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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 […]

Shopee’s purchase history lets MariBank lend to Filipinos with no credit file before they even ask. Sea’s newest loans are […]

On March 17, 2026, Maya Center stopped offering remittance. That was the service its agent network was built on. Its […]

Vietnam’s best-known insurtech built its name on parcel cover and motorbike policies sold inside other people’s apps. Its new money […]

The Service Assist Machine took the paper slip out of the country’s biggest branch network. It did not take out […]

GCash has spent three years pushing selfie checks deeper into its app. The move answers the regulator and the IPO […]

Manulife Philippines is selling its fourth edition of Wealth Guarantee in 22 months, now with a 5% guaranteed payout. The […]

Pera Coach is free, speaks several Philippine languages, and was built with Microsoft’s support. It also lives where GCash sells […]

Igloo pitches Turbo, its no-code insurance core, as a way for insurers to launch products in days. Its own filings […]

Tonik became the Philippines’ first profitable standalone digital bank in 2026. Its Solo Stash paid 4% in February and still […]

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