CFCI launches Cooltech
Centro Nippon Fruehauf Cooltech Inc. recently introduced the Cooltech brand, which produces quality refrigerated van (refvan) bodies designed to meet the specific needs of the cold chain industry, ensuring that the products being transported are kept at the required temperature throughout the journey.
Cooltech refvan bodies are equipped with advanced cooling technology that maintains the temperature inside the vehicle, even in extreme weather conditions. The company has invested in state-of-the-art equipment and technology to ensure that its refvan bodies are of the highest quality, with strict quality control measures in place to ensure that each unit meets the highest standards.
In addition to producing high-quality refvan bodies, CFCI also provides after-sales service and support to its customers. This includes regular maintenance checks, repairs, and replacement of parts to ensure that the refvan bodies are operating at their optimal level.
Infobip launches blueprint for customer communications
Global cloud communications platform Infobip has launched a new Conversational Everything Blueprint to enable brands to embed conversational experiences for customer communications.
Infobip has developed the guide to help businesses stay ahead of the growing trend towards more personalized, end-to-end customer journeys from promotion to purchase and support through popular chat apps.
Infobip’s data demonstrates customers want to connect with brands on the channels they already use such as chat apps. To meet changing preferences, brands must now deliver rich, convenient, and personalized conversational experiences and customer journeys on the channels their customers use and prefer.
Infobip’s Conversational Everything Blueprint explains how brands can create such customer journeys using a conversational one-stop shop such as Infobip, which simplifies the process for brands.
Financing for LBC clients
LBC Express Inc., Aboitiz Data Innovation (ADI), and Union Bank of the Philippines (signed a tripartite agreement to champion financial sustainability at the inaugural AI Summit in the Philippines.
Through this initiative, LBC clients will have access to small business financing from UnionBank to help finance their expansion plans.
The agreement will leverage ADI’s AI-powered scoring service to evaluate LBC customers, making it possible for UnionBank to extend loans intelligently and confidently to identified clients.
Supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) is also a strategic focus for UnionBank. Through this initiative, the country’s leading digital bank intends to tap into the “small” informal businesses sector.
10M users
PalawanPay now serves 10 million users, making it one of the fastest-growing e-wallet apps in the Philippines.
PalawanPay continues to gain popularity among Filipinos with its impressive rank as the second most downloaded e-wallet app in the Google Play store and the 10th in the Apple store.
This growth is fueled by the app’s wide array of financial solutions such as its unique send money feature that enables customers to transfer funds and cash out from any of the 10,000 authorized branches and agents of Palawan Express Pera Padala located throughout the country.
Sukis of the app can also enjoy the benefits of more affordable cash-in and cash-out rates with PalawanPay, resulting in significant savings. The app also offers a lower Instapay fee of only 10 pesos to send money to other banks and e-wallets in comparison to the P25 charged by its competitors.
Another growth driver is PalawanPay’s ability to be used for QRPH POS payments.
PalawanPay has expanded its reach to over 600 billers, allowing customers to pay their bills anytime, anywhere. PalawanPay also offers more than 370 load variants to choose from
BillEase, edamama partnership
Billease, and leading online-to-offline parenting platform for mothers, fathers, and their families, edamama announced a strategic partnership set to revolutionize the e-commerce experience of parents in the Philippines.
Through this collaboration, customers can now enjoy the convenience of purchasing high-quality maternity, baby, and toddler products from edamama’s platform while enjoying Billease’s flexible installment payment options. Aimed to make parenting essentials more accessible, the partnership lets parents focus on what truly matters — the well-being of their families.
Initially integrated at offline branches of edamama at SM Southmall and Glorietta, BillEase’s in-store QR code enables users to choose from three installment options even without a credit card: BillEase’s Pay Later in 10 or 20 days; pay in four installments for small-to-medium ticket purchases and; pay Monthly over three, six, nine, or 12 months for big purchases with interest rates between zero and 3.49 percent — the lowest rate in the country.
COS launches men’s summer capsule
COS launched its Mens Summer Capsule, featuring a collection that will smoothly and stylishly carry on despite the high temperatures.
This latest edit is an awakening of spirits, built to evoke feelings of freshness and leisure through pieces in lighter fabrication that’s fit for the warm season.
Pairings are kept light and airy, with an overall color palette that ranges from classic neutrals to aquatic tones while a key print motif takes inspiration from the movement of water.
Versatile, carefree and pared-back, the collection’s pieces are summer-ready and made for days spent on the go, using materials like linen and seersucker to keep warm days easy.
Featuring Korean top model Taemin Park and up-and-coming Japanese fashion star Yugo Takano, the imagery is shot with a lot of natural lighting to best capture the spirit of the collection and complement its fresh take on color and cut.
The Mens Summer Capsule Collection is now available at the COS Store Manila, SM Aura Premier.
Lalamove appointment
Lalamove named Djon Nacario as the new managing director in the Philippines.
Overseeing the leadership of Lalamove’s business in the Philippines, Nacario plays an instrumental role from business strategy to operations. He will lead the team to further enhance the brand as the trusted delivery partner.
Before joining Lalamove Philippines, Nacario was managing director of Carousell Philippines, and country head of Agoda in various Southeast Asian markets.
Herbosa joins Ovialand board
Ovialand Inc. announced that Emmanuel Herbosa, former president and CEO of Development Bank of Philippines (DBP), has joined the company’s board as an independent director.
Herbosa brings with him more than 40 years of experience in the financial industry. He started his career with Bank of the Philippines Islands in 1979 and progressed through the ranks up until his retirement in 2013.
Herbosa returned from retirement in 2014, serving as EVP for Bank of Commerce, then president and CEO of Philippine Import-Export Credit Agency.
From 2019 to 2023, Herbosa was the president and CEO of DBP.
Security Bank opens 2 branches in MM
Security Bank Corp. opened a new Branch Lite in Intramuros, Manila and the relocation site of its current branch in Banawe, Quezon City.
The Intramuros Branch Lite is located on the ground floor of the Herald Building at 61 Muralla street. The Branch Lite features a compact set-up equipped with a Virtual Nook, which is a dedicated area wherein clients can have calls with Security Bank’s Investment experts.
The bank has also relocated its Banawe Branch from GLC Building to Maro RLMC Building, to better serve and welcome more clients in Quezon City’s prime business district.
1M safe man-hours
Aboitiz Construction, Inc. (ACI) recently achieved a milestone of one million safe man-hours without lost-time injury for their project in Parañaque City. The project involved the construction of a 26,000-square-meter warehouse and office buildings for LBC Express and took place from June 2021 to April 2023.
To promote and ensure site safety, ACI regularly conducts emergency response drills, safety awareness sessions, toolbox meetings, and site inspections and audits.
“This achievement is a clear testament to our commitment towards safety. Across all our project sites, we prioritize safety and uphold operational excellence as we build quality structures for our clients. We are continuously striving to comply with the safety requirements set by the Department of Labor and Employment and the businesses that we work with,” said ACI COO Ramez Sidhom.
The soon-to-be-completed Parañaque hub is the largest warehouse facility of LBC Express by far. Once finished, it will make for more efficient logistics and parcel delivery across the world.
ACI has directly provided job opportunities to 393 manpower and subcontracted a total of 301 workers for this project alone.
