Sunday, December 13, 2020

Pru Life UK promotes a money-smart Christmas with Cha-Ching Kid$ at Home

The free webinar taught financial literacy for families to enjoy a more meaningful holiday

Leading life insurer Pru Life UK, in partnership with Prudence Foundation and Junior Achievement Philippines, ushered in a cheerful Christmas season with Cha-Ching Kid$ at Home: Money-Smart and Meaningful Holidays for Filipino Families. The expert-led and fun-filled webinar was attended by about 500 parents and their children.

Friday, December 11, 2020

Historic 15th edition of PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards Grand Final laurels the best of Asia-Pacific real estate

OUTSTANDING COMPANIES JUBILATE ONLINE AS THEY BEST PEERS ACROSS THE REGION FOR HIGHLY COVETED TITLES FROM LONG-RUNNING AWARDS PROGRAMME 

  • Eighty-seven companies compete for 35 sought-after regional titles, including new regional Developer awards
  • Developers and projects from Singapore score nine regional wins including Best Developer (Asia) for GuocoLand, while those from Indonesia clinch eight regional honours
  • Thailand bags five regional wins, plus the PropertyGuru Icon Award 2020 for former Thailand Real Estate Personality of the Year titleholder Thippaporn Ahriyavraromp (Chearavanont)
  • Inaugural Indian and Japanese editions of the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards celebrate superlative office, hotel, and green developments 


PropertyGuru, Southeast Asia’s leading property technology company, made history several times over today with the airing of the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards Grand Final as a virtual gala event and awards ceremony. As well as being the first virtual edition of the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards Grand Final, the special broadcast marked the 15th edition of the prestigious, long-running real estate awards programme.

Saturday, December 5, 2020

Payments made easy: Home Credit Card users can now buy load and pay bills with My Home Credit app

Over the past three years, Home Credit, the country's leading consumer finance company with nationwide store presence and rapidly growing mobile presence, has been working on bringing financial services closer to its customers through the My Home Credit app. With its latest Home Credit Pay eLoads and eBills feature, Home Credit Card users can now buy load and pay bills anytime, anywhere—making payments easier and more convenient than ever.

For every purchase of prepaid mobile and utility load via My Home Credit app, Home Credit Card users can get a 5% discount. They can also settle their bills payments—water, electricity, internet, cable, and many more—through the app with no additional convenience fees.

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Here’s how to make your online Christmas shopping safer

Protect your bank account from fraudsters when you shop online

This year’s holiday season is definitely not like the ones that came before. Due to the current situation brought about by COVID-19, many things have changed.

One big change is the way we have to do our Christmas shopping. For now, gone are the days of spending time in the malls to check off gifts from our Christmas lists. It’s now easier and physically safer to do our gift-shopping online through the various popular e-commerce sites.

But while shopping in person has its risks, that doesn’t mean online shopping is not without its own as well. The dangers of online bank fraud are still all too real. Shoppers should stay alert, especially over the holidays, when bonuses make it more tempting for fraudsters to hit unsuspecting people.

To keep your accounts safe this Christmas, EastWest’s Chief Information Security & Data Protection Officer, Joey A. Regala, has five tips you should follow:

Friday, November 27, 2020

GCash to GCash money transfers remain free for over 26M Filipinos nationwide

Committed to its promise of finance for all, GCash, the undisputed leader and preferred mobile wallet in the Philippines, remains free for Filipinos who transfer money from GCash wallet to another, no matter what network a user is subscribed to.

Over 26 million GCash users can send money to their families and friends anytime, anywhere, even from the comfort of their own home. The best part? Digital transfers cost nothing as long as the receiving party is also a GCash user!

“GCash is offering GCash to GCash money transfer services for free to help lessen the financial burden of Filipinos while providing them with greater convenience and security for their mobile financial needs,” GCash President Martha Sazon said. 

Friday, November 20, 2020

Award-winning CEO Maulik Parekh makes writing debut

Maulik aims to help prepare companies and professionals with his first book

Award-winning CEO and serial entrepreneur Maulik Parekh makes his writing debut with his book entitled, “Future Proof Your Company and Career.” Recognizing the disruptive forces and drawing from his experiences, Maulik aims to help businesses and professionals prepare themselves for what is ahead, especially as the future becomes more digital.

Future Proof Your Company and Career is a culmination of Maulik’s personal and professional learnings from more than 10 years. Written in a storyteller tone and filled with interesting anecdotes and memorable tales, it takes readers on an informative journey where they are able to see different disruptive forces in action and evaluate how each of them are impacting not only their respective businesses, but even their own careers.

Through his first book, Maulik aims to communicate how various factors are shaping the world, and also identify the pillars of success that one must master to future proof their path regardless of what industry they are in. “In this rapidly changing world, we have a choice to make - either we future proof ourselves or we risk becoming extinct,” Maulik said. “Future Proof Your Company and Career offers actionable insights and proven steps on how you can stay ahead of the curve and flourish in the future.”

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Google Cloud Awards Globe Business with Premier Partner Status

Globe Business, the enterprise arm of Globe Telecom, announced that it gained Premier Partner status from Google Cloud.  This is the highest level than any Google Cloud partner can attain. Globe was also recognized as the Google Cloud Expert in Work Transformation and Productivity.

As a Google Cloud Premier Partner, Globe now has access to Google Cloud’s complete suite of products and solutions, extensive technical expert support, enhanced cloud transformation offers, streamlined information, training &  tools, and exclusive directory of strategic global partners.