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MANILA, Philippines – The country’s largest organization of financial technology (fintech) companies expressed support to proposals to transfer the oversight of online lending firms to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).It added that the a shift could bring tighter supervision to…

Bayad has introduced a new payment service that allows any Meralco customers to settle disconnected utility accounts across more than 500 physical centres nationwide.
Any disconnected Meralco payment can now be processed through Bayad rather than requiring a direct visit to a utility branch.

This…

Filipino consumers and small businesses will soon have faster access to global cross-border money transfers following a new partnership between Visa and the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI).
According to a recent announcement by Visa, the two companies are rolling out Visa Direct to enable…

Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC)’s Executive Vice President and Chief Innovations, Lito Villanueva, laid out proposals in accelerating regional digital finance during the ASEAN-BAC–APEC Business Advisory Council Philippines Annual Asia-Pacific Financial Forum (APFF) Southeast Asia last April 8, 2026 at…

Home Credit Philippines has joined LenderLink’s real-time credit data exchange platform to strengthen its credit assessment capabilities.The move allows millions of borrowers to demonstrate their creditworthiness across the lending ecosystem.

Home Credit’s participation brings one of the country’s largest consumer finance…

Netbank has secured Series B funding led by Altara Ventures to expand its licensed banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform in the Philippines.The undisclosed round included full participation from existing investors BeeNext, Kaya Founders, January Capital, Oak Drive Ventures, and Boleh Ventures.Netbank operates…

Philippines’ Salmon Group has raised US$100 million in funding through equity and bonds to strengthen its banking unit and expand lending, according to DealStreetAsia.The package includes US$60 million in equity and a US$40 million public bond under Salmon’s Nordic bond programme, priced at…

Ant International, International Finance Corp. (IFC), and GCash are developing a Sustainability Impact Scorecard. The GCash MSME sustainability scorecard will make it easier for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to track their environmental and social impact, easily adopt sustainability…

Skyro has expanded its payment network through a partnership with ECPay, allowing customers to settle their loans using only their mobile numbers.The integration connects Skyro customers to ECPay’s network of over 462,000 over-the-counter locations, 90 digital touchpoints, and 16,000 kiosks…

For most people, payment systems remain invisible until something goes wrong.
Yet behind every digital transfer, securities settlement, and interbank payment sits a core infrastructure designed to move money safely and predictably.
In the Philippines, that infrastructure takes the form of the…