{"id":71595,"date":"2025-09-21T18:28:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T10:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=71595"},"modified":"2025-09-21T18:28:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T10:28:17","slug":"maya-bank-atome-forge-%e2%82%b12-75b-loan-channeling-partnership-to-expand-access-to-credit-in-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2025\/09\/21\/maya-bank-atome-forge-%e2%82%b12-75b-loan-channeling-partnership-to-expand-access-to-credit-in-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"Maya Bank, Atome forge \u20b12.75B loan channeling partnership to expand access to credit in PH"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atome<\/a>, Southeast Asia’s leading digital finance platform,\u00a0and Philippine digital banking leader Maya Bank have entered a \u20b12.75 billion (US$48M) loan channeling partnership in the Philippines to expand access to credit for millions of Filipinos.<\/span><\/strong><\/u><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

Christian Quiros, President & Country General Manager, Atome Philippines said<\/span>, \u201dWe are deeply honored to partner with Maya Bank, a true trailblazer in digital banking. Together, we are expanding access to responsible, risk-managed, and transparent flexible payment options that make more products and services truly \u2018Available-To-Me\u2019 for millions of Filipinos. Since Day One, Atome\u2019s mission has been to improve lives through greater financial access and technology, and this partnership with Maya Bank is a significant step forward in that journey in the Philippines.\u201d<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Maya Bank will power this loan channeling initiative, providing creditworthy Filipinos with greater access to responsible financing. As the licensed digital bank within the Maya ecosystem, Maya Bank anchors the country\u2019s most extensive digital fintech platform\u2014combining payments, savings, credit, and deposits in one ecosystem for both consumers and enterprises.<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span><\/i>We are delighted to work with Atome in expanding credit access for more Filipinos. This collaboration leverages digital technology to bring fast, secure, and responsible financing into the hands of underserved customers, helping them build financial confidence and long-term resilience,\u201d said\u00a0Angelo Madrid, Maya Bank President<\/b>, as he emphasized the impact of the partnership.<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Started in Singapore in late 2019, Atome is Southeast Asia\u2019s leading digital finance platform, and has expanded from being the region\u2019s largest embedded financing provider to also offer cards, lending, insurance and savings products. In 2024, Atome processed over US$2 billion in Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) across the region. Powered by merchant partnerships and growing consumer adoption, annualised GMV surpassed US$4 billion in June 2025, with strong momentum heading into the year-end holiday season.\u00a0In the Philippines alone, Atome has served over 4 million Buy Now, Pay Later customers.\u201d<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Launched in 2022, Maya Bank powers the digital banking experience of consumers and enterprises across the Maya family of products, including Maya all-in-one app, Maya Business, and Maya Center. As the #1 digital bank in the Philippines, it is transforming how money works for Filipino consumers and MSMEs, through innovative and relevant financial services, including savings, deposits, and credit via Maya.<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

This initiative between Maya Bank and Atome represents another milestone in building a more inclusive financial ecosystem in the Philippines, setting a strong foundation for responsible, technology-driven financial empowerment.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maya Bank will power this loan channeling initiative, providing creditworthy Filipinos with greater access to responsible financing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":71596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[7368,2172,7376],"class_list":["post-71595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-atome","tag-finance","tag-maya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71595","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=71595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71597,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71595\/revisions\/71597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}