Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Generali Philippines taps Globe Business Cloud to scale digital services

Facing a heightened demand for its insurance services, Generali Life Assurance Philippines Inc. (GLAPI) tapped into the power of Cloud through Globe Business to prime its business capabilities for rapid growth amidst the increasing consumer appetite for digital services.

GLAPI engaged Globe Business and Cascadeo, Globe’s Cloud Professional and Managed Services delivery arm, to help migrate its digital business operations to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and maximize the Cloud architecture that would enable the company to ramp up the services available on its website.

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Globe Business to Filipino SMEs: Tuloy Tayo!

Empowering businesses to forge ahead fearlessly into the digital future

Every business that has survived and beaten the pandemic odds carries an inspiring story of creativity, grit, and resilience worthy of recognition.

By capturing and telling these stories, Globe Business honors the local micro, small and medium business owners through this year’s Saludo SMEs campaign, cheering them on with the message “Through The Changing Times, Tuloy Tayo!”, and supporting them as a trusted partner does so that they can confidently move their business forward.

Monday, June 28, 2021

Experience safe, secure, and convenient shopping with EastWest Visa Cards’ contactless feature

As the banking needs of consumers continue to evolve amid this digital, contactless era, universal bank EastWest and American multinational financial services corporation VISA, constantly look for ways to provide safe and convenient payment methods for their customers. As advocates of cybersecurity, EastWest and VISA aim to protect customers from scams like cloning and skimming, as well as COVID-19 and other viruses transmissible from exchanges of high-contact items like ballpens, money, and credit cards.

With the EastWest Visa credit and debit cards’ contactless feature, Cardholders experience fast, easy, and secure way to pay for everyday purchases.  Cardholders can also be assured of safety from some card scams. Contactless payments are protected by multiple layers of security and accepted by merchants across the country. For every transaction, a one-time code is created which secures the cardholder’s payment information. And since it is transaction-specific, the code cannot be re-used by fraudsters if they are somehow able to get ahold of it.

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Instant Reloading of Autosweep and Easytrip Toll RFIDs is Now Available via PSBank Mobile!

PSBank made the instant and hassle-free reloading of Autosweep and Easytrip Toll RFIDs available via the PSBank Mobile App.

With the PSBank Mobile Toll RFID reload facility, PSBank customers will now be able to save time and breeze through tolls as with just a few taps, their Autosweep or Easytrip account will be reloaded immediately.

A fee of PhP10 will be deducted from the customer’s PSBank account when they make an Autosweep reload. For Easytrip reloads, the fee will be deducted from their Easytrip account.

Reloading Autosweep and Easytrip Toll RFIDs via PSBank Mobile is simple and easy.  Here’s how:

For more information on Toll RFIDs Reload via PSBank Mobile, visit www.psbank.com.ph






Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Pru Life UK and British government co-funds 4th Chevening scholarship

Leading life insurer, Pru Life UK co-funds its 4th Filipino Chevening scholar with British Embassy Manila, on its 4th year of partnership for the Chevening Scholarship Program. 

Chevening is a scholarship and fellowship program under the UK government which aims to develop global leaders and has long been enabling Filipino scholars to study in the UK. 

Marielle Bordado, a Communications Officer at Philippine Development Foundation (PhilDev), who has been in the development sector for almost 10 years, is the latest Pru Life UK Chevening Scholar. This was announced during the virtual send-off party organized by the British Embassy Manila attended by Marielle and other scholars, as well as representatives of Pru Life UK and the British government in the Philippines.

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Eight in 10 Filipinos Are Interested in Using Digital Banking Services - Visa Study

Filipinos also demonstrating increased awareness of biometric payments

Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, today released new findings from its Visa Consumer Payment Attitudes study[1], that show over eight in 10 Filipinos (83%) are aware and interested (81%) in using digital banking services. However, only 32 percent of respondents are currently using services offered by a digital bank. Top interest drivers for Filipinos to use digital banking services include access to banking services anytime of the day (68%), time saved from not having to queue at bank branches (68%) and convenience (67%).

The study also showed that Filipinos are most keen to work with a financial services brand for digital banking services (93%) and traditional banks (92%), followed by new start-ups with digital banking services (72%).

Filipinos interested in banking with digital banks are keen to use services such as paying bills (84%), transferring money locally (78%), making deposits and withdrawals (76%), and making payments for purchases at local retail locations (71%). However, the preference of using digital banking for traditional bank services such as investments (52%), international transfers (48%) and loans (46%) is lower.