Pouch partners with Strike to bring instant US remittance payments to Philippines

Philippine Information Technology Organization February 2, 2023 No Comments

1 February 2023, Manila, Philippines — Pouch, the first lightning service provider in the Philippines, has partnered with Strike, the world’s leading digital payments platform built on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, to facilitate fast, secure, and low-cost remittance payments from the U.S. to the Philippines. (more…)

Hontiveros to DTI: Protect BPO industry amid rise of AI

Philippine Information Technology Organization January 31, 2023 No Comments
Humanitarian crisis: Sen. Risa Hontiveros presides over the hybrid hearing on Wednesday, January 25, 2023 on the use of Filipinos in scam operations abroad. Hontiveros, chairperson of the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, said Filipinos are recruited by criminal syndicates and are used in scam operations not only in Myanmar but also in Cambodia. “This is nothing less than an emerging humanitarian crisis perpetrated by the vilest of criminal syndicates,” Hontiveros said. A witness revealed that an employee of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) based in Clark, Pampanga facilitated the travel of the victims abroad. Hontiveros questioned concerned government agencies, including airport officials, how these victims were able to get out the country with fake papers. (Joseph Vidal/Senate PRIB)

Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday urged the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to put safeguards in place for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) workers who may be affected by the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots. (more…)

Globe holds assisted SIM registration in 30 Puregold branches across PH

Philippine Information Technology Organization January 29, 2023 No Comments

To reach more customers across the country, Globe, the leader in Mobile, is opening assisted registration in 30 branches of leading supermarket Puregold as it hopes to cover as many SIM users under its network as possible before the April 26, 2023 deadline. (more…)

Cloud-based attacks, deepfakes, and ransomware: Trend Micro maps out top cybersecurity threats in 2023

Philippine Information Technology Organization January 26, 2023 No Comments

2023 is a year where the cybersecurity threat landscape could be categorized as in a state of ‘in-between’: no longer are enterprises scrambling to find their footing amid the disruption caused by COVID-19, but amid the ‘new normal’, the world has yet to arrive on the other side of the pandemic. The resulting mass transition of company assets to digital environments has led to increasingly complicated and layered digital environments that will provide the ideal playground for cybersecurity adversaries looking to prey on any lack of visibility. (more…)