Aboitiz-led Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) is widely-known to have been trail blazing many firsts in the country since it began operations forty years ago. UnionBank has always been among the first to embrace technological innovations to empower its…
J.Amado Araneta Foundation (JAAF), the social development arm of the Araneta Group, proudly works with the Department of Education (DepEd) for the nationwide promotion of the Gateway Gallery Pocket Museum mobile app and SiningSaysay Augmented Reality. DepEd Memorandum 001, series…
In a bid to aid the victims of Typhoon Odette in their journey toward recovery, Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) recently deployed its “Bank on Wheels” (BOW) mobile banking facility in Cebu, to provide customers with easy access to…
Promoting democracy through responsible investment, PCX Founder and Chairperson Nanette Medved-Po joined a panel discussion at the US Department of State’s Summit for Democracy. Hosted by the President of the United States, Joe Biden, the Summit for Democracy serves as…
AXA Philippines, one of the country’s leading insurance providers, received certification as anexemplary workplace in 2021 by the Great Place to Work (GPTW) Institute, a global people analytics and consulting firm based in the U.S. that works with companies to…
Asti Business Services Inc. (ABSI) is proving to be a key player in the shared services industry just a year into its operations, with the recent acquisition of HCX Technology Partners Inc. from Ayala Corporation. The move is expected to…
Credit Information Corporation (CIC)—the country’s sole public credit registry and repository of credit information—is planning to enable the issuance of individual CIC Credit Reports through its Accessing Entities which are financial institutions authorized to access the CIC’s database. In a…
First Metro Investment Corporation, the investment banking arm of the Metrobank Group, won four awards in the 15th Annual Deal & Solution Awards organized by leading regional capital markets magazine Alpha Southeast Asia. The Bureau of the Treasury’s US$1.59 billion Retail…
The Philippine banking industry was not spared from the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic. Banks incurred major losses due to the economic slump caused by the lockdown from suffering loan defaults, to interest rate cuts, and deficits, among others. Despite these, the banking sector remained resilient…
PLDT, through its B2B arm PLDT Enterprise, and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have made connectivity more widely accessible to Filipinos in Ilocos Norte through the recently launched Smart WiFi in three of the region’s municipalities. Fast, reliable,…