Archive for the ‘Philippines’ Category

StarTek hiring more call center agents

Because of the continuous growth of the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in the Philippines, BPO firm StarTek Inc. plans to hire 1,000 people as it aims to fill up seats at its facility in Ortigas area which has a 2,100-seat capacity.
Rod Spires, who was appointed to lead the operations at the new site of [...]

March 9, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, BPO, Career, Employment, Job Opportunities, Labor, Opportunities, Philippine business news, Philippines  No Comments

Ayala Land to open new BPO facility in Iloilo

Iloilo City is one of the city identified as the Next Wave Cities (NWC) for business process outsourcing (BPO) firms by the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) because of its attractive power, telecommunications, commercial, sea and airport infrastructure and it offers one of the lowest rental, power and average base pay rates in [...]

March 8, 2010   Posted in: Announcement, BPO, Call Centers, Career, Employment, Job Opportunities, Opportunities, Philippine business news, Philippines, economy, finance, investments  No Comments

Declare bets’ bank accounts

Now, here’s a good suggestion. Presidential aspirant Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. wanted bets bank accounts bared.
The Lakas-Kampi-CMD standard-bearer said that the bank secrecy law should be lifted or at least be reviewed to help unmask the financial activities of politicians who are suspected to have links to the illegal drug trade.
Gibo was reacting to the [...]

March 6, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, Government, Law, Philippine banks, Philippine business news, Philippines, banking, economy, finance, money  No Comments

Peso continues to appreciate

At the closing of the week’s trade this Friday, Peso inches up further as it closed at 46.05 against the US dollar, which is stronger than Thursday closing which is 46.09.
The peso continued to appreciate as favorable investor sentiment boosted appetite for currencies of emerging Asian economies. Volume of Friday’s trade went up to $73.1 [...]

March 5, 2010   Posted in: Foreign exchange, Government, Philippine banks, Philippine business news, Philippines, banking, economy, finance, money  No Comments

Franchising seminar

Planning of getting a franchise for a business? Here’s an opportunity for you to learn the ropes on how to get a franchise here in the Philippines.
There is a scheduled franchise seminar to be held tomorrow, March 7, 2010 at the Mang Inasal, Makati Ave. corner Jupiter Street in Makati. The seminar will start at [...]

March 4, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, Education, Opportunities, People, Philippine business news, Philippines, Products, business opportunity, economy, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, franchise, marketing, money, promotions  No Comments

Pag-IBIG’s P12-billion bond offering

The Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF), commonly known as the Pag-IBIG, will be having a P12-billion bond offering starting next month.
In an investors’ meeting held recently were the bonds were launched, HDMF chief executive officer Jaime Fabiaña said the proceeds of the bonds would be used to refinance in maturing P7 billion loan in May, [...]

February 24, 2010   Posted in: Announcement, Government, Opportunities, Philippine banks, Philippine business news, Philippines, Products, banking, economy, finance, investments, money  No Comments

Five banks signed trade finance agreement with ADB

The Asian Development Bank is making funds available to Philippine traders via its $1-billion regional facility. To help traders get access to this fund, the ADB signed a trade finance agreement with five banks – Development Bank of the Philippines, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co., Philippine National Bank, Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. and Allied Banking [...]

February 23, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, Corporations, Loans, Opportunities, Philippine banks, Philippine business news, Philippines, banking, economy, finance, money  No Comments

BPO firm gears up for expansion in the Philippines

The country continues to become an attractive place to invest, especially in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, because of the availability of qualified workforce and quality service areas.
The ingredients that motivate Infosys BPO Ltd. to draw up plans to expand its presence in the country. The Philippine expansion of Infosys includes opening up three [...]

February 19, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, BPO, Call Centers, Career, Employment, Job Opportunities, Philippine business news, Philippines, investments  No Comments

Yuan-denominated products offered in BPI

Major banks in the Philippines are now offering yuan-denominated savings accounts. The latest to join the ranks of local banks who offer these products is the Bank of the Philippine Islands.
The yuan or Renmibi products of BPI would be opened in the first week of the new Chinese New Year of the Metal Tiger. These [...]

February 14, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Corporations, Customer Service, Foreign exchange, International relations, Philippine banks, Philippine business news, Philippines, Products, banking, economy, finance, money  No Comments

New BPO firm opens

Another business process outsourcing (BPO) firm opened in the Philippines which would provide more employment opportunities for Filipinos. Australia-based Salmat has put up an 800-seat facility at McKinley Hill in Taguig City, the company’s first call center in country and also it’s first major investment outside Australia.
The new call center company is not really new [...]

February 8, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, BPO, Call Centers, Career, Corporations, Employment, Job Opportunities, Opportunities, Philippine business news, Philippines, communications, investments  One Comment