Raul Barque

Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) recently became the first local bank to launch the SWIFT global payment innovation (SWIFT gpi), an advanced payment method using modern digital tools for traceable and swifter cross-border payments. International money transfers from the Philippines can now be as quick as a few minutes....

  Vindication is such a sweet victory! This could sum up the general sentiment of DV Boer, a successful goat farm and agribusiness enabler when the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lifted the advisory on their Paiwi program. "This will exonerate DV Boer in the eyes of our partners, investors, believers,...

We found SALLY and you’ll never guess who she is. In the early days of 2020, Metro Manila commuters, while stuck in traffic, saw billboards about a certain "SALLY." The billboards, spotted on EDSA, C5 and in Commonwealth, sounded like someone in need of SALLY. "SALLY, where are you?" "I need...

As we kick off a brand-new year, we start to list down resolutions to jumpstart good habits that we wish to form and continue for the rest of the year. They say it only takes 2 weeks to create a habit, so why not start off with the easiest resolution to...

Over the past few years, Taiwanese superstar Eric Chou has achieved mainstream success in major Mandopop markets in the region. With a string of multi-platinum albums and hit singles that consistently topped streaming charts, the 24-year-old singer-songwriter has been anointed by the Taiwanese media as the “king of lovelorn people”—a title bestowed to...