Finance super app GCash has entered the agrifintech sector through a partnership with Mayani, an agri-fisheries platform connecting smallholder farmers and fishers to buyers.

By offering a frictionless and friendly lending experience, the firm aims to empower traditionally underserved Filipinos to achieve their goals and bring them into the formal and secure financial ecosystem.

Voyager, which serves 47 million people through its consumer platforms that include e-wallet and digital payments, said the fresh capital will fund its digital banking venture and other services like cryptocurrency and micro-investments.

STATE-run Development Bank of the Philippines will forge ahead with its financial inclusion initiatives this year by tapping financial technology companies, non-bank financial institutions, as well as rural banks.

Oriente will use the money to boost its growth in existing markets and further new developments in places like Vietnam.