UBX boosts MSME financing, partners with UNO, SEA’s premier digital bank

MANILA, Philippines — UBX, the country’s leading open finance platform, has entered into a strategic partnership with UNOBank (UNO Digital Bank), Southeast Asia’s first full-spectrum digital bank, to make credit more accessible to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) nationwide. In a statement, UBX said the collaboration will enable SeekCap to expand its MSME financing […]

City to implement local economic enterprise to increase revenue

BAGUIO CITY — The city government will steer local economic enterprises to increase its income and reduce reliance on tax revenues. In a statement on Friday, Mayor Benjamin Magalong said they are looking to implement projects that can create a “steady revenue stream” like pay parking, intermodal transport terminal, market development, digital transformation center, and […]

Council questions ‘unrealistic’ population decline in 2020 PSA census

BAGUIO CITY — The Baguio City Council deemed “unrealistic” the results of the 2020 Census of Population and Housing conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) which showed a decline in the population of two barangays, namely New Lucban and ABCR, during its regular session on Monday, April 4, 2022. The 2020 population of ABCR […]