EastWest announced a strategic partnership with PayMongo, one of the country’s leading online payment platforms, to give Filipino businesses easier, more seamless, and more affordable ways to accept digital payments.

The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) recorded P1.81 billion in total disbursements through its earned wage access solutions—BPI Salary On-Demand and Sweldo On the Spot—by the end of 2025. The milestone highlights the growing need among Filipino workers for faster, safer, and more flexible access to their hard-earned pay.

​Leading fiber broadband and technology solutions provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. has been declared as the Philippines’ foremost leader in broadband, as it delivers the fastest average speeds, lowest latency, and most consistent performance among all providers evaluated for December 2025 by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).

Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), an International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) business unit at the Port of Rijeka in Croatia, has taken delivery of two new hybrid rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes, further strengthening its operational capabilities at the Port of Rijeka.

Property giant Megaworld is developing the 97 hectare ‘The Sugartown’ along the Bacolod-Silay Airport Road in Talisay City, Negros Occidental. This will be the company’s 37th township development and its third in the Province of Negros Occidental, following the launch of the 53-hectare Northill Gateway at the boundary of Bacolod City and Talisay City, and the 34-hectare The Upper East in the eastern part of Bacolod City. 

Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc.'s (“AEV”) food group, Aboitiz Foods, through its subsidiary Gold Coin Management Holdings Pte. Ltd. (“GCMH”), announces the completion of the acquisition of Diasham Resources Pte. Ltd. (“Diasham”), a Singapore-based manufacturer and distributor of high-quality animal nutrition and health solutions. 

A Metrobank survey found that Filipinos’ reasons for saving evolve as they move through different life stages. Younger adults tend to focus on financial security and personal needs, working adults prioritize buying a home or funding travel, and middle-aged savers concentrate on retirement and their children’s education.

SM Investments Corporation (SM Investments), the parent company of the SM Group, was cited for Best Annual Report at the IR Impact Awards – Southeast Asia, held in December 2025, in recognition of its commitment to high standards of reporting and disclosure.

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor and Monetary Board (MB) Chairman Eli M. Remolona Jr. (left) administered the oath of office of Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Frederick D. Go as MB Member in a ceremony at the BSP Head Office in Manila on 08 January 2026.  

Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGEN), a wholly owned subsidiary of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), announces the appointment of Engr. Erick C. Cabarrubias as Cebu Site Head effective 1 January 2026. In this role, Engr. Cabarrubias will oversee MGEN’s thermal operations in Cebu, covering both Cebu Energy Development Corporation (CEDC) and Toledo Power Co. (TPC), as it continues to strengthen operational excellence and reliability across its generation facilities.