Philippines technology news, October 2022: SIM card registrations become mandatory in bid to beat cybercrime, moves to beat disinformation in the Philippines, Quezon City launches startup city bid, tokenization in NFTs allowing fractional ownership, and more.
e-Conomy Philppines Report 2022 / Google, Temasek, Bain (pdf download)
- Philippines: MooMart preps for December launch with online marketplace for farmers and buyers to transact directly, minus middlemen and stores, aiming for better profits for farmers and fresher produce for consumers
- Philippines: Digital Pilipinas Festival takes place October 17th to 21st
- Philippines: Gov’t enacts law requiring all SIM cards to be registered, aiming to curb mobile phone scams and related crimes
- Lufthansa Technik Philippines selects LTP Startup Challenge finalists, with Thailand’s Block Aero and Singapore’s Augmenteed in the top 4
- Philippines: UBX and Unit 256 partner to launch country’s first tokenized NFT platform, lowering ownership costs with fractionalization
- Philippines: An introduction to FactsFirstPH, a Google News Initiative-backed resource addressing the rise of disinformation
- Philippines: Packworks B2B platform for mom-and-pop stores takes win at Ignite 2022 Startup World Cup x Wildfire Pitch competition, moving on to compete in 2023 SWC Grand Finale
- Philippines: Digital Pilipinas inks MOU with Singapore’s Affinidi decentralised ID solutions provider around open standard ‘verifiable credentials’ for use in workforce-focused digital upskilling
- Union Bank of the Philippines preps to enter The Sandbox metaverse platform, looking to engage the Filipino Web3 community with sights on the next generation of potential customers
- Union Bank of the Philippines unveils new digital collectibles trading platform, Artifract, allowing tokenization of real-world or digital assets, and fractionalization of asset ownership
- Philippines: Quezon City unveils StartUp QC program to provide qualified startup entrepreneurs in the city with financial grants of up to $17K
Philippine Blockchain Week 2022 / Nov 28 – Dec 4
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