Data Scientist/ AI Engineer @ GCash (Ant Financial x Globe Telecom) | LLMs and Generative AI, Machine Learning, and Responsible AI
I need to update my numbers because I just found out that GCash (Mynt - Globe Fintech Innovations, Inc.) is used by 8 out of 10 Filipinos (or ~94 Million) at the end of 2023. Over the last 5-6 years, GCash has significantly contributed to making financial services more accessible to everyone, increasing the usage of mobile financial services from 17% to 80% In the past, my friends and I would share bank account numbers to split the bill, but now sending money is as simple as sending an SMS, i.e., using their mobile numbers.
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA), has commended GCash (Mynt - Globe Fintech Innovations, Inc.) for its pivotal role in promoting financial inclusion in the Philippines. Read more about the news here: https://lnkd.in/dzTJ8Hnb
