February 2019
#StartupPH
- Philippines: Drones considered as a way to boost farming, around how seeds are planted, how fertilisers and pesticides are applied, and how crops are monitored
- Major Philippines bank launches country’s first two-way virtual currency ATM
- Philippines: GCash mobile wallet partners Qwikwire cross-border payments platform to innovate local real estate transactions
- Philippines: SendFriend remittance service raises $1.7M from MIT Media Lab, Barclays, Mastercard Foundation, Ripple, Techstars and others
- Japan’s Atom Solutions fintech firm partners Philippines’ Bayad Center outsourced payment solutions company to allow users to pay utility bills with token
- Philippines: Revolution Precrafted wins Startup of the Year in ASEAN Rice Bowl Startup Awards
- The Philippine Innovation Act and Innovative Startup Act introduced to ease doing business for MSMEs and startups in the country
- Philippines: Ticket2Me blockchain-enabled ticketing startup raises $350K in seed funding
- Philippines: An intro to Taxumo, business registration and tax filing and payment platform aimed at SMEs and freelancers
