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𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐆𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡’𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐄𝐅 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 World Economic Forum/Sandra Blaser, (In the photo) Martha Sazon, President and CEO of Mynt, the parent company of GCash MANILA, Philippines, February 25, 2025 – GCash, the Philippines’ leading finance super app and largest cashless ecosystem, recently highlighted the role that fintech and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) play in creating value for countries like the Philippines at the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos, Switzerland. GCash President and CEO Martha Sazon, in a session entitled, “Leaving Asia’s Comfort Zone,” explored the potential of emerging technologies in driving economic growth. She highlighted how GCash has been working toward increased financial inclusion, in collaboration with the Philippine government and other industry partners. “GCash has...

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈-𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 Malijan signs the Commitment Pledge of DICT to uphold the welfare and safety of children, especially in safeguarding them from malicious actors online. The Head of Corporate Information Security at Converge ICT Solutions Inc. has warned against the use of ‘deepfakes’ and other misinformation devices in the Philippines, especially during the election campaign season. Converge SVP and Corporate Information Security Officer Andrew T. Malijan said that misinformation and politically-motivated content may likely increase during this campaign season, and the internet serves as a ripe platform to be leveraged for these. Thus, he said that Converge continues to strengthen its network against malicious actors and agents and joins the government in educating the public about these illicit online activities. The Department of Information and...

  𝐁𝐂𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐬 𝙁𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝, 𝙋𝙃 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙊𝙁𝙨 BCRemit, a Filipino-owned global fintech company that provides online money remittance service to the Philippines, seals its partnership with GCash, the Philippines’ leading mobile wallet, to enable Filipinos in the United Kingdom, Spain and the rest of the European Union as well as in the United States to send money straight to GCash accounts in the Philippines and to add cash to their own GCash accounts through the BCRemit app or bcremit.com.   In photo:(from left/right) GCash International Head of Product and EMEA Jules Abalos, GCash International General Manager Paul Albano, BCRemit Founder Oliver Calma, BCRemit Co-Founder Jose Calma, BCRemit Director of Finance And Compliance Pia Henson Filipino-owned g...

  𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐡-𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐢𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 (Left to right) GCash Regional Head for Public Sector Rafael Tecson, GCash VP and Head of CRM and Data Solutions Oscar Pobre, GCash Cluster Head for Public Sector Cleo Celeste Santos, Caloocan City Government Administrator Aurora Ciego, Caloocan City Government Treasurer Analiza Mediola, Caloocan City Government Legal Officer Atty. Redemptor Peig The Caloocan City Government has once again partnered with the country's leading finance super app, GCash, to improve the efficiency and security of the disbursement of funds for its cashless financial assistance program which will initially benefit the city’s 4,500 solo parents. The project will utilize GCash's Funds Disbursement Service and Verification API (Application Programming Interface), which ensures accurate and instant transfers of financial aid directly to recipients, minimizing risks of fraud,...