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A product from Epson, called EcoTank M2170, is touted to change the game in commercial banking. For more than five decades, Epson Philippines Corporation has quietly powered behind-the-scenes work flow in banks, delivering printing solutions built for environments where errors are costly and downtime is not an option. 
 This 2026 will be different. This is the year when Epson’s …

LAND BANK of the Philippines (LANDBANK) is planning to open 15 branches and branch-lite units nationwide this year as it looks to make financial services available to more Filipinos. “By expanding our touchpoints, LANDBANK continues to ensure that financial services remain accessible, inclusive, and responsive to the evolving needs of our clients — especially in the countryside. These new facilities …

Prospects for the Philippine economy continue to be on the bleak side. This is according to economists from Maybank, who see that the country’s economic growth will continue its trajectory of undershooting the government’s targets until next year, 2027. They said the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) may have grown by 4.8% in 2025, before picking up slightly to 4.9% …

Employees of Security Bank moved together to fund the education of 41 scholars under the Regalo Mo, Kinabukasan Ko (RMKK) scholarship program. As 2025 drew to a close, Security Bankers organized a series of employee-led initiatives, highlighted by a holiday marketplace at the Bank’s head office in Makati City. The activities, carried out in collaboration with the Learning and Engagement …

Two giant companies from South Korea and Japan have partnered in a joint venture to deliver the feasibility study on a rail network system in Mega Manila. This was announced by the Department of Transportation (DOTr), adding that the feasibility study contract was worth $11.99 million. The DOTr notice states that the study project for the Greater Capital Region (GCR) …

With just your Globe cellphone, you may soon access Starlink internet services using low-earth orbit satellite technology, thus opening cyberspace connectivity to Filipinos even in remote areas. Globe Telecom Inc. announced a partnership with Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet Services Philippines Inc. to roll out direct-to-cell satellite connectivity last Friday. President and CEO Carl Cruz of Globe and Starlink senior partnerships …

If the government wants it, officials can act within 24 hours following an announcement that something is not right with the way things are. For instance, Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbox, was blocked within 24 hours following the official discovery of violations — such as misuse and generation of non-consensual sexually explicit images. This is a far cry from the …

The Philippines’ contribution to the global shipbuilding industry gained momentum as the first methanol-powered Kamsarmax bulk carrier began its voyage to East Asia following President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s visit to Cebu on Thursday. The 81,200-metric ton dual-fuel vessel, built by Tsuneishi Heavy Industries (Cebu) at the 540-hectare West Cebu Estate in Balamban, Cebu, was named M/V Brave Pioneer by …

Families of OFWs may celebrate for a while because of the perceived increase in the local value of remittances from their relatives working abroad.  Exporters of local products may also be benefited because Filipino exports may become more competitive abroad. These are some of the positive consequences of the record slump of the Philippine pesos last Wednesday— P59.44 to the …

The top foreign affairs officials of Japan and the Philippines have signed several agreements involving cooperation in various areas of development, among them defense and military,  trade and investment, infrastructure development through Official Development Assistance, economic security, agriculture, protection of supply chain, semiconductors, and the Luzon Economic Corridor. The two Asian countries decided to give each other mutual access to …