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Oct 28 2020 
BSP eyes below 2% inflation in Dec. ’20, Jan. ’21
MANILA – Monetary officials have forecast inflation to dip to less than 2 percent in December 2020 and January 2021 but assured the public that this is not worrisome and will only be due to higher year-ago rates.
In a briefing streamed over the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) Facebook page on Thursday, BSP Deputy Governor Francisco Dakila…
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Oct 28 2020 
PLDT eyes new partnership with Cisco
PLDT, Inc. is reaching out again to multinational technology company Cisco Systems, Inc. for a partnership for the second stage of its network modernization, the telco’s top official said.
“We are actually looking at further transformation and modernization… both from the fixed and the wireless side, so I think our network people will be getting in…
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Oct 28 2020 
Grab ‘seriously considering’ motorcycle taxi business anew
RIDE-HAILING company Grab Philippines said on Wednesday it is “seriously considering” to get into the motorcycle taxi business again.
“For us, it’s easy to return to that. Obviously, there are safety training [programs] that we need to do for our bikers, but we are fairly confident of our safety record on two-wheels,” Ronald Roda, Grab Philippines’…
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Oct 28 2020 
DiskarTech leads PH in the first ASEAN Savings Day
As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launches the first ASEAN Savings Day on October 31, 2020, the Philippines together with the other member countries of the ASEAN joins this campaign.
Initiated by the Committee for Financial Inclusion that aims to raise awareness on the importance of savings. Starting this year, the celebration which coincides…
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Oct 28 2020 
More gov’t agencies urged to use e-payment system
MANILA – Digital payment transactions in government agencies are expected to increase as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) encourages more offices to use EGov Pay.
In a virtual event titled Advancing E-Payments via Public-Private Partnership hosted by the Makati Business Club (MBC) Wednesday, BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno said there are over 280 government agencies and local…
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Oct 28 2020 
Business, government transactions to boost digital payments
BUSINESS and government transactions will continue to boost the growth of digital payments in the Philippines moving forward, with the central bank working to develop electronic schemes to aid consumers in their shift online.
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said in a forum yesterday that the central bank is working to develop…
