GCash breaches P500B gross transaction value in March 2022, sees sustained growth

GCash has sustained its market dominance as the country’s number one finance app, breaching the P500-billion mark in Gross Transaction Value in March 2022 alone.

GCash user engagement continues to thrive even as the world opens up, showing that it has become a major part of people’s everyday lives. Active GCash users are now 5x larger than the next e-wallet, with daily logins and transactions of up to 29 million and 19 million, respectively.

Eighty-three percent of the Philippine adult population, or 60 million Filipinos, already have a GCash account, further inspiring the popular e-wallet platform to look for more innovative solutions to address various financial needs of the public.

Globe, UnionBank ink alliance on info sharing to fight online banking fraud

Leading Philippine digital technology companies Globe and UnionBank recently inked an agreement to provide mutual support on investigations involving online banking fraud.

The alliance, the first of its kind in the country today, covers information sharing among others. 

Under the agreement signed on March 24, Globe will provide UnionBank information about mobile numbers potentially used by fraudsters to help in online banking fraud investigations. This will help Globe detect illicit activity within its network. UnionBank for its part, will likewise trigger and share relevant information necessary to pursue investigations in accordance with the Data Privacy Act and the aforementioned Data Sharing Agreement. 

Globe Telecom launches Globe Future Makers 2019 in search for social innovation startups

Globe Telecom launches Globe Future Makers (GFM) 2019, in collaboration with The Spark Project, as it takes its position as an accelerator for social innovators in the country’s start-up community.

Introduced in 2017, Globe Future Makers (GFM) is the social innovation program of Globe which aims to help build the ecosystem of support for startups which are using technology to solve the Philippines’ most challenging social problems. 

Globe myBusiness commits to support emerging industries in PH

Sees fashion industry as next big business growth sector

Globe myBusiness, the micro, small, and medium enterprise arm of Globe Telecom, affirmed its commitment to support the development of more businesses in emerging industries like the fashion industry.

The affirmation was made in the sidelights of the announcement of winners of stylefestph, a platform created by Globe together with SAGA Events. It was designed to serve the needs of fashion and beauty enthusiasts who want to create and bring their creative entrepreneurial projects to life.

Globe leads industry performance - Q1 net income up 43% YoY

Globe Telecom continues to post record numbers during the first three months of 2015, registering an impressive financial performance, highlighted by solid top-line growth, and EBITDA and NIAT at all-time high figures.

In its latest disclosure during the First Quarter Analysts’ Briefing, Globe officials revealed that the company generated P26.2 billion consolidated service revenues, 13% higher than 2014, while EBITDA level was at P11 billion, up 25% year-on -year. Its core net income was at P4.2 billion, a 25% rise compared to last year. 

Globe myBusiness, Google collaborate on “DigPH”

1st digital marketing convention in the Philippines for SMEs 

Globe myBusiness and Google have teamed up to help small and medium-sized Filipino enterprises grow via the first Philippine digital marketing convention for SMEs. The event, dubbed “DigPH”, brings together over 350 entrepreneurs on April 22 at Makati Shangri-La Hotel.

Martha Sazon, Globe Senior Vice President for myBusiness, said: “Globe believes that SMEs are the country’s economic driving force. That’s why we continuously develop products and services crucial to their growth and sustainability. Through DigPH, we’re giving business owners another innovative way to do business more easily.  We’re providing insights into effective digital marketing strategies that will allow them to reach to new customers.  We are also sharing affordable techniques to understand customer behavior and build their brand online.”

Globe myBusiness offers SMEs free landline calls, free website with new postpaid plans

Offers free unlimited calls to DUO landline numbers and free 30-day trial webpage for as low as Plan 299 

As entrepreneurs become more budget conscious, they are constantly on the lookout for solutions that give value for their money.  Even the choice of communication tools is vital to putting their business on the map. As every peso counts, entrepreneurs are after solutions that make their businesses easy to find and easy to reach in every way possible. 

In the Philippines, 99% of businesses are comprised of small and medium enterprises (SME). Based on a TNS survey, these entrepreneurs still look at landline services as a valuable communication platform. For business owners, having a landline number to their business name equates to a more stable image and assures potential customers that they are running a legitimate enterprise and not a fly-by-night operation. 

BPI offers free access to BPI Express Mobile app to Globe subscribers

Most downloaded finance app becomes even more accessible

The BPI Express Mobile app, the most downloaded finance app in the country, becomes even more accessible, as the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) today launches free access to the widely used app to Globe Telecom’s over 38 million prepaid, postpaid and TM customers.

From April 30 to August 31, 2014, Globe subscribers will enjoy having no data charges whenever they log on and transact using the BPI Express Mobile app.

“BPI has always been at the forefront of introducing new channels for our clients to access their accounts conveniently. The BPI Express Mobile app, our latest innovation, is doing very well. Since its re-launch in June last year, it has consistently been the number one downloaded finance app in the country,” says SVP Manuel C. Tagaza, Electronic Channels Group Head.