It is no secret that the global economy struggled to stay afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic. To keep more and more individuals from getting infected, most, if not all countries, issued lockdown orders, and businesses both large and small were…
Credit Information Corporation (CIC), the country’s public credit registry and repository of credit information, recently issued changes to its requirements and guidelines to accommodate contactless and paperless registration of its submitting financial institutions. The entire process may now be done…
QBO Innovation Hub and Microsoft announce the three startups selected to participate in the “AQELERATION: B2B Startups Disrupting Industries” program: Steer: A no-code operations digitalization platform that helps companies transform the way they do business. Mayani: An agri-ecommerce and supply…
Gotianun-led EastWest Bank (EW) posted a net income of ₱3.8 billion in the first semester of 2021, normalizing from last year’s elevated level of ₱4.5 billion. The lower income was mainly due to lower loan revenues and trading gains. Return…
Asia Pacific digital trailblazer Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) has partnered with Hex Trust, Asia’s leading digital asset custodian, to pilot its digital asset custody service. The collaboration will start with Hex Trust providing digital asset custody as an…
The country’s biggest and oldest group of feed millers, the Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc. (PAFMI) celebrated its 70th founding anniversary with a discussion on the challenges that the organization faced in the past year as well as the…
Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank)raked in four international-scale awards at The Asian Banker Financial Technology Innovation Awards 2021 that took place last August 12 via Zoom, further proving the Bank’s status as one of the leading financial technology innovators…
After the successful opening of the initial leg of the FilVax nationwide vaccination program at the Festival Mall, Alabang, Muntinlupa City, EastWest continues its drive to get all of its employees and third-party hires protected from COVID-19 with the Central…
It takes tons of courage and dedication to forge ahead—much less expand—one’s business amid uncertain times as the pandemic disrupted industrial production worldwide. SteelAsia, despite being the country’s largest steel manufacturer, was not exempted from the economic uncertainty brought upon…
Gotianun-led EastWest makes an important step in the protection of all its employees and partners across the Philippines from COVID-19 with the launch of its parent company’s FilVax vaccination program. The vaccination program, which is coursed through Filinvest Development Corporation…