Tag: finance
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Financing leader ESQUIRE partners with CAPITALIFE, launches new business center
ESQUIRE Financing Inc. (EFI) and partner CAPITALIFE Lending Inc. inaugurated their new Makati Business Center on Wednesday, August 09, 2012. This celebration was held in the presence of the CEO of ESQUIRE Financing Inc. Mr Rajan Uttamchandani and business partners.
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October 31, 2011 officially declared a holiday in the Philippines
October 31, 2011 has been officially declared as a special public holiday in the Philippines. Proclamation 265, signed by Philippine president Benigno Aquino III states that it is “to give full opportunity to our people to properly observe the day with all its religious fervor which invariably requires them to travel to and from different…
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Philippines bank code for Paypal and eBay (BDO, BPI, Union Bank, etc)
I have been using Paypal for online transactions for 4 years now. In 2007 I blogged about using my Union Bank E-On debit card with Paypal. Back then, PayPal wasn’t even fully supporting the Philippines yet. It was only over a year ago when Paypal started rolling out support for the Philippines. Now, I use…
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Errors plague new Philippine Peso bill design, strong security features touted by BSP
On December 2010, the Central Bank of the Philippines (BSP) publicly released a new set of completely redesigned Philippine banknotes. Just like the “Pilipinas Kay Ganda” campaign launched by the Department of Tourism only a few months ago, it did not escape the criticism of Filipinos. Within hours many of its flaws were brought out.…
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Philippine Stock Market Tips on how to become a better investor by Ron Nathan
Reposting this article with the permission of Mr. Ron Nathan, whose generosity, experience and insights are a continuous source of inspiration to many investors. I believe this is also very timely, given that the country is currently undergoing a change in governance. It is may be a good time to invest in the Philippine Stock…
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How do locals affords ANYTHING in the Philippines?!
Probably one of the most insulting things about the Philippines I have ever read. Sad thing here is there really are people around the world who think like this. Very entertaining post and really made (i.e. ruined) my day. How the heck do they get through life with NOTHING inside their heads?! Huge discrepancy: How…
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Google AdWords keeps declining my Unionbank E-On VISA card 🙁 What’s wrong?
Quite frustrated today. Tried to use my UnionBank E-On VISA Debit Card with Google AdWords and it kept getting declined. Google AdWords Card Declined I am 100% sure my information is correct. Tried at least 50 times. Tried using different information in case I wrote something wrong. I wish the error message was more specific…
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Unionbank E-On VISA Electron Debit Card
Finally got it! The online application really does work. I applied online and got an e-mail response telling me that my card will be available after 3 days at the Unionbank branch I specified. I went there after 8 days so I can’t really tell how fast they are but when I got there my…
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Now Available: Paypal Philippines
Rejoice! My buddy Naz has pointed out in the Philweavers forums that we can finally withdraw money in the Philippines! I just checked my account and it is indeed true! The Philippines has been promoted to “Send. Receive. Withdraw to a U.S. Bank Account or a card.” That’s only 3 steps away from localized Paypal…