Blockchain, fintech, and tech news from Philippine newsrooms.
Ask any banking leader in the region whether AI is on the roadmap, and the answer is yes. Ask them where it actually sits today, and the tone changes. The Research That gap was the subject of a study conducted by Sabio World across 14 Malaysian banking institutions earlier this…
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.
Most people in India get into crypto the same way. You hear about it from a friend or a reel, you download an app from an exchange, you finish the KYC, and a “wallet” appears inside that app with your balance in it. That’s technically a wallet, but it hides the one question that…
As the Philippines joins the global AI supply chain, it faces a tough challenge to balance big economic opportunities against the serious ecological damage caused by the extraction of these essential materials.
German startup Isar Aerospace on Saturday launched its first rocket into space from a site in Arctic Norway, bringing Europe closer to offering satellite flights from its own soil.
Stress and inadequate sleep can play a significant role in a person"s ability to achieve and maintain a healthy weight, a physician said, as a growing range of products and medications are being promoted for weight management.
WASHINGTON - OpenAI said on Saturday that its agents had appropriated wiki sites as impromptu message boards, adding that more transparency was needed around such incidents.
LES DIABLERETS, Switzerland - As Switzerland struggles to contain the shrinking of its glaciers, researchers are conducting an unusual experiment in the Alps to see whether one of its less valued natural resources can help: sheep's wool.
Thousands of birds flying across the skies of Jordan recently caught the attention of an overseas Filipino worker, who initially thought she was seeing a swarm of insects.
Swiftpay has added Billease as a buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment option at online checkout. Merchants already accepting payments through Swiftpay can enable Billease from their existing setup, and it appears as a payment option to shoppers at checkout. Many online merchants ho…
Western Union and JuanPay have partnered to expand access to international money transfer services and remittance across the Philippines, with an initial rollout covering around 1,400 of JuanPay’s roughly 2,000 company-owned and franchise-operated outlets nationwide. The compani…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the initial public offering of Mynt, Inc., the parent company of GCash, for up to PHP 92.32 billion. Mynt becomes the first company to use the Commission’s lower public float requirement for large issuers. At a meeting on…
Filipinos can bypass card delivery backlogs and access an officially recognized Digital National ID on their smartphones today.
In one weekend this past April, about $6.6 billion left Aave. Coindesk reported that the protocol’s total value locked fell from $26.4 billion to roughly $20 billion in less than a day. Nobody breached Aave’s own contracts. Attackers drained a different protocol, Kelp, then dump…
A swarm of praying mantis surprised a woman in Coron, Palawan after they suddenly emerged from an egg case attached beneath a shelf.
BEIJING - Humanoid robots working on factory floors, AI models challenging global rivals and electric-vehicle plants churning out cars at breathtaking scale are drawing a new wave of foreign visitors to China.
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.
A critically endangered bird species in Mindoro has been captured on camera for the first time in two decades, the Center for Conservation Innovation said Thursday.
Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao says Bitcoin will hit $1 million much faster than 25 years as digital assets challenge traditional gold reserves.
Singapore’s central bank is proposing a complete ban on paying interest or yield on regulated stablecoins under new Payment Services Act amendments.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck Papua New Guinea on Thursday, according to German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).
The first time someone told me you could own gold on the blockchain, I didn’t quite believe it. It sounded like one of those crypto lines that’s just marketing, and nothing more than that So I did what I usually do when a claim seems too perfect. I opened a wallet and bought a t…
Cross-border payments are expected to reach US$290 trillion by 2030, but moving money across markets is still harder than it should be. Banks, wallets, cards, real-time payment systems, stablecoins and digital asset wallets are all growing. The challenge now is not adding more r…
Dyson has unveiled a new electric toothbrush with a built-in camera that can detect gaps between teeth and automatically direct a jet of mouthrinse to those areas.
SEON has partnered with Exist Software Labs, a Philippines-based technology and systems integration firm, giving Exist’s banking, fintech, payments and e-commerce clients access to SEON’s fraud prevention, identity verification and AML compliance technology. SEON described the p…
De La Salle University (DLSU) and GCash have launched the NextGen Tech Builders Program, an industry-designed fintech engineering elective bringing real-world technology practices into the university classroom. DLSU undergraduate students will get hands-on experience with the te…
The Philippine government is asking Meta to mandate PhilSys National ID verification on Facebook and Instagram to combat online crime and identity masking.
Security Bank has partnered with healthcare procurement platform Dr. Bidder to provide financing for medical equipment purchases in the Philippines. Healthcare providers using the Dr. Bidder platform can explore Security Bank’s financing options when investing in new equipment.…
Eight months after the Senate acted, the bill that would let Filipinos follow their own money is still waiting in the House
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