#StartupPH news
January, February & March 2019
- Bank of the Philippine Islands and IBM sign $260M multi-year services agreement for digital overhaul
- Japan’s Atom Solutions fintech firm partners Philippines’ Bayad Center outsourced payment solutions company to allow users to pay utility bills with token
- 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
- The Philippine Innovation Act and Innovative Startup Act introduced to ease doing business for MSMEs and startups in the country
- Major Philippines bank launches country’s first two-way virtual currency ATM
- Indonesia’s Dana Cita student loan platform startup enters the Philippines
- Philippines: Saphron insurtech startup secures $1M aiming for financial inclusion for SE Asia
- Philippines’ Coins blockchain mobile wallet backed by Go-Jek in partnership with Go-Pay payments platform
- Philippines: GCash mobile wallet partners Qwikwire cross-border payments platform to innovate local real estate transactions
- Philippines: FlySpaces ‘AirBnB for office space’ startup acquires HK rival Quikspaces
- Philippines: 3 government agencies sign MOU to promote and assist startups over 5 years
- Philippines: SendFriend remittance service raises $1.7M from MIT Media Lab, Barclays, Mastercard Foundation, Ripple, Techstars and others
- Philippines: Jojo delivery app startup connects shippers with transporters already heading in the right direction
- Philippines: An intro to Educredit and SocialLight social impact startups
- 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
- Philippines: Saphron insurtech startup raises US$1M
- Philippines: Revolution Precrafted wins Startup of the Year in ASEAN Rice Bowl Startup Awards
