UnionBank Taught Filipinos to Open Accounts by Selfie. Its Next Customers Will Come Pre-Verified.
UnionBank pioneered app-only account opening in 2019 and won a 2026 award for it. The selfie flow is now table
Banking
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
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
BDO Digitized the Queue, Not the Branch
The Service Assist Machine took the paper slip out of the country’s biggest branch network. It did not take out
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
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
Tonik’s Solo Stash Still Wins on Rate. It Just Doesn’t Beat Inflation.
Tonik became the Philippines’ first profitable standalone digital bank in 2026. Its Solo Stash paid 4% in February and still
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
RCBC’s ₱100,000 Door Into Priority Banking
Hexagon Club promises exclusivity for the price of a used motorcycle. The bank’s own numbers on whether that bet paid
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,
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
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
UnionBank Taught Filipinos to Open Accounts by Selfie. Its Next Customers Will Come Pre-Verified.
UnionBank pioneered app-only account opening in 2019 and won a 2026 award for it. The selfie flow is now...
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...
BDO Digitized the Queue, Not the Branch
The Service Assist Machine took the paper slip out of the country’s biggest branch network. It did not take...
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....
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...
Tonik’s Solo Stash Still Wins on Rate. It Just Doesn’t Beat Inflation.
Tonik became the Philippines’ first profitable standalone digital bank in 2026. Its Solo Stash paid 4% in February and...
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....
RCBC’s ₱100,000 Door Into Priority Banking
Hexagon Club promises exclusivity for the price of a used motorcycle. The bank’s own numbers on whether that bet...
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...
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...
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...
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