offering to 2027 as GCash prepares to launch the first tech listing on the Philippine Stock Exchange.
A new Supreme Court-accredited platform allows Filipinos to remotely notarize legal documents using live video and blockchain verification.
RCBC Chief Innovation Officer Lito Villanueva received top honors at the PhilSec Awards 2026 for his work on cybersecurity and digital banking access.
Western Union launched Stablecard, a digital wallet and Visa card that allows users across 37 markets to hold USDPT stablecoins and spend them at traditional merchants.
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