Category: Business

The Simplest Path to a Crisis Proof Freelancing Business in 90 Days for Beginners

Afraid of what could be next?
Do you fear income loss?
GOOD news naman.

At the start of the year, everyone was excited
for the new decade ahead.

Our small Middle Eastern restaurant was off to becoming the hottest authentic Arabic, Persian, And Indian cuisine corner in our home city of Lipa and even Calabarzon.

Now 5 months in… Continue reading The Simplest Path to a Crisis Proof Freelancing Business in 90 Days for Beginners

Cash-In-Hand: How Electronic Cash Transfer Systems Can Help Filipinos Overcome Poverty

It’s no secret that many Filipinos, especially those living in far-flung areas in the provinces, are living below the poverty line. This is often worsened by the need to take on toxic personal debts, usually from loan sharks, which perpetuates a crazy cycle of poverty and ever-increasing debts.

One of the biggest reasons for this is financial illiteracy and inability to access basic financial products and services. Lack of knowledge prevents many Filipinos from managing their finances well while lack of access to the financial system forces them to settle for usurious debts from loan sharks.

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Oxfam Pilipinas and Paymaya executives together with Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ Pia Bernadette Roman-Tayag

Continue reading Cash-In-Hand: How Electronic Cash Transfer Systems Can Help Filipinos Overcome Poverty