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Insurance technology (insurtech) startup Kwikinsure Corp. announced the launch of what it claims to be the “largest online insurance marketplace” in the country that features more than 100 products from 15 of the top insurance and healthcare providers in the Philippines.

Kwikinsure Founder and CEO Hamilton Angluben said the platform brings insurance products closer to Filipinos…

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) recently upgraded its mediation service by mandating proceedings to be conducted entirely online while reviving the “WIPO Option” which is seen to be advantageous to parties involved in cross-border intellectual property (IP) disputes.

Published on March 4, 2021, Memorandum Circular No. 2020-047 or the “Amendments to the Revised…

THE Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) warned the public not to fall for new financial scams concocted by con artists misrepresenting the state-run agency.

The depositor-insurer said in a statement issued last Wednesday it discovered three fraudulent schemes by individuals claiming to be from PDIC.

“Financial scams targeting hapless savers proliferated during the pandemic; even the deposit…

TransUnion’s (NYSE: TRU) latest quarterly analysis of global online fraud trends found that since the COVID-19 pandemic began, fraudsters in the Philippines are increasing their digital schemes against businesses. In addition, provisional findings of TransUnion’s recent Global Consumer Pulse Study found that as of March 16, 2021, 44% of Philippine consumers have recently been targeted…