Philippine fintech leader GCash attends plenary at Mobile World Congress
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Philippine fintech leader GCash attends plenary at Mobile World Congress
23.02.2023 / 10:15 CET/CEST
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Philippine fintech leader GCash joins plenary at
Mobile World Congress
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Media OutReach – February 23, 2023 – Philippines #1 Fintech App GCash, powered by Globe Group’s Mynt, will participate in the Mobile World Congress plenary in Barcelona this month as President and CEO Martha Sazon delivers a keynote address at the evolving the customer on the main stage of the world’s largest exhibition for the mobile industry.
Sazon is one of the keynote speakers at MWC on “New Behavior for a New Reality”, a topic close to GCash’s history. GCash emerged as a crucial digital platform during the pandemic, allowing personal financial transactions online and enabling entrepreneurship despite movement restrictions.
Sazon will also speak at the “Fintech Summit: The Rise of Fintech Disruption” about how fintech enables the creation of powerful and disruptive solutions.
GCash is now a double unicorn valued at $2 billion with ~76 million users. It continues to expand financial services covering payments, cash transfers, credit, savings, wealth, insurance and investment products. It also has retail, food, wellness, travel, recreation and real estate services.
Meanwhile, Globe Group President and CEO Ernest Cu will announce the company’s pivot from telco to techco in a panel with Transcelestial, a company backed by Globe Group’s Kickstart Ventures.
Cu will join the CEOs of the top telcos in Southeast Asia in a discussion on new network-related technologies and connectivity challenges in the Philippines, among others.
“Our fintech company’s debut at Mobile World Congress Barcelona is a crucial milestone for Globe Group as we establish ourselves as a leading digital disruptor and enabler in the Philippines, demonstrating our evolution into a technology company. We are proud to showcase our achievements while uplifting the lives of Filipinos through digital solutions, and to be part of the global conversation about the future of technology and connectivity,” said Cu.
MWC Barcelona is the world’s largest mobile industry gathering, attracting thousands of exhibitors and visitors worldwide. Organized by the GSMA, a global organization that unites the mobile ecosystem, this year’s MWC will be held from February 27 to March 2, 2023.
With almost a hundred portfolio companies under its wings, Globe Group has successfully expanded into the country’s leading digital solutions platform, with services in fintech, healthcare technology, adtech, edutech, outsourcing and managed services, enterprise data and investments.
For more information on Globe Group, visit www.globe.com.ph.
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