Global tech through a Filipino lens. What it means for PH founders, always.
A Kickstart Ventures and DealStreetAsia report says Philippine startup funding more than doubled to about $81 million in H1 2026, yet deal count fell to seven. Fintech took most of the money.
After an October 2 meeting between Trade Secretary Cristina Roque and Revolut in London, the DTI said the UK fintech…
A September 7 BSP draft circular proposes a 12-month freeze on new payment-operator registrations, direct-only banking relationships for crypto platforms,…
Mynt's SEC-approved P92.32-billion IPO is the first to use a new lower public-float rule for mega-issuers, while bankers now say…
Weeks before Mynt's record-setting IPO, GCash's own CTOO laid out exactly where AI is and isn't allowed to make the…
The Philippines just got real numbers behind Pax Silica: a 1,620-hectare AI and chip manufacturing zone in Clark, a 30-year…
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has spent months unable to commit to a timeline for approving any of the three…
The NPC's draft overhaul of the Philippines' Privacy Impact Assessment rules exempts most routine data processing from mandatory review —…
Kita, an AI credit-assessment startup co-founded by a Manila-born Stanford graduate, raised a $4.5 million seed round backed by Tala…
DICT and the Civil Service Commission issued the Philippines' first government-wide AI governance framework on June 9, 2026 — and…
PEZA's July board approvals fell nearly 40% year-on-year even as the seven-month total surged past P151 billion — a split…
BSP upgraded MariBank Philippines to a full digital bank license this month, making Shopee parent Sea Limited the seventh operator…