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
Saladin Sold 10 Million Tiny Policies. Its Next Bet Runs on Commission.
Vietnam’s best-known insurtech built its name on parcel cover and motorbike policies sold inside other people’s apps. Its new money
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
Manulife Raised Its Guarantee. The Market Raised Its Faster.
Manulife Philippines is selling its fourth edition of Wealth Guarantee in 22 months, now with a 5% guaranteed payout. 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 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
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,
Sun Life Skipped the Checkup. It Kept the Sales Call.
EasyLink Protect removes the medical exam and the paperwork from buying life insurance in the Philippines. It does not remove
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
The Old Data Behind Southeast Asia’s New Insurtech Winners
A close read of how PasarPolis, Igloo, bolttech, Qoala, GCash, Grab, and a farmer cooperative called CLIMBS turned checkout screens,
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...
Saladin Sold 10 Million Tiny Policies. Its Next Bet Runs on Commission.
Vietnam’s best-known insurtech built its name on parcel cover and motorbike policies sold inside other people’s apps. Its new...
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...
Manulife Raised Its Guarantee. The Market Raised Its Faster.
Manulife Philippines is selling its fourth edition of Wealth Guarantee in 22 months, now with a 5% guaranteed payout....
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...
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...
Sun Life Skipped the Checkup. It Kept the Sales Call.
EasyLink Protect removes the medical exam and the paperwork from buying life insurance in the Philippines. It does not...
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...
The Old Data Behind Southeast Asia’s New Insurtech Winners
A close read of how PasarPolis, Igloo, bolttech, Qoala, GCash, Grab, and a farmer cooperative called CLIMBS turned checkout...
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