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Jan 24 2021 
PayMaya increases touchpoints in PHL
Financial technology (fintech) player PayMaya claimed on Sunday it now has “the largest footprint of financial transactions nationwide,” as it expands its touchpoints to over 200,000 — even larger than that of all Philippine banks combined.
Shailesh Baidwan, President of PayMaya, said these touchpoints enable the 28 million PayMaya users to pay, add money, cash out,…
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Jan 24 2021 
Bicameral committee may be hard-pressed to meet deadline for key tax bill
THE bicameral session on a key tax reform bill continues to be subject to negotiations by the delegations sent by both chambers of Congress, with a key legislator suggesting that both chambers may be hard-pressed to meet a self-imposed January deadline for approving it.
Representative Jose María Clemente S. Salceda said in a message to BusinessWorld Sunday that…
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Jan 24 2021 
NEDA board approves updated economic blueprint for next 2 years
THE NATIONAL Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) board, chaired by President Rodrigo R. Duterte, has approved the country’s medium-term economic development blueprint which was updated to consider the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
“The Updated Philippine Development Plan (PDP) has been approved by the NEDA board on Jan. 7, after the majority of…
