The onset of the pandemic has led to increased demand for digital banking options across customer income groups around the world. We’ve seen how digital banks like Zolve and Nubank have raised money …
South African digital bank TymeBank lands $109M from UK and Philippines investors
The onset of the pandemic has led to increased demand for digital banking options across customer income groups around the world. We’ve seen how digital banks like Zolve and Nubank have raised money …
Element Announces Country Directors of Indonesia and the Philippines
Element, Inc., the privacy-led, modern AI pioneer in digital identity services, announced the appointment of its new Country Director of Indonesia, Ardelia Apti, and Country Director of the …
Legal gender equality slips in the Philippines
LEGAL GENDER EQUALITY in the Philippines regressed as no new reforms were implemented since late 2019, a World Bank study showed. The World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law (WBL) 2021 report, which …
Philippines army says nine women arrested over bomb plots
Nine women suspected of plotting to blow up military targets in the restive southern Philippines have been arrested, the army said Tuesday.Security forces …
More women hold top spots in Philippine firms
Almost half of senior leadership positions in mid-market businesses in the Philippines are now held by women, the highest proportion among the 29 large economies surveyed annually by global …
Holcim Philippines names new president, CEO
HOLCIM Philippines, Inc. has appointed Horia Ciprian Adrian as president and chief executive officer of the listed cement manufacturer in a move which he described as an honor after his predecessor’s …
Philippines offers nurses in exchange for Covid-19 vaccines from Britain, Germany
The Philippines will let thousands of its healthcare workers, mostly nurses, take up jobs in Britain and Germany if the two countries agree to donate coronavirus vaccines, a senior official said on …
DICT adopts framework for Philippines’ digital readiness
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has adopted a framework that outlines measures designed to improve the Philippines’ digital readiness, including the installation of …
Philippines offers nurses to UK in return for Covid vaccines
The Philippines has offered to allow thousands of nurses and other health workers to work in the UK and Germany if the European nations send it much-needed Covid-19 vaccines. Manila, which is dealing …