GCash’s Own Tech Chief Just Drew the Line on What AI Doesn’t Get to Decide
Weeks before Mynt's record-setting IPO, GCash's own CTOO laid out exactly where AI is and isn't allowed to make the…
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Three Companies Applied for a Philippine Digital Bank License in 2025. Almost a Year Later, the Central Bank Still Won’t Say Yes to Any of Them.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has spent months unable to commit to a timeline for approving any of the three…
The Philippines Just Blew Past Its 2028 Digital Payments Target — Three Years Early. The Reason Has Almost Nothing to Do With Apps.
Digital payments hit 64.7% of Philippine retail transaction volume in 2025, clearing the BSP's 60-70% target three years before its…
BPI Is Quietly Running the Philippines’ Most Consequential Stablecoin Experiment Yet
BPI has partnered with clearinghouse Meridian to pilot stablecoin-based settlement for OFW and freelancer remittances, with a full rollout targeted…
MariBank’s Digital Bank Upgrade Leaves Just Three Slots in the Philippines’ Race
BSP upgraded MariBank Philippines to a full digital bank license this month, making Shopee parent Sea Limited the seventh operator…
BSP Is Quietly Rewriting the Rules for Every Digital Bank and E-Wallet in the Philippines
The central bank is forcing every supervised bank and e-wallet to kill SMS and email one-time passwords by the end…
BSP Just Banned Privacy Coins From Every Licensed Philippine Crypto Platform
A new BSP memorandum bars every licensed Philippine crypto platform from listing privacy-focused tokens and imposes a six-pillar due diligence…
Tonik Just Did What GCash and Maya Haven’t: Turn a Profit as a Pure Digital Bank
Tonik became the first standalone digital bank in the Philippines to reach cash-flow profitability in Q1 2026, a milestone GCash…