This afternoon, I sat down with Dan Neary (Vice President for Emerging Markets) of eBay SouthEast Asia to talk about the recent developments of e-commerce in the country.

Banco de Oro sent out a security bulletin to all its customer about a recent internet scam being circulated in emails that is part of a bigger modus operandi.
The scam being circulated through email attempts to lure recipients into giving details of their account and other information so that this may be used as [...]

Paypal has just sent out notices to all Paypal Philippine members that they can now withdraw their funds into their local banks. This, on top of the existing methods of withdrawing funds thru debit cards (like UCPB’s EON card) and Philippine-based credit cards.
There’s a Php50 transaction fee when taking out amounts below Php7,000 and no [...]

Filipino’s who have recently used the search engines to look for Philippine Buy and Sell sites could have easily bumped into Sulit.com.ph owing to its high rankings in the Search Engines. Which shouldn’t come as a surprise owing to the popularity of Sulit.com.ph. Because of its huge user base and the traffic generated [...]

I got this lead from one of my visitors at Technobiography:
November 15, 2007 - OMI Mobile Solutions conducted its internal live test at MRT North Ave. Station to Taft Ave. Station. Succesfully activated OMI E-Wallet and purchase single journey MRT mobile tickets for SMART Communications and SUN Cellular.
Some notes:
* Not much detail about the live [...]

As I mentioned before, I see a great potential that Paypal is bringing in as far as Philippine ecommerce is concerned.
I’m kind of documenting the success (or failure) of Paypal here in the Philippines. And I’m taking the risk — I’m trying it myself without precedents. Yesterday, I received my first transaction from a [...]

Recent news of Paypal Philippines now being able to send and receive funds have been making rounds in the blogosphere. When Paypal first became available in the Philippines some 12 months ago, it was a little disappointing then because the only way Philippine-based members can use it is by sending funds. Receiving funds was not [...]

Smart Communications, the Philippines’ biggest mobile phone network, is now dabbling with transporting people across the metropolis. They plan to do this through “Metropass” and a contactless PayPass card.

Leading wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (SMART) has forged a partnership with MetroPass Systems, Inc. (MetroPass) ) to jointly develop and implement an electronic payment [...]

I first heard of Swissfranc.com on June 5. This week, I realized the gravity of the scam: 1 Billion Pesos lost by innocent Filipino investors! In this article, I describe how some financial common sense, some use of technology sleuthing and some Internet research could help people make a more informed decision about investments.
My [...]

We first heard of OdyseyLive about 4 months ago from Luis Buenaventura of SyndeoMedia. Odyseylive, formerly known as Mobiuslive, is a social music network that sell songs from local indie and signed artists.
However, the idea of having a local iTunes-like is yet to be tested. We know that local DVD movies and music CDs [...]