The Philippine National Railway (PNR) Bicol Project will soon be underway after the Department of Transportation (DOTr) signed the contract for the project’s first phase with a China development group. The Php 142 billion contract was signed and finalized with the China Railway Group Ltd., China Railway No. 3 Engineering Group Co. Ltd., and China […]
Budol is real and while there are many ways to pay for our online purchases, there are compelling reasons to choose ShopeePay. Exclusive Deals While there are significant discounts and price cuts on many products during Shopee’s 11.11 Big Christmas Sale, there are deals that are exclusive to those using ShopeePay. To begin with, you […]
After NPC ordered four online lending apps to be shut down a few months ago, the SEC for their part imposed a moratorium on the registration of new online lending apps. Aside from privacy risks, SEC explained that they stopped accepting applications as some online lending apps engage in abusive practices like shaming borrowers by […]
A week after the National Privacy Commission (NPC) ordered the shut down of the four lending apps it has flagged, it seems that the four apps–namely JuanHand, Lemon Loan, CashJeep, and Pesopop–are no longer available for download at the Google Play Store. We searched for the four lending apps on Google Play Store to verify, […]
The idea of buying a used car that’s still being paid for by the original owner isn’t new. “Assume balance” or “pasalo” sales have been around since, well, car loans have been around, but it’s become more common because of the pandemic and the economic downturn that came with it. And since our economy has […]
The Philippine Statistics Authority is officially launching the National ID Registration online portal next month. Right now there are around 28 million Filipinos pre-registered applicants ready for the second phase of the ID roll-out. The first phase of the National ID registration involved door-to-door collection of information from heads of low-income households. Pre-registered applicants are now […]
If you’re a student looking for a way to fund an online learning gadget, one possible way is through the InvestEd X Lazada Student Gadget loan. InvestEd, a student loan company in the Philippines is one of Lazada’s loan partners who specifically aids students in purchasing gadgets for their studies. Compared to other Student gadget […]
Meet the DiskarTech App Loan Marketplace, a place where general consumers such as overseas Filipino workers, seafarers, and working professionals can find a loan that fits their specific needs. The Rizal Commercial Banking Corp.’s (RCBC) owned digital banking app, DiskarTech will start offering loans starting next month through this new feature. For its initial offering, […]
In case you missed it, LandBank has a gadget loan program for the purchase of gadgets to be used for online learning purposes. This gadget loan is part of LandBank’s I-STUDY program, which aims to extend financial assistance to less fortunate students via loans that their parents, guardians, or benefactors take on. They have recently […]
As a follow-up to reports of Huawei planning to offload HONOR’s smartphone business last month, a new exclusive report from Reuters reveals that Huawei will sell HONOR’s smartphone division for CNY 100 Billion (~$15 Billion) to handset distributor Digital China and the Shenzhen government. The move is part of Huawei’s plans following the implementation of […]
The pandemic has forced many of us to rethink how we live, work, and study. Because of health and safety restrictions as well as mandates from the Department of Education, many students have had to quickly adapt to a new way of teaching and learning. But not every teacher has made the transition smoothly, and […]
Since setting foot in the Philippines in December 2018, CIMB Bank Philippines’s main objective is to provide Filipinos the financial freedom for better opportunities through better and smarter choices when it comes to their banking needs. Since then, CIMB Bank has provided innovative solutions for Filipinos to be able to open a bank account digitally […]