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| (L-R) PLIA President and Etiqa Philippines President and CEO Rico Bautista, Enstack Co-Founder and CEO Macy Castillo, Binance General Manager Kenneth Stern, Lina Group of Companies President Donna Lina, Advance.AI Country Manager Mike Calma, MyKartero President and CEO Arlene Martinez, UnionDigital Bank Founder Arvie de Vera, Nathan Marasigan of Manotoc Law, Digital Pilipinas and Philippine Fintech Festival Convenor and GeiserMaclang and One ASEAN Fintech Movement Co-Founder Amor Maclang, Dragonpay Philippines Founder Robertson Chiang, DICT Undersecretary Hon. David Almirol, Cyber Q Group Asia Pacific Chief Executive Officer Roberto Tayag, GMA Network First Vice President and Head of International Operations Joseph Jerome Francia, Imperial Homes President and CEO Emma Imperial, Embassy of Switzerland Head of Economic and Trade Advisory Kent Primor, Proptech Consortium of the Philippines Executive Director AJ Rocero, Blockchain Council of the Philippines Vice President Emmanuel Samson, Coins.ph's Lorenz Garcia (Image Source: GMA Network) |
GMA Pinoy TV has been inducted by Digital Pilipinas as their partner in further promoting Financial Literacy through their digitalization campaign to the OFWs and Filipino Immigrants and their families and dependents. Digital Pilipinas, established in 2019, is a private sector-led movement that promotes the digitalization of the Philippine economy. It is composed of representatives from various industries and government and non-government organizations that champion innovation and inclusive growth for the Philippines. Among their recent projects are ”Philippine Fintech Festival” and “Philippines: The Digital Bridgeway to ASEAN and the World” wherein they partnered with Philippine Economic Zone Authority on opportunities brought by new and emerging technologies that can help position the Philippines as the digital bridgeway to ASEAN and the rest of the world.
Digital Pilipinas Convenor Amor Maclang said that they invited GMA Pinoy TV to be the Media Champion for the Global Pinoys in recognition of its efforts at promoting the interests of overseas Filipinos and their families through GMA Network's international channels GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV, and GMA News TV. “As we push for a global trajectory in bridging digital gaps in various key industries and spotlighting the Filipino talent all over the world, we warmly welcome GMA Pinoy TV into Digital Pilipinas. In building a Digital Pilipinas, we believe that a champion like GMA Pinoy TV will be valuable in our mission to develop and build the Overseas Filipino community and their extended circle of family and friends, and can stand as our global champions for innovation," said Maclang who is also the Convenor of the Philippine Fintech Festival and Co-Founder of GeiserMaclang and the One ASEAN Fintech Movement. “We will also champion the anti-piracy campaign given the undeniable link between financial crimes and piracy. Our technology and cybersecurity experts in Digital Pilipinas will work closely with the stars of GMA Network to protect our country men, our OFWs from all too prevalent cyber-attacks through massive education and partnership in a whole of nation, whole of society approach to cybersecurity,” Maclang added.
“We are grateful for the invitation as our humble efforts advocating financial literacy among overseas Pinoys through GMA Pinoy TV projects like the award-winning 'EntrePinoy Abroad', 'Spotted', 'Global Pinoy Unlimited', 'Pockets of Hope' and other projects continue to bear fruit. The over $30B in annual remittances from Global Pinoys have hastened the adoption of the use of digital technology in remittances and other financial services in the country, aside from sustaining the Philippine economy. Through this engagement with Digital Pilipinas, we hope to serve the Global Pinoys and the people within their circle of influence even better,“ said GMA Network First Vice President and Head of International Operations Joseph Jerome T. Francia. The partnership was announced at the Tale of Two Governments: Philippines x Switzerland event at Microsoft Office, One Ayala West Tower, Makati City on May 10, 2023.
Witnessing the announcement were key players in the technology and finance sector led by Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary Hon. David Almirol Jr., PLIA President and Etiqa Philippines President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rico Bautista, Enstack Co-Founder and CEO Macy Castillo, Binance General Manager Kenneth Stern, Lina Group of Companies President Donna Lina, Advance.AI Country Manager Mike Calma, MyKartero President and CEO Arlene Martinez, UnionDigital Bank Arvie de Vera, Nathan Marasigan of Manotoc Law, Dragonpay Philippines Founder Robertson Chiang, Cyber Q Group Asia Pacific CEO Roberto Tayag, Imperial Homes President and CEO Emma Imperial, Head of Economic and Trade Advisory of the Embassy of Switzerland Kent Primor, Proptech Consortium of the Philippines Executive Director AJ Rocero, Blockchain Council of the Philippines Vice President Emmanuel Samson and Coins.ph's Lorenz Garcia.
