Guides

How money moves in the Philippines.

Long-form, regional guides for the people building money infrastructure.

BanksCompliance
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What your examiner asks about a technology provider.

What BSP examiners look for when a bank or BSFI relies on a technology provider, and the vendor due diligence records to have ready before an examination.

TNKR7 min read
Payments
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How foreign businesses accept GCash payments

Learn how international businesses accept GCash, Maya and QR Ph through a BSP-registered payment gateway, without a local entity or their own licence.

TNKR5 min read
Issuing
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BIN sponsorship explained: card issuing in the Philippines.

What BIN sponsorship is, how it works, and why the Philippines is ready for it. A plain guide for fintechs and businesses launching card programs.

TNKR7 min read
PaymentsPH rails
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InstaPay, PESONet and QR Ph: how money moves in the Philippines.

Which rail carries which movement, how fast each one clears, and what that means for your product’s cash-out and settlement.

TNKR4 min read
Ledgers
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The ledger under everything: build it or buy it.

What a double-entry ledger must do for a wallet or card product, what building one takes, and when to buy.

TNKR4 min read
ComplianceKYC
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KYC and KYB in the Philippines: what your onboarding has to prove.

What BSP and AMLC rules require when you onboard people and businesses, and the evidence an examiner asks to see.

TNKR4 min read
LendingPayouts
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Disburse loans and collect repayments on Philippine rails.

How loan proceeds reach a borrower’s bank or e-wallet, how repayments come back, and where reconciliation breaks.

TNKR3 min read
AIStrategy
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AI moved the fintech moat.

Code got cheap. Licences, rail connections and ledgers that balance did not. Here is where the advantage went.

TNKR3 min read
Platforms
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How to add payments to your platform

A build path for SaaS and marketplaces embedding money movement.

TNKR6 min read

Build on the infrastructure behind the words.