Archive for the ‘Banking’ Category

Ambitious Online Banking Alternative Scores $2.9 Million in Series A

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Banksimple has just raised $2.9 million in a Series A round to fund their ambitious alternative online banking startup for full-service, fee-free banking.

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Citigroup: 2H Philippine GDP likely to slow down

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

After the surprising Philippine economic growth in the first half, the American banking giant Citigroup said Thursday that the southeast Asian country’s gross domestic product would slow down to 5.6 percent this second half of the year.

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BPI bullish on economy, bank expansion

Monday, August 30th, 2010

The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) is confident that the Philippine economy will grow this year, and that goes for the commercial bank of the Ayala Group of Companies.

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Smart, GXI join mobile money forum

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Smart Communications and G-Xchange Inc. will join some of the world’s leading telecommunications firms that will share their expertise and experience on the business of mobile money transfer in the first Mobile Money Awards in Dubai this October

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ONB cash transactions hit P14 billion in first semester

Monday, August 30th, 2010

One Network Bank (ONB) has reported total cash transactions of P14.3 billion in the first six months of 2010, or a 25-percent increase from the P10.7 billion in the same period in 2009.

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