For the longest time, moving your money around digitally felt like paying a minor tax on your own hard-earned cash. Whether you were splitting a dinner bill via InstaPay or transferring rent money through PESONet, those pesky P10 to P50 transaction fees added up quickly.

Parent companies jumping in to buy their own subsidiaries' stock is the ultimate corporate vote of confidence. Today, Ayala Corporation (AC) made it clear that they view the recent market pounding of their property arm, Ayala Land Inc. (ALI), as a massive buying opportunity.

DoubleDragon Corporation (PSE: DD) is set to make another history this year as the first ever Filipino homegrown hotel chain to build and operate in the whole of Japan. With 482 rooms, Hotel101-Niseko is set to become the largest hotel in the whole of Kutchan, Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan.

Ayala Land Offices’ One Ayala East and West Towers have earned LEED Gold certification, reinforcing the development's position as a premier sustainable workplace that supports the environmental and sustainability goals of today's global tenants.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has released a new book that looks back at major financial crises that shaped the Philippine financial system from the 1980s to the 2020s. It also draws lessons from these events. 

Operation of the Jollibee Group’s Danao Commissary has remained resilient and stable, on the back of electricity sourced 99% renewable energy (RE) in partnership with the First Gen Group (First Gen). The commissary, located in Danao, Cebu, has been sourcing a portion of its power requirements on-site through rooftop solar PV panels installed and operated by First Gen, marking a milestone in RE use for operational resilience.

Fly Ace Corporation (Fly Ace), one of the Philippines’ leading food and beverage companies, partnered with the First Gen group (First Gen), the country’s leading renewable (RE) energy provider, to directly source renewable energy for its electricity needs. This partnership supports Fly Ace’s ongoing sustainability initiatives and reinforces its commitment to establishing measurable environmental goals.

For the second consecutive year, Globe has been recognized in TIME and Statista's World's Most Sustainable Companies 2026, becoming the only Philippine telecommunications company included in the global ranking and one of only two Philippine companies recognized this year, underscoring its commitment to responsible business practices and long-term value creation.

At a time when the Philippine real estate industry is only beginning to move toward renewable energy, Eton Properties Philippines, Inc. (EPPI), the real estate arm of the Lucio Tan (LT) Group, has completed a portfolio-wide transition to 100% renewable geothermal energy across 14 developments spanning residential, commercial, and office asset classes. The milestone, formalized through a handover ceremony with First Gen Corporation at Eton's head office in Makati City, marks one of the most deliberate and comprehensive clean energy commitments in Philippine real estate today.

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), through its wholly owned subsidiary, IRB Holding Ltda., has acquired 100% interest in Companhia Regional de Armazéns Gerais e Entreposto Aduaneira (CRAGEA), a company located in São Paulo, Brazil, that provides general and bonded warehousing, and multimodal logistics services.