Category: News Release

01
Dec
2015

3 Start-ups Win P200,000 Impact Hub Fellowship on Innovation in Mobility with LBC for their Unique Solutions to Challenges of Mobility

MANILA, Philippines— Saturday, November 28, 2015, three promising start-ups won the unique opportunity to bring their innovative business ideas into reality and . The three finalists—namely SkyEye, Wave, and Food Planners Inc.—were awarded initial prizes amounting to P200,000 each, entering into the three months Cohort phase of the Impact Hub...

14
Oct
2015

The Airbnb for Office and Retail live in The Philippines

After Disruption Hits the Philippine Taxi Industry, a Startup Is Looking at Real Estate Options We are all aware of the changes that are happening in the taxi/transportation industry, thanks to companies like Uber and GrabTaxi. So how about another industry such as real estate? This time, Asian tycoons whose...

07
Oct
2015

LBC Pushes Innovation with Impact Hub Fellowship

THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY, IN THIS ERA OF DIGITIZATION, CONNECTEDNESS AND PERSONALIZATION IS LOOKING BRIGHTER THAN EVER. AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROMISE OF INNOVATION THAN WITH LBC SUPPORTING TODAY’S PIONEERS AND ORIGINAL THINKERS THROUGH THE IMPACT HUB FELLOWSHIP. “Impact Hub began in London in 2005, has expanded...

23
Sep
2015

Kaspersky Lab explains how to avoid banking Trojans

The rise of online banking has given birth to a new form of cybercrime – the theft of payment information. Fraudsters keep developing new ways of bypassing protective systems for financial data. How does their malware steal your money? How can we protect ourselves against them? Is it even possible?...

08
Sep
2015

REBIT.PH ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP AND INTEGRATION WITH ZIPZAP

Manila, Philippines- Sept. 07, 2015 – Rebittance service Rebit.ph has partnered with California-based global transaction network and mobile money transfer app ZipZap to tackle the $2 billion Canada-to-Philippines remittance corridor using blockchain technology. “ We’re excited and proud to be working with the ZipZap team” said John Bailon, CEO of...

08
Sep
2015

Startup incubator company, Katalyst, will host the largest startup­ funding event in world history this November in an effort to accelerate investment into startups in the Philippines and around the world.

On Friday, November27,​ Katalyst will reserve the entire venue, the Palace Pool Club, in Bonifacio Global City, where the incubator will hold the largest startup funding event in world history. This event, dubbed #Katalyst2015, will feature more than 1,500 startup co­founders and 500 independent and institutional investors from all over...

21
Aug
2015

Uber and GrabCar

For immediate release – Following the Philippine government’s regulation of both Uber and GrabCar, the newly elected board of the Bitcoin Organization of the Philippines (BOP) seeks to create a similar legal framework for the cryptocurrency. In the wake of the Philippine government regulating both Uber and GrabCar, the newly...

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