Digital Pinoys Pushes PhilSys-Based Verification for Online Platforms 

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A digital advocacy group, Digital Pinoys, is supporting a proposal to integrate the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) into social media and online gaming platforms.   The proposal aims to use the national identity system to verify whether there is a real person behind an online account while also preventing technology platforms from collecting or storing users’ […]

Visa Doubles Down on Philippine Growth with Bigger SM Offices Hub 

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Visa is expanding its office space in the Philippines as the global digital payments company continues to grow its operations in the country.  The company has signed an expansion lease with SM Offices, the commercial leasing arm of SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SM Prime), to more than double its office space at the SM Mall […]