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Angkas, the very first app-based motorcycle ride-hailing service in the Philippines, has joined the Fintech Philippines Association (FPh) as advisor to the board of trustees. This was announced in the April edition of FPh’s monthly forum held recently at The Ark in Makati City. Opening remarks from the new Chairman of Fintech Philippines,  Mr. Tito Ortiz Dubbed the “Fintech April Mixer,” the forum saw major players in financial technology and related industries coming together to discuss the role of transport and logistics in the rising e-commerce industry as well as issues related to water technology and social enterprises. George Royeca, Head of Regulatory and Public Affairs of Angkas , the ride-hailing app that changed the way people think about public transport in the Philippines, led the panelists in the discussion of their vision of a more financially inclusive country where smaller entrepreneurs can use their platform to scale up their businesses. “Fintech and e-commerce are...

Sec. Senen Bacani, Brig. Gen. Teodoro Evangelista (Chairman of 1CISP) and Mr. Roy  S.Miclat ( CEO & President of 1CISP) It's always nice to be surrounded with positive people and Mr. Roy Miclat, CEO and President of 1CISP is truly an inspiring person to listen to. Whenever we got the chance to meet him in a press conference, talking about how 1CISP has grown into such a successful coop insurance system in the Philippines, it gives hope especially when I learned their growth last 2018 in a general assembly at Crowne Plaza last April 12.  1Cooperative Insurance System of the Philippines (1CISP), the largest cooperative insurer in the Philippines, ended 2018 with a record-high growth in assets, owing to the conducive business environment in the local insurance industry. In a press briefing held recently led by 1CISP president Roy S. Miclat, he revealed that 1CISP’s total assets as of end-2018 has reached P2.57 billion, a hefty 65% increase from the cooperative’s tot...