{"id":68148,"date":"2025-02-05T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=68148"},"modified":"2025-02-04T20:03:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T12:03:43","slug":"gcash-parent-mynt-joins-world-economic-forum-unicorn-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2025\/02\/05\/gcash-parent-mynt-joins-world-economic-forum-unicorn-community\/","title":{"rendered":"GCash parent Mynt joins World Economic Forum Unicorn Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Philippines has been invited to join the prestigious World Economic Forum (WEF) Unicorn Community, a sub-community of the WEF\u2019s Innovator Communities comprising the world\u2019s most promising start-ups and scale-ups. Seen as a recognition of the rapid advancement of financial inclusion and fintech growth in the country, the WEF invitation was extended directly to Mynt, the parent company of GCash, the nation\u2019s leading finance super app.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mynt brings its vision of Finance for All to global business leaders, policymakers, and decision-makers, as the first and only Philippine member of the WEF Unicorn Community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The World Economic Forum is a leading organization shaping global economic policies and fostering collaborative solutions through public-private cooperation \u2013 connecting communities of leaders around international issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its Innovator Communities are a group of the world\u2019s most promising start-ups and scale-ups at the forefront of technological and business model innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By being part of the Unicorn Community, GCash will have the opportunity to contribute to a global agenda on how financial technology (fintech) can help advance financial inclusion in countries like the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are honored to be part of the World Economic Forum Unicorns Community\u2014 representing the Philippines and its booming Fintech industry. This reflects our commitment to transforming financial services in our country and contributing to global financial inclusion and innovation conversations. We look forward to engaging with other leaders and exploring new ways to drive positive change,\u201d said Martha Sazon, president and CEO of Mynt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Established in 1971 in Geneva, Switzerland, WEF also builds communities of purpose essential to addressing large-scale global challenges, converting ambition into focused action through structured multi-year initiatives and insight generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s annual forum will be held at the Davos-Klosters in Switzerland from January 20 to January 24, gathering thousands of key leaders from both public and private sectors. The central idea for this year\u2019s meeting is about \u201cCollaboration for the Intelligent Age.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As it continues to champion \u201cFinance for All\u201d, GCash banners its game-changing innovation aimed at bridging financial gaps beyond the nation\u2019s borders and helping improve Filipinos\u2019 everyday lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mynt brings its vision of Finance for All to global business leaders, policymakers, and decision-makers, as the first and only Philippine member of the WEF Unicorn Community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":48190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1139,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-68148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-gcash","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68154,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68148\/revisions\/68154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}