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Blockchain Startups Growing in Philippines
A “new mode of collaboration” or “new business collaboration tool“. These are probably the most generic definitions given to blockchain, the technology behind the first decentralized cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Thanks to Harvard Business Review, and Computerworld for putting it into layman’s
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Top 5 Fintech Philippines News of the Week (CW 4)
Fintechnews.PH picks every Friday for you the top 5 Fintech Philippines News of the week: Here we go: SM Store, PayMaya to Transform Retail Industry with Cashless Payments The SM Store and PayMaya Philippines are once again redefining the
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Top 5 Fintech Philippines News of the Week (CW 2)
Fintechnews.PH picks every Friday for you the top 5 Fintech Philippines News of the week: Here we go: City of San Fernando, DBP launch e-Payment Portal Paying business permits and licenses just got easier for Fernandinos, as the Development
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Top 5 Fintech Philippines News of the Week (CW 50)
Fintechnews.PH picks every Friday for you the top 5 Fintech Philippines News of the week: Here we go: Coins.ph Contemplates Rolling out SegWit Support and Enabling Bitcoin Cash Transactions All Bitcoin service providers struggle with the world’s leading cryptocurrency
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10 Fast Growing Fintechs in Philippines
IDC Financial Insights unveiled a list of 10 fast growing fintechs in the Philippines, part of the broader FinTech 101 list for Asia/Pacific. “IDC’s FinTech Fast 101” refers to the fast-growing fintech players in Asia/Pacific based on extensive on-ground analysis
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Top 10 Money Transfer Apps in Asia
For many developing countries in the world, remittances play a key role in their economies, contributing to economic growth and to the livelihoods of those nations. In 2016, more than US$440 billion went to developing countries that involved 250 million
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Latest Blockchain Fundings in Southeast Asia
Blockchain startups have raised about US$358 million in venture capital in 2017 so far, with much of this sum going towards North American and European startups. Meanwhile, initial coin offerings (ICOs) raised nearly four times more, or about US$1.3 billion.
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5 Recent Fintech Startup Fundings in Southeast Asia
In 2016, deals to venture-backed Southeast Asian fintech startups rose 29% from 55 in 2015 to 71 in 2016. Meanwhile, dollars fell 12% from US$177 million in 2015 to US$158 billion in 2016 as deal growth was largely driven by
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Blockchain to Bring Financial Inclusion, Provide Low-Cost Financial Services
Blockchain technology has the potential to bring financial inclusion to the world’s 2 billion unbanked by providing low-cost banking and financial services, reducing risk and enhancing financial innovation. Blockchain technology refers to a protocol that allows peer-to-peer transfer of assets
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The Philippines is Now Connected to Stellar
Today, you can send money to anyone in the Philippines over the Stellar network–for “free”. In your favorite Stellar wallet you can create a payment to [any phone number in the Philippines]*coins.asia with the amount of Filipino pesos you want
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