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Tuesday, 6 October 2026
7 minutes ago

PH crypto sector backs tighter BSP rules, literacy push

The Philippine crypto trading community is backing tighter central bank oversight of the digital asset industry while calling for broader financial education to help investors understand risks.
35 minutes ago

GCash opens record IPO to users starting at 100 shares for P660

After drawing some of the world’s biggest investment firms, GCash is opening its record initial public offering (IPO) to its own users for as little as P660.
INSIDER INFO | $1-B GCash IPO draws several billion dollars in early demand
5 Oct 2026
10:38AM
GCash joins top 3 financial giants as record IPO puts value at P442B
2 Oct 2026
11:02PM
GCash makes P6.60 IPO price official, confirming InsiderPH report
2 Oct 2026
10:08AM
53 minutes ago

‘The powder is dry’: PNB ready to seize opportunities in tougher economy

Taipan Lucio Tan-backed Philippine National Bank (PNB) is ready to seize opportunities in a tougher economy, with the century-old lender armed with enough financial firepower to stay on the offensive.
2 hours ago

DOF: Toshiba plans major PH expansion amid data boom

Toshiba Corp. plans to invest billions of pesos in the Philippines over the next three years to expand its production of high-capacity hard disk drives used by data centers, a move expected to create around 3,000 jobs.
2 hours ago

Cebu tourist arrivals top 1 million, foreign visitors up 27%

CEBU CITY—Tourist arrivals in Cebu Province rose by 12.78 percent in the first eight months of 2026, with foreign visitors posting faster growth than domestic travelers, according to the Provincial Tourism Office (PTO).
3 hours ago

Megaworld CEO who helped build property giant makes Fortune power list

Lourdes Gutierrez-Alfonso was there when Megaworld was still an upstart property developer in the late 1980s. Nearly four decades later, she is running one of the country’s biggest property groups.
3 hours ago

Globe seeks coordinated gov’t crackdown on cable theft

Globe Telecom and its tower company partners recorded 1,245 cases of cable and equipment theft as of September 2026, prompting the telco to seek stronger government intervention as pilferage increasingly disrupts mobile and data services nationwide.
4 hours ago

Why Millennials and Gen Z are looking beyond the rental market

Millennials and older Gen Z professionals accustomed to renting are being encouraged to reconsider homeownership as incomes stabilize and longer-term financial priorities take shape.
4 hours ago

Palawan, Radiowealth widen channels for underserved borrowers

Access to formal financial services remains uneven across Filipino communities, pushing financial companies to combine physical reach with digital channels to make borrowing and repayment more convenient for underserved customers.
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