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Business & Capital
Coverage of capital movement, market structure shifts, and business dynamics shaping the Philippine economy. Where money flows, who controls it, and what it means for the players in the room.
Xendit Dragonpay integration closes a 2021 deal. Dragonpay keeps its brand, but Xendit now controls onboarding and product decisions.
A second saba banana export shipment to New Zealand is being read as sector wide growth. The accreditation gate behind it tells a narrower story.
LandBank corporate lending to Globe has repeated in 2021, 2024, and 2026, raising questions about where a state agricultural bank’s money actually goes.
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BSP is using bank-reported transaction growth as a digital payments economic indicator, weeks before its own systemic count of the actual volume is due.
The proposed AWS Philippines investment could bring a hyperscale cloud Region to the country. Here is what it signals for enterprise IT and policy.
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BIR compromise settlement talks remain undocumented even after 2026 reforms verified audit authenticity, leaving MSMEs exposed where discretion runs highest.
PSE delistings have pulled ₱580 billion from the local market since 2023, and the exchange’s new SME reform is far too small to close that gap.
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The PLDT DITO infrastructure sharing pact swaps tower access for cost savings, and Globe’s absence from the deal marks a real competitive split.
Bitstar shows what a Konektadong Pinoy Act ISP entry actually costs. The access terms favor capital, not the smaller players the law targeted.
QR Ph payment share hit 55 percent in 2026, PayMongo data shows, as Filipino merchants move away from cards, e-wallets, and direct bank transfers.
MFT Group founder Mica Tan vows to return and clear her name, while her lawyer quietly recasts the investment contracts at issue as ordinary loans.
The GCash IPO puts 12 percent of Mynt up for sale at the lowest public float the SEC now permits, a rule the regulator loosened months before the filing.
The BSP rate hike to 4.75 percent raises borrowing costs for the same consumer and SME credit that banks expanded all year, even as the economy slows.
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A Rural Rising rescue buy moves on government trucks and free corporate space while donors fund the margin. The DA just corrected its latest crisis claim.
The rescue buy trademark would rarely win in court. It does not have to. The fear of one is enough to make the next helper stop and ask permission.
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Sellers cannot legally require an unboxing video before processing an online refund. Here’s what the Consumer Act and Internet Transactions Act say about your rights.
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