Philippine Block Awards honored country’s top blockchain innovators
Philippine Blockchain Week 2022 presents the honorees of the first-ever Philippine Block Awards, which include leaders in the financial, technology, and business industries.
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UnionBank teams up with Huawei to build APAC’s first smart campus in the Philippines
The UBIC, a partnership between UnionBank and Chinese tech giant Huawei, seeks to become the first "smart campus" in the APAC region and serve as a breeding ground for new fintech talents.
UnionBank of the Philippines introduces new NFT trading platform
The NFT platform called the "Artifract" is the brainchild of UBX, the fintech arm of the UnionBank, in partnership with art-tech startup Unit 256 Ventures.
Join the Philippine Fintech Festival—where SE Asian fintech giants map the region’s digital payments revolution
The event, to be held on October 17-21, will feature key Southeast Asian fintech giants and focus on the rise of ASEAN region’s profile as a global fintech hub.
Philippines’ UnionBank turns to distributed ledger technology to foster growth of SMEs
UnionBank is looking to speed up the digitization of SMEs through its Innovation Campus, where it eyes to harness the power of the metaverse and explore the potential of blockchain technology.
Digital asset trading in UnionBank’s app part of broader future-proofing strategy
UnionBank cements its role as one of the pioneers of blockchain technology in the Philippines with the digital assets trading service in its bank app, which also serves as a gateway to the metaverse.
UnionBank of the Philippines begins testing digital assets transactions on its mobile app
Through the new digital asset feature, customers can now directly purchase and sell Bitcoin from the bank's app without needing third-party digital currency wallets.
UnionBank of the Philippines completes digital peso bond issuance
The digital peso bond issuance is the final step of the bank's process to pioneer the use of blockchain technology in issuing bonds in the country.
UnionBank of the Philippines raises $208M via blockchain-backed bond offer
UnionBank raised PHP11 billion (US$208 million) in the first-ever digital peso bond offering in the Philippines, marking a successful proof of concept for the utilization of blockchain in the country.
UnionBank of the Philippines launches country’s first digital bond offering
In a disclosure to the Philippines Stock Exchange, UnionBank revealed that the bonds will have a minimum issue size of PHP 1 billion ($19 million).
Philippine exchange PDAX raises $50M in a Tiger Global-led Series B
Philippine Digital Asset Exchange, more popularly known as PDAX, will channel the funds towards making its infrastructure more accessible, safe and efficient.
UnionBank eyes digital currency trading and custody services in the Philippines as adoption soars
UnionBank predicts that an average investor in the Philippines will hold 3-5% of his assets in digital currencies in the next five years, up from 1-2% currently.