Online Loans PH: Be Careful Of Loan Sharks And Scams

These days, it’s not uncommon to be a little short on funds for important situations. That’s why people become desperate to borrow a huge amount of money right away. Traditional borrowing methods can be cumbersome, so others resort to platforms for online loans in the PH as an alternative. Even if the interest rates do […]

Deliks Yan: DOTr Questioned For Pursuing Chinese Loans

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) found themselves in the hot seat when the Senators questioned their decision to continue pursuing Chinese loans, even though Japan offers better loan terms.  DOTr recently requested the Department of Finance to resubmit the loan applications to China for the funding of three railway projects: the PNR South Long Haul […]

World Bank Cancels Loans for Metro Manila BRT Project

The Metro Manila BRT project is officially canceled. Three years after agreeing to finance the project, the World Bank has decided to call off the project. According to local media reports, the World Bank saw little to no progress with the project despite having only six months left before its deadline. Therefore, “an extension cannot […]

LandBank Is Allowing Students To Take Loans For Learning

  Landbank is rolling out its student gadget loan program which allows qualified students to take out personal loans to purchase gadgets for online learning purposes. The program comes from an expanded Interim Students’ Loan for Tuitions towards Upliftment of Education for the Development of the Youth or I-STUDY Program, which allows any student of […]

Pag-IBIG Fund Is Offering A Three-month Moratorium On All Loans

One less thing to worry about The Pag-IBIG fund is the latest corporation that is lending a hand to ordinary Filipinos that are affected by the enhanced community quarantine of Metro Manila. It has just announced that it’s extending a three-month moratorium to its member-borrowers to aid in the government’s fight to halt the spread […]

Lola Nidora Continues #DreamKo Advice on Twitter for BPI Loans

Lola Nidora Returns for BPI Loans Around 3 weeks ago BPI Loans tapped Wally Bayola’s Lola Nidora character in Eat Bulaga’s Kalyeserye for their #DreamKo Twitter Campaign. They released a couple of videos of Lola Nidora giving advice which were then used as replies to people who were tweeting with the hashtag #DreamKo. Last week […]

Angkas to Challenge Grab with Angcars TNVS Service

Angkas has ambitious plans for 2024. Aside from being viral for its witty and timely social media posts, the home-grown motorcycle taxi app is looking to expand its services–and Angkas is thinking that Angcars might be a good alternative to other 4-wheel ride-hailing services like Grab and JoyRide SuperTaxi. READ MORE: JoyRide Challenges Grab with […]

GoTyme and PayMongo Aim to Simplify Financing for SMEs

Acknowledging the growing needs of SMEs in the Philippines, GoTyme and PayMongo team up for a simplified financing system that allows small businesses to loan up to Php 500,000 using GoTyme’s banking services. Called PayMongo Capital powered by GoTyme Bank, their financing program aims to streamline the loan application process through a two-screen, two-minute journey […]

6 Affordable Gadgets You Can Get with Home Credit

With the school year recently opening and students returning to school, having a decent and efficient school-related gadget is a definite must-have for any student to aid them with their daily schoolwork. A variety of specifications and uses are usually considered by buyers–especially since they usually look at durability and efficiency when purchasing gadgets like […]

Goodbye Scammers: GCash Partners with PNP Anti-cybercrime Unit

GCash and Fuse Make Lending More Accessible with GLoan Sakto

To further expand its line of lending products in the app and to make it more accessible to all of its users, GCash and Fuse Lending introduces Sakto Loans. It is nano loan product that enables users to borrow small amounts as “pambale” and having easy access to it without the need for unnecessary paperwork. […]

Maya Wins Best Consumer Digital Bank, App in the Philippines

Fintech platform Maya continues to get recognized for its efforts, as it recently won three awards at the Retail Banking Awards 2023 and at the World’s Best Consumer Digital Bank Awards 2023. Maya’s recognition with the latter is significant, as was named Best Consumer Digital Bank and Best Mobile Banking App in the Philippines. For […]

Packworks Utilizes AI to Aid Sari-Sari Store Operations

With AI having unlimited potential in helping businesses at this point, local startup Packworks is making use of AI to aid sari-sari stores with their day-to-day operations. In the case of Packworks, they are using time series forecasting to capitalize on the company’s large and robust data on sari-sari store transactions to analyze and predict […]