MariBank Reads Your Shopee Cart. Its Loans Are Heading Where Shopee Can’t See.
Shopee’s purchase history lets MariBank lend to Filipinos with no credit file before they even ask. Sea’s newest loans are
AI & Data in Financial Services
Maya Kept the Smart Padala Counter. It Closed the Padala.
On March 17, 2026, Maya Center stopped offering remittance. That was the service its agent network was built on. Its
GCash’s Face Scan Proves Who You Are. It Can’t Prove You Weren’t Tricked.
GCash has spent three years pushing selfie checks deeper into its app. The move answers the regulator and the IPO
GCash Built Its AI Money Coach in the Wrong Tab
Pera Coach is free, speaks several Philippine languages, and was built with Microsoft’s support. It also lives where GCash sells
Igloo Is Selling Insurers Speed. Turbo Was Built to Fix Igloo’s Margins.
Igloo pitches Turbo, its no-code insurance core, as a way for insurers to launch products in days. Its own filings
DBS Didn’t Tokenise Gold for Gold Buyers
Singapore savers could already buy gold on a banking app at any hour, from a third of a gram. DBS’s
PBCOM Fixed Its Core Banking System. Its App Still Gets 3.3 Stars.
A record profit year at the Philippines’ 17th-largest bank was won at the branch counter and the corporate lending desk,
Xendit Just Bought the Slowest Payment Method in the Philippines
Five years after quietly investing in a 16-year-old cash-payment gateway, Xendit finally folded it in. The deal reveals more about
Visa Doesn’t Want Your Business. It Wants to Be Underneath It.
In eight months, Visa Direct got wired into GCash, RCBC, and BPI, three competitors who now share the same invisible
Security Bank Picked the Cheaper Problem to Solve
Its unsecured Business Express Loan beats paying a compliance penalty. It isn’t the product that closes the ₱971.5-billion gap the
Chinabank Was a Niche Bank Before “Niche Banking” Had a Name
Its new business app digitizes checks instead of killing them. That’s a sharper read of its own customers than most
Ryt AI Gets Used. Its “Built by Malaysians” Story Isn’t as Clean.
Ryt Bank’s in-house assistant, Ryt AI, logged more than 10 million interactions in its first year and drives real repeat
MariBank Reads Your Shopee Cart. Its Loans Are Heading Where Shopee Can’t See.
Shopee’s purchase history lets MariBank lend to Filipinos with no credit file before they even ask. Sea’s newest loans...
Maya Kept the Smart Padala Counter. It Closed the Padala.
On March 17, 2026, Maya Center stopped offering remittance. That was the service its agent network was built on....
GCash’s Face Scan Proves Who You Are. It Can’t Prove You Weren’t Tricked.
GCash has spent three years pushing selfie checks deeper into its app. The move answers the regulator and the...
GCash Built Its AI Money Coach in the Wrong Tab
Pera Coach is free, speaks several Philippine languages, and was built with Microsoft’s support. It also lives where GCash...
Igloo Is Selling Insurers Speed. Turbo Was Built to Fix Igloo’s Margins.
Igloo pitches Turbo, its no-code insurance core, as a way for insurers to launch products in days. Its own...
DBS Didn’t Tokenise Gold for Gold Buyers
Singapore savers could already buy gold on a banking app at any hour, from a third of a gram....
PBCOM Fixed Its Core Banking System. Its App Still Gets 3.3 Stars.
A record profit year at the Philippines’ 17th-largest bank was won at the branch counter and the corporate lending...
Xendit Just Bought the Slowest Payment Method in the Philippines
Five years after quietly investing in a 16-year-old cash-payment gateway, Xendit finally folded it in. The deal reveals more...
Visa Doesn’t Want Your Business. It Wants to Be Underneath It.
In eight months, Visa Direct got wired into GCash, RCBC, and BPI, three competitors who now share the same...
Security Bank Picked the Cheaper Problem to Solve
Its unsecured Business Express Loan beats paying a compliance penalty. It isn’t the product that closes the ₱971.5-billion gap...
Chinabank Was a Niche Bank Before “Niche Banking” Had a Name
Its new business app digitizes checks instead of killing them. That’s a sharper read of its own customers than...
Ryt AI Gets Used. Its “Built by Malaysians” Story Isn’t as Clean.
Ryt Bank’s in-house assistant, Ryt AI, logged more than 10 million interactions in its first year and drives real...
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