January 2022’s snapshot of The Philippines’ tech startup news headlines, drawn from Startup News Asia’s daily newsfeeds
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Philippines: E-Government Master Plan 2022 (pdf)
- Philippines: JazzyPay digital payments provider acquired by Singapore’s ASEAN Fintech Group in $1.8M deal
- Philippines: A video intro to InvestEd, social enterprise startup giving Pinoys a chance to finish their education through non-collateral loans
- Philippines: Starlink, satellite internet service of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, opens orders for ‘starter kit’, with service launch open-ended for later this year
- Philippines: BillEase raises $11M Series B with buy-now-pay-later services, building on having Lazada shopping marketplace giant as its first merchant partner
Philippines: Alaga Health
- Philippines: A look at ‘pisonets’ internet kiosks in The Philippines, allowing those on low incomes to pay using coins for ‘net access in 5-minute increments
- The Philippines’ AcadArena and campus-based play-to-earn gaming: “In 2021 alone, AcadArena engaged more than 150K students from around 500 colleges…”
- Union Bank of the Philippines to offer trading and custodial services for cryptocurrencies in bid to capitalize on region’s rapid adoption of digital tokens
- Philippines: Twitter suspends over 300 accounts and hashtags promoting presidential candidate Marcos’ campaign, citing violation of spam and manipulation rules
- Philippines: A video interview with AcadArena, campus-focused esports firm
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