As it continues to pave the way for giving financial inclusion for all Filipinos, GCash enters its era of financial progress with tapping Heart Evangelista-Escudero as its endorser. The partnership kicked off last February 7 with the live filming of the first episode of GCash Spotlight featuring Heart and Boy Abunda as host. Set to […]
As it strengthens its drive on financial education, Metrobank announces its official e-book with Moneybility. The comprehensive e-book has a collection of money management topics that gets updated depending on current market conditions. It is also interactive as well, featuring multimedia slides and various tools like quizzes, money tracker, and calculator to help Filipinos understand […]
President Duterte signed a bill that will give further protection to financial consumers, including protection against cybercrime committed by financial entities. Republic Act No. 11765 or the “Financial Products and Services Consumer Protection Act”, signed by Duterte on May 6, recognizes that the state must implement measures to protect consumer rights such as the right […]
To complement its existing ING mobile app, ING expands into the payment space with ING Pay. Expanding the features of ING’s seamless Save digital bank account, ING Pay aims to give customers added flexibility in paying for their bills and other essentials safely. Like its digital bank accounts, topping up ING Pay is done using […]
Despite 2020 being a lackluster year due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Huawei managed to generate profit in its businesses, as indicated in its 1H 2020 financial report. In the said report, the Chinese tech giant generated CNY 454 billion in revenue, which translates to a 13% year-on-year increase and a 9.2% net […]
Financial Aid Going the Cashless Route PayMaya has been one of the companies leading the charge towards making the Philippines a cashless society. With the current pandemic, they’ve also helped raise almost Php 8 million with the #OneAgainstCovid initiative and they’ve also recently launched an app that helps small businesses accept safe and contactless payments. […]
Q4 2019 is the brand’s best-performing quarter Xiaomi recently released its 2019 financial report with positive results. With a total revenue of CNY 205.8 billion(~$29.1 billion), Xiaomi attained a record-setting 17.7% year-on-year growth. Q4 2019 is the Chinese tech giant’s best performing quarter, scoring a net profit of CNY 11.5 billion with a 34.8% year-on-year […]
The US ban did not completely affect Huawei Despite all the brouhaha Huawei is facing with the Trump administration, the Chinese tech brand’s overall revenue remains unscathed. In its 3Q 2019 financial report, Huawei said that it has generated CNY 610.8 billion in revenue, which is a 24.4% increase year-on-year and resulted in an 8.7% […]
LG’s phones just ain’t getting any love LG’s mobile division is yet in another hole as the company’s fourth quarter financial results have been made public today. The mobile division may have made $2.77 billion in revenues, but it still took a hit of around $192.33 million in losses. While that’s bad, it’s better than […]
Steps to Financial Peace Conference Most of the time we end up buying tons of stuff that we can’t really afford. We keep buying the latest smartphone, tablet, game, car, or TV and suddenly we find ourselves already at 35 years old without any savings. Sad to say this is the situation of a lot […]
Thanks to everyone who joined the giveaway and of course to Randell Tiongson for giving us slots to raffle away here at Unbox. Here are the four winners from the raffle together with their advice for saving and growing money: Stacy Lyn Liong: Always have a financial plan on a long term basis. Have some […]
With all the nice gadgets and stuff that are being released regularly it’s hard to actually keep yourself from spending. That’s why we at Unbox were very happy when we were given by the organizers of the upcoming “Steps to Financial Peace” seminar a few tickets (worth Php2,500) to share with you guys! Up for […]