{"id":72772,"date":"2026-01-12T09:30:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=72772"},"modified":"2026-01-12T09:30:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:30:26","slug":"eastwest-and-paymongo-team-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2026\/01\/12\/eastwest-and-paymongo-team-up\/","title":{"rendered":"EastWest and PayMongo team up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv9885855018MsoNormal\"><strong>EastWest announced a partnership with PayMongo, one of the country\u2019s leading online payment platforms, to give Filipino businesses easier, more seamless, and more affordable ways to accept digital payments.<\/strong><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9885855018MsoNormal\">Through this collaboration, EastWest clients can now integrate PayMongo\u2019s online payment gateway at preferential MDR rates, giving them access to card, wallet, and digital payment acceptance at significantly competitive pricing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9885855018MsoNormal\">\u201cThis partnership is about giving businesses the Easier Way to bank and transact,\u201d said Jerry Ngo, Chief Executive Officer of EastWest. \u201cBy including PayMongo\u2019s capabilities into our ecosystem, we\u2019re enabling easier online payments, faster settlement, and a smoother digital commerce experience, all at a cost that supports their growth.\u201d<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9885855018MsoNormal\">\u201cWe\u2019re pleased to partner with EastWest in broadening access to digital payment solutions for more Filipino entrepreneurs,\u201d said Jojo Malolos, CEO of PayMongo. \u201cBy working together, we can offer tools that make digital transactions easier and support the operational needs of today\u2019s entrepreneurs \u2014 all while contributing to stronger digital financial infrastructure in the Philippines.\u201d<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9885855018MsoNormal\">This partnership comes at a time when the Philippine fintech ecosystem is accelerating rapidly, from the rise of embedded finance and tokenized assets to open-banking models and next-generation payment rails. By aligning payments, settlements, and banking services, EastWest is positioning itself as a strategic innovation partner for businesses navigating a digital economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9885855018MsoNormal\">More is on the horizon. As fintech trends such as blockchain-backed stablecoins, interoperable APIs, and BNPL reshape how companies move and manage money, EastWest and PayMongo aim to expand their collaboration, exploring ways to integrate these technologies into future solutions that support the growth of entrepreneurs.\u00a0Together with PayMongo, the Bank is delivering more accessible digital payments and enabling entrepreneurs to operate more efficiently.\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through this collaboration, EastWest clients can now integrate PayMongo\u2019s online payment gateway at preferential MDR rates, giving them access to card, wallet, and digital payment acceptance at significantly competitive pricing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":72773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[6756,2172,2096,5332,7344],"class_list":["post-72772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-eastwest-bank","tag-finance","tag-finance-and-banking","tag-finance-industry","tag-paymongo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72772","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=72772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72774,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72772\/revisions\/72774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}