Philippines

Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are broadly categorized under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

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Filipino Payments Firm PayMongo Raises $31M
Filipino Payments Firm PayMongo Raises $31M
February 22, 2022  |  Investments

Online B2B payments firm PayMongo has raised $31 million in a Series B funding round led by JAM Fund, a venture capital firm led by...

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Lawmaker Urges Philippines Central Bank to Push for Lower Fees
Lawmaker Urges Philippines Central Bank to Push for Lower Fees
February 18, 2022  |  Digital Banking

Philippines’ Sen. Grace Poe is turning to the country’s central bank to request that it help appeal to financial institutions to lower digital and eWallet...

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Voyager Innovations Could Look to Raise as Much as $200M
Voyager Innovations Could Look to Raise as Much as $200M
February 15, 2022  |  Investments

Voyager Innovations, owner of the FinTech PayMaya, could be on the hunt for additional funding in the range of $150 million to $200 million, Bloomberg...

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Marqeta Adds Singapore, Philippines, Thailand to Its Global Customer Base
Marqeta Adds Singapore, Philippines, Thailand to Its Global Customer Base
January 27, 2022  |  International

Card issuer Marqeta’s payments platform is now certified in 39 countries after it added Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand, giving the company a foothold in...

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Philippines’ B2B Platform GrowSari Raises $45M From KKR
Philippines’ B2B Platform GrowSari Raises $45M From KKR
January 26, 2022  |  Investments

Business-to-business (B2B) platform GrowSari raised $45 million from global investment firm KKR in an extended, oversubscribed Series C funding round, according to a press release...

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AFG Expands into the Philippines with JazzPay Acquisition  
AFG Expands into the Philippines with JazzPay Acquisition  
January 06, 2022  |  News

ASEAN Fintech Group (AFG), the Singapore-based venture capital company, has acquired JazzyPay, the digital payments provider valued at $1.8 million, AFG announced on Thursday (Jan....

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Philippines Targets 50% Digital Payments By 2023 
Philippines Targets 50% Digital Payments By 2023 
December 28, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno on Tuesday (Dec. 28) once again expressed confidence that half of all retail payments across the...

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Philippines Central Bank Exploring Regional Payment Network
Philippines Central Bank Exploring Regional Payment Network
November 12, 2021  |  International

Philippine central bank Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is looking into creating a cross-border payment network across Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, according to an ABS-CBN...

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Filipino FinTech Mynt Nets $300M in Funding on $2B Valuation
Filipino FinTech Mynt Nets $300M in Funding on $2B Valuation
November 01, 2021  |  Investments

Mynt, a digital financial solutions provider based in the Philippines, which puts out the Gcash payment services app, has raised $300 million in a funding...

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