Amdocs, a leading provider of software and services to communications and media companies, announced having been selected by PLDT Inc. (PLDT), a leading telecommunications and digital service provider in the Philippines, and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), to accelerate their cloud modernization on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Loans obtained from the banks' foreign currency deposit units (FCDU) stood at $15.4 billion as at end-June this year, $66 million or by 0.4 percent lower than the end-March when this aggregated $15.5 billion, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Friday.
Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) on Friday claimed leadership in 5G data roaming, serving customers in 81 destinations through its partnerships with 140 key operators around the world.
The Philippine government plans to raise a total P150 billion from the domestic capital market through the weekly auction of treasury bills and bonds in October.
The government is rolling out P3 billion in fuel subsidies this month for about 300,000 farmers, fisherfolk and agricultural truckers as elevated oil prices and El Niño squeeze production and distribution costs.
More than 90 employees from the Jollibee Group and its brands—Jollibee, Mang Inasal, Chowking, and Greenwich—joined the global International Coastal Cleanup here on September 19, 2026, collecting over 400 kilograms of waste from shorelines.
Setting the initial public offering price of Mynt Inc., the operator of GCash, at P6.60 per share—near the lower end of its indicative range—does not signal trouble, according to market watchers. The figure lands close to the mid-point of the original P10-per-share indicative price band.