A $10-Billion AI Hub Is Taking Shape Near Clark, Backed By Washington
A US-backed plan to build an artificial intelligence supply-chain hub near the old Clark Air Base could draw an initial…
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Southeast Asia’s AI Rules Are Hardening, But the Philippines Is Still Writing Its Playbook
Vietnam became the first Southeast Asian country to pass a binding AI law in 2026, and Singapore rolled out the…
The Philippines’ Startup Funding Gap Isn’t About Capital Anymore. It’s About Where It Lands.
Philippine startup funding is technically climbing, but almost every peso and dollar of it still lands in Metro Manila, leaving…
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…
Same Region, Four Different Funding Realities: What Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore Do Differently From the Philippines
The Philippines' funding gap isn't just about where capital lands domestically, it's about four structural levers, deal density, regulatory friction,…
The Philippines Just Reopened the Door to New Online Lending Apps. This Time With Real Teeth.
The SEC will lift its nearly five-year moratorium on new online lending platforms starting August 1, but the replacement rules…
The Philippines’ $42-Billion BPO Industry Is Betting AI Creates Jobs, Not Just Cuts Them
More than half of Philippine BPO companies are now integrating AI, and the industry's workforce grew rather than shrank through…
The Philippine SEC Says It’s Ready to Let OFWs Buy Tokenized Real Estate and US Stocks
The Philippine SEC says it now has the legal and regulatory footing to oversee tokenized real estate and US equity…
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…
The Philippines Just Made AI Data Centers a National Investment Priority. The Building Has Already Started.
President Marcos signed the 2026 Strategic Investment Priority Plan placing AI and data centers in the government's top incentive tier,…