| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.05.2026 | Coins.ph expands Bitcoin and Ethereum payments in the Philippines | Coins.ph, the leading crypto platform in the Philippines, has expanded its QR-code crypto payment network in the country, adding support for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).
The update continues the trend set by the platform’s earlier inte... |
| 20.05.2026 | Coins.ph expands QRPh crypto payments to Bitcoin and Ethereum across 700,000 merchants in the Philippines | Coins.ph is pushing crypto payments deeper into everyday commerce in the Philippines, adding support for Bitcoin and Ethereum to its QRPh payment system, which already lets users pay merchants nationwide with stablecoins like USDT.
The move... |
| 16.06.2025 | IOST: $21 Million Secured For Leading Tokenized Asset Infrastructure Across Regulated Markets | IOST, which is a high-performance modular blockchain platform for tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs), announced it has secured $21 million in strategic funding to accelerate the global rollout of its compliant RWA infrastructure. The fundi... |
| 24.12.2024 | Coinbase arm seeks Southeast Asia foothold with baht, peso stablecoins | Transactions with stablecoins backed by local currencies will be the way to mass adoption of blockchain technology in Southeast Asia, said an executive of global cryptocurrency giant Coinbase.
At present, Coinbase Exchange has no plans to e... |
| 31.07.2024 | Venom Continues Global Expansion with Listing on Coins.ph | Manila, Philippines, July 31st, 2024, Chainwire
Venom Foundation is thrilled to announce that $VENOM is now listed on Coins.ph, the leading crypto platform in the Philippines with over 18 million users. This strategic move represents the ne... |
| 26.07.2024 | Trump, Bitcoin, and the Dance of Market Sentiment**
** | ** In the world of finance, narratives are the lifeblood. They shape perceptions, drive decisions, and ultimately influence market movements. Recently, the narrative surrounding Bitcoin has taken an unexpected turn, largely due to the loomi... |
| 26.07.2024 | The Bitcoin Rollercoaster: Navigating Market Turbulence and Political Promises**
** | ** The cryptocurrency market is a wild ride. One moment, Bitcoin is soaring high, and the next, it’s plummeting into the depths. Recently, Bitcoin slipped to around $65,500, a stark reminder of its volatility. This decline came as Kraken be... |
| 23.07.2024 | US Bitcoin Strategic Reserves May be Coming From Donald Trump, With Elon Musk Linked to Announcement | By Isaiah Richard
Published Jul 23, 2024 9:20AM EDT
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The massive bounce back of Bitcoin this month after facing devastating blows over th... |
| 22.07.2024 | CryptoWatch: Philippine DOJ Arrest Russians for Coins.ph Hack, PlayDoge Rallies, Top Crypto Prices This Week | By Isaiah Richard
Published Jul 22, 2024 10:28AM EDT
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Tech Times' CryptoWatch brings you a round-up of the top news behind the blockchain... |
| 15.07.2024 | Coins.ph Hack: Philippines DOJ Charged 2 Russians with Alleged Hack of $6.2M in XRP | By Isaiah Richard
Published Jul 15, 2024 9:22AM EDT
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A recent hack on Coins.ph, a Philippine-based crypto exchange platform, has allegedl... |
| 09.04.2024 | Crypto Adoption in Southeast Asia is On the Rise | - |
| 01.03.2023 | Blockchain Technology in Southeast Asia: Unlocking Endless Possibilities | Blockchain technology, a source of both praise and criticism, has become a defining aspect of our digital landscape. Despite its association with NFTs featuring cartoon animals and crypto enthusiasts, the potential of blockchain remains lar... |
| 19.09.2022 | Coins.ph CEO Wei Zhou discusses Importance of Teaching Entrepreneurship, Role of Company in the Philippines | Tech Times Exclusives #54 | Riene Cortes, Tech Times 19 September 2022, 09:09 pm
Cryptocurrency is at its peak of influence today, especially for those seeking to grow their assets.
Coins.PH's CEO, Wei Zhou, is no stranger to this goal as he explained in a Tech Times ... |
| 06.09.2022 | DT One Announces New Leadership Hires to Drive Global Expansion and Market Adoption of Micropayments and Prepaid Solutions | Singapore-based fintech company appoints Myles Bertrand as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and Shradha Kampani as Chief Product Officer (CPO)
New hires support DT One's plans to expand its global footprint and accelerate product development acr... |
| 23.05.2022 | Apis Growth Fund II Announces Investment in Leading B2B Payment Network DT One | London, 18th May, 2022 – Apis Growth Fund II, a private equity fund managed by Apis Partners LLP (“Apis Partners”), a UK-based asset manager that supports growth stage financial services and financial infrastructure businesses, has today an... |
| 23.05.2022 | Southeast Asia’s Coins.ph Secures $30M via Series C to Accelerate Investment in Web3 | Coins.ph, the Philippines’ fiat and crypto wallet services provider and Joffre Capital portfolio company recently announced the completion of a $30 million Series C financing led by Ribbit Capital, and “joined by other strategic investors.”... |
| 19.05.2022 | PH crypto wallet Coins.ph raises $30m Series C round led by Ribbit Capital | Philippine fiat and crypto wallet services provider Coins.ph on Wednesday announced the completion of a $30-million Series C financing led by Ribbit Capital. |
| 18.05.2022 | Apis Growth Fund II Announces Investment in Leading B2B Payment Network DT One | LONDON and SINGAPORE, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Apis Growth Fund II, a private equity fund managed by Apis Partners LLP ("Apis Partners"), a UK-based asset manager that supports growth stage financial services and financial inf... |
| 18.05.2022 | Coins.ph cashes in $30m in series C raise | CryptoFintechNewsStartups
Roehl Niño Bautista · 4m ago · 2 min readCoins.ph cashes in $30m in series C raise
Coins.ph, a Philippines-based digital wallet for fiat and cryptocurrency, has raised US$30 million in a series C round led by Ribbi... |
| 17.04.2022 | Coins.ph names ex-Binance CFO as new chief exec | AcquisitionsBlockchainFintechNewsStartups
Roehl Niño Bautista · 18 Apr 2022 · 1 min readCoins.ph names ex-Binance CFO as new chief exec
Wei Zhou, the former Binance CFO, was named as the new CEO of Coins.ph after a consortium he leads – alo... |
| 04.04.2022 | Gojek sells Coins.ph to ex-Binance CFO for almost $200m | AcquisitionsBlockchainNewsStartups
Aditya Hadi Pratama · 4 Apr 2022 · 1 min readGojek sells Coins.ph to ex-Binance CFO for almost $200m
Indonesian decacorn Gojek has sold Philippines-based fintech firm Coins.ph to Wei Zhou, the former chief... |
| 03.03.2022 | Coins.ph plugs Axie Infinity sidechain wallet into its app | BlockchainFintechNewsStartups
Miguel Cordon · 4 Mar 2022 · 1 min readCoins.ph plugs Axie Infinity sidechain wallet into its app
Coins.ph, a Philippine digital financial services major, has integrated Ronin – an Ethereum sidechain from Sky M... |
| 06.02.2022 | Coins.ph co-founder co-launches NFT rental platform with $2m in seed funding | CryptoGamingInvestmentsNewsStartups
Shadine Taufik · 2 Jun 2022 · 2 min readCoins.ph co-founder co-launches NFT rental platform with $2m in seed funding
Philippines-based Playdex, a play-to-earn rental marketplace, has raised US$2 million i... |
| 31.08.2021 | DT One and DITO partnership expands global airtime top-up to millions of Filipinos abroad and at home | SINGAPORE and MANILA, Philippines, Aug. 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- DT One, the number one B2B digital transfer network for mobile top-up and data solutions available in more than 160 countries, partners with the Philippines' newest telco play... |
| 25.05.2021 | Artists Who Now Make a Living Because of NFTs | Squirterer, a 24-year-old Filipina fine artist based in Davao, Mindanao, the Philippines’ southernmost group of islands, has earned 100% of her income in crypto since 2018.
Between making, minting and selling her creations via non-fungible ... |
| 26.08.2020 | The NFT Game That Makes Cents for Filipinos During COVID | In the early 1980s, anti-video game propaganda depicted zombie-like “vidiots” hypnotized by their Pac-Mans and their Space Invaders. Lured into the dank depths of the arcade, innocent teenagers were at risk of becoming addicted, flunking sc... |
| 12.03.2020 | Quona Capital achieves final close of $203m for financial inclusion fund | US based investment fund Quona Capital has raised $203-million for its Accion Quona Inclusion Fund, to invest in tech startups that focus on financial inclusion in emerging markets.
The fund is a partnership with non-profit organisation Acc... |
| 12.03.2020 | Quona Capital achieves final close of $203m for financial inclusion fund | US based investment fund Quona Capital has raised $203-million for its Accion Quona Inclusion Fund, to invest in tech startups that focus on financial inclusion in emerging markets.
The fund is a partnership with non-profit organisation Ac... |
| 06.03.2020 | Meet Minette Navarrete, Vice-Chairman and President of Kickstart Ventures | Kickstart Ventures is the corporate venture capital subsidiary of Globe Telecom
[Editor's note: Future of Behavioral and Mental Health with BetterHelp, Headspace, Ginger.io, Providence Hospitals, UnitedHealthcare Optum, Khosla Ventures, Oak... |
| 27.07.2019 | Стартапы недели: поисковик трендов, платформа для запуска финтех-проектов, автоматизация электронных очередей... | Сооснователь United Investors Александр Горный пишет об интересных стартапах.
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| 17.06.2019 | How Manila Turned Around Its Startup Ecosystem | Manila brims with entrepreneurial potential. The capital of the Philippines — reputed to be the world’s densest city — is filled with talent and innovative minds. In the last decade or so, the government took initiative and started improvin... |
| 13.04.2019 | Western Union is working with Blockchain service on the Remittances market | - |
| 18.01.2019 | Go-Pay arrives in the Philippines through a partnership with fintech startup coins.ph | Indonesia’s on-demand transportation, payments and logistics unicorn Go-Jek announced that it is making ‘a substantial acquisition of shares’ of Philippines-based blockchain-powered fintech company Coins.ph as reported by Manila Standard.
T... |
| 04.12.2018 | 17 E-Wallets in The Philippines You Should Know | “A way to carry your money inside your cellphone”. This is perhaps the simplest meaning of an e-wallet as defined by Philippine-based mobile money service GCash.
For the past few years, different companies such as telcos, banks, fintech sta... |
| 08.11.2018 | 35 Innovative Fintech Founders in the Philippines | Despite the Philippines’ catch up internet speed, mobile connectivity, and financial inclusion, it has attracted and inspired many innovative people in the business and technology sectors who saw all these problems as opportunities in disgu... |
| 21.09.2018 | Meet The 6 Cryptocurrency Exchanges In Philippines Registered With BSP | It’s been a year now since Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas (BSP) issued the guidelines for cryptocurrency exchanges in the Philippines, and from then on, 6 companies have been registered with the regulator.
While cryptocurrency enthusiasts may ... |
| 16.08.2018 | Meet 15 Fintech Influencers in the Philippines | Perhaps the usual impression of an influencer would mean a person that you can tap into or refer to for marketing purposes either to improve sales or help in educating and convincing target consumers or investors for your business.
Indeed s... |
| 11.06.2018 | Top 10 Fintech Startups in Philippines 2018 | “Nine out of 10 startups fail” is a popular buzz phrase accepted by many as plain and simple truth, while some even say success is 99 per cent failure.
For the past few years, Fintech News Network has featured numerous startups in the Phili... |
| 01.06.2018 | Top 5 Fintech Philippines News of the Week (CW 22) | Fintechnews.PH picks every Friday for you the top 5 Fintech Philippines News of the week:
Follow the Fintech Philippines Facebook or Twitter channel to stay updated.
Also, you can subscribe to our monthly Fintech PH Newsletter here.
Here we... |
| 26.02.2018 | Hot Fintechs in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong 2017 | Here is a summary of our Hot Fintech articles from 2017 for South East Asia and Hong Kong. We will update this list soon. Stay tuned. Singapore
CashShield
Established in 2007, CashShield is a transaction fraud detection service that leverag... |
| 19.02.2018 | PH Remittance further widens Fintech Horizon | Once again, remittances from overseas Filipinos surpassed its year-on-year record, giving a wider horizon for financial technology (fintech).
The Philippine central bank or Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) announced last Thursday, February ... |
| 12.02.2018 | Blockchain Startups Growing in Philippines | A “new mode of collaboration” or “new business collaboration tool“. These are probably the most generic definitions given to blockchain, the technology behind the first decentralized cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Thanks to Harvard Business Review... |
| 25.09.2017 | 10 Fast Growing Fintechs in Philippines | IDC Financial Insights unveiled a list of 10 fast growing fintechs in the Philippines, part of the broader FinTech 101 list for Asia/Pacific.
“IDC’s FinTech Fast 101” refers to the fast-growing fintech players in Asia/Pacific based on exten... |
| 20.09.2017 | Top 10 Money Transfer Apps in Asia | For many developing countries in the world, remittances play a key role in their economies, contributing to economic growth and to the livelihoods of those nations.
In 2016, more than US$440 billion went to developing countries that involve... |
| 25.05.2017 | Coins Raises $5M in Series A Funding | Coins, a Manila, Philippines-based mobile blockchain-enabled payments platform, secured an additional $5m in Series A funding.
The round, which brought the total amount raised in its Series A funding to US$10M, was led by Naspers Ventures. ... |
| 24.05.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, May 24 | ET CETERA
Purse purgatory: We’ve written about Coach’s increasing interest in M&A before. Today Fortune’s Phil Wahba published a feature on the company’s turnaround. The relevant part for Term Sheet readers:
Paid Content You can't secur... |
| 27.04.2017 | TransferWise moves into Asia Pacific with opening of regional HQ in Singapore | TransferWise, the billion-dollar valued startup that reduces the cost of cross-border payments, has taken a big step to globalizing its service after it opened an Asia Pacific office in Singapore.
The UK-based service was started in 2010 by... |
| 03.04.2017 | Blockchain to Bring Financial Inclusion, Provide Low-Cost Financial Services | Blockchain technology has the potential to bring financial inclusion to the world’s 2 billion unbanked by providing low-cost banking and financial services, reducing risk and enhancing financial innovation.
Image credit: Bitcoin keychains b... |
| 09.12.2016 | The 10th Global Brain Alliance Forum at Roppongi Hills REPORT-02 | Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Global Brain Alliance Forum (GBAF), we awarded the prize “Global Brain Five-Star Startup” to the startups with remarkable achievement that were supported by GB. Notable startups in Japan and from abro... |
| 08.12.2016 | The Philippines is Now Connected to Stellar | Today, you can send money to anyone in the Philippines over the Stellar network–for “free”.
In your favorite Stellar wallet you can create a payment to
[any phone number in the Philippines]*coins.asia with the amount of Filipino pesos you w... |
| 07.12.2016 | Circle removes ability to buy and sell Bitcoin as it doubles down on mobile payments | Launched in 2013, Circle is a consumer finance company originally built with the goal of using the Bitcoin blockchain as a payments platform. Part of that was achieved by offering customers the ability to buy and sell Bitcoin on the platfor... |
| 24.10.2016 | Coins Raises US$5M in Series A Funding | Coins, a digital payments and blockchain startup, raised US$5m in Series A funding.
The round was led by the Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund, managed by Quona Capital, with participation from Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, Pantera Capi... |
| 24.10.2016 | Accion Leads $5M Series A for Coins | Digital payments and blockchain startup Coins announced today that it has raised a new US$5 million round of funding to further its mission of expanding access to basic financial services to unbanked individuals in the Philippines and throu... |
| 24.10.2016 | Accion Leads $5M Series A for Coins | Digital payments and blockchain startup Coins announced today that it has raised a new US$5 million round of funding to further its mission of expanding access to basic financial services to unbanked individuals in the Philippines and throu... |
| 23.10.2016 | Coins Raises Series A | Digital payments and blockchain startup Coins announced today that it has raised a new US$5 million round of funding to further its mission of expanding access to basic financial services to unbanked individuals in the Philippines and throu... |
| 23.10.2016 | Coins Raises Series A | Digital payments and blockchain startup Coins announced today that it has raised a new US$5 million round of funding to further its mission of expanding access to basic financial services to unbanked individuals in the Philippines and throu... |
| 12.10.2016 | Top 24 Fintech Startups by Forbes Philippines | Forbes Philippines has published a list of the country’s leading fintech startups in the magazine’s October 2016 issue.
Photo from Forbes Philippines
The list includes 24 fintech startups in the country. The magazine also noted that the foo... |
| 11.10.2016 | The Philippine Fintech Startup Report and Landscape | With a population of over 100 million people, an Internet penetration rate of 46.5% and a mobile phone penetration rate of 87%, the Philippines is believed to be a growth area for fintech solutions and ventures, notably considering its emer... |
| 18.08.2016 | 3 Crypto Companies in The Philippines You Should Know | The Philippines is notoriously known for its expensive and inefficient banking systems and services. The financial services offered by the nation’s leading banks and financial institutions are extremely difficult to obtain, especially for a... |
| 02.08.2016 | Looking beyond the hype at fintech in Southeast Asia | Christiaan Kaptein Contributor
Christiaan Kaptein is a principal at Dymon Asia.
From the offices of Venture Capital firms to the financial services districts, you may not be able to escape the promising whispers of fintech startups. Take a ... |
| 12.06.2016 | P2P mobile payment app Tapp raises $9 million to tap into the cash economy in Southeast Asia | Dennis Mitzner Contributor
Dennis Mitzner is a journalist and writer with a focus on tech, culture and politics. You can find his commentary here. He also writes about e-commerce and retail for Forbes.
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| 06.06.2016 | 12 Philippine Fintech Startups to Keep an Eye on | The Philippines has one of the highest population growth in Southeast Asia and remains a strong economic performer in the region, despite slow global growth.
That shouldn’t last too long, though, as HSBC predicts that in 2050, the Philippin... |
| 15.12.2015 | Top 10 Southeast Asian Blockchain, Bitcoin Startups | The bitcoin craze has gone well beyond the US and Europe. In Africa, startups such as BitPesa are revolutionizing the remittance market, enabling cheap and fast money transfers. In South America, bitcoin firm BitINKA announced in June its p... |
| 02.12.2015 | Teller — сервис, который превращает людей поблизости в «банкоматы» Статьи редакции | Сегодня в «Идеях для бизнеса» — сервис Teller, который помогает пользователю «снимать» средства со своего счёта без использования банкомата.
Проект Teller, созданный филиппинским стартапом Coins.ph, представляет собой электронный кошелёк, к... |
| 23.07.2015 | Bitcoin Use Case; Send Money Abroad in 24h Shops Without A Bank Account | A Bitcoin Use Case, send money abroad with no bank account and without getting ripped off. Just go to a 24hours shop around the corner and use a easy and cheap money transfer service. A innovative fintech startup based in Hong Kong is using... |
| 17.12.2014 | Bitcoin Firm Enables Remittance Withdrawals at 450 Philippine Bank ATMs | Philippine bitcoin exchange and remittance service Coins.ph has added an 'instant remittance' service to its list of options, allowing recipients to withdraw sent funds directly from a bank ATM.
Using the company's mobile app, customers any... |
| - | How the Philippines Is Becoming a True Digital Sandbox | When the pioneering crypto entrepreneur Luis Buenaventura announced he was collaborating on a non-fungible token (NFT) drop with celebrity influencer Heart Evangelista, a well-known decorator of Birkin tote bags, it signaled a shift in the ... |
| - | Сбережения на учебу и кредиты для жителей развивающихся стран: 5 финтех-приложений, популярных за границей | Финтех-стартапы помогают решать разные проблемы: от очевидных (вроде страхования и погашения кредита) до тех, о которых мы даже не задумываемся. Рассказываю о финтех-компаниях, которые почти неизвестны в России, но пользуются популярностью ... |
