The Philippines’ startup news: August 2020
The Philippines focused startup news collection below is drawn from online coverage of the Filipino startup ecosystem across August of 2020, as covered in English-language media.
Filipino startups’ news items here gather The Philippines’ startup, tech and funding headlines across the last month; each Filipino startup news headline links to the online article behind it, giving readers an instant view of recent Filipino startup news items, and allowing you to instantly read each startup news item from The Philippines in full.
Our monthly news collections are drawn from Startup News Asia’s daily startup news updates – delivered on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and by app – which gather technology news from across 17 locations across Asia and the Indo-Pacific.
- Philippines: Impact Hackathon Online 2020 registrations close August 20th, focusing on sustainable digital solutions around COVID-19
- Philippines: Central bank creates committee to look at feasibility and policy implications of issuing its own digital currency, with initial study results expected September
- Philippines: A brief intro to Let’s Eat Bai in Cebu, full-service food and deliveries app
- Philippines: An intro to Edusuite, startup deploying a locally-developed cloud-based schools management system
- Philippines: A brief look at 5 fintech developments in the country in July 2020, each in some way likely to have an impact on financial inclusion
- Webinar: How can innovation, futures thinking, and cutting-edge tech unlock the potential of the Philippines government? Set for August 11th
- Philippines: A video interview intro to Connected Women, social impact startup helping Filipino women into flexible online work
- Philippines: QBO Innovation Hub accelerator unveils winning startups from RESQUE: Startups vs Covid-19 Competition, each taking home P100K
- ICYMI: Philippines Central Bank considering issuing its own digital currency, forming committee to assess feasibility and policy implications
- Philippines: Securities regulator red-flags several digital currency Ponzi schemes, cautioning investors on unauthorized schemes and operators
- Philippines Regional leg of Startup World Cup 2020 set for November 22nd – startup pitch applications now open
- ICYMI: Philippine Treasury, UnionBank and Philippine Digital Asset Exchange launched a blockchain-enabled mobile app for distributing gov’t-issued treasury bonds
- Philippines: An intro to the 10 winning startups from the recent RESQUE Startups vs COVID-19 competition
- Philippines: An advance look at Impact Hackathon 2020, set to run virtually from August 17th for one week and focusing on 5 categories for digital innovation
- Philippines: CloudCfo gains investement from US’ SEAF Women’s Opportunity Fund with tech-focused outsourced accounting, bookkeeping and finance services
- Philippines: A brief interview intro to Dragonpay, online payments platform for individuals and businesses
- Philippines: ConsenSyS selects 5 rural banks in Mindanao to trial blockchain-based real-time payments solution, potentially impacting 35M unbanked citizens
- Philippines: An intro to CheckMade, startup working on verification of online merchants to address e-commerce fraud
- Asian Development Bank approves $300M policy-based loan to aid Philippine gov’t reforms to expand access to financial services, especially in unserved and underserved areas
- Philippines: Impact Hub Manila unveils the winners of Impact Hackathon Online 2020, recent social impact-focused event
- Singapore’s Ohmyhome proptech startup launches Philippine operations, aiming to make the process of buying, selling and renting homes seamless and efficient
- Singapore’s Igloo insurtech partners Union Bank of the Philippines and Indonesia’s Akulaku for expansion of micro-insurance products
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