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274 articles from Rappler Business
Welcome to the ‘United States of Makati,’ where family income is PH’s highest – and most unequal
Makati had the country’s highest average family income at P796,990 in 2025, but families in its top 10% earned nearly eight times as much as those in the bottom 10%
Read more →[Finterest] Meet the young Filipina teaching AI to read crumpled payslips for loans
Built to help lenders make sense of messy financial records, Carmel Limcaoco and Rhea Malhotra's Kita has processed over $130 million in loan volume and raised $4.5 million in seed funding
Read more →[Vantage Point] PROCAP: How a scam came to look legitimate
A look at how an apparently well-organized, cross-border operation combined gaming, cryptocurrency, referral networks, purported insurance, technology, international events, prominent personalities, and genuine early payouts to manufacture credibility on an extraordinary scale
Read more →MAP: Where Filipino families earn the most and least
Rappler's data visualizations map the cities and provinces where Filipino families earn the most, revealing a persistent Luzon-Mindanao divide, based on the PSA's latest Family Income and Expenditure Survey
Read more →Bangko Sentral raises key rate to 5% as inflation risks remain
The central bank flags persistently high oil prices, a looming El Niño, and potential wage increases as key inflation risks to watch
Read more →Beyond income, 12.8% of Filipinos are poor across multiple dimensions in 2024
The new measure adds another wrinkle to the poverty debate by measuring deprivation not just through income, but also across education, health, housing and basic services, and employment
Read more →Filipino family income grew 16.5% since 2023. So why doesn’t it feel like it?
Filipino family incomes rose 16.5% from 2023 to 2025, but spending grew even faster at 24.7%, leaving households with less financial breathing room
Read more →[Puso at Diwa] BSP monetary policy: When steady is not really steady
Businesses are not simply refusing to borrow because money is too expensive. They are hesitating because the returns on investment are uncertain, confidence is weak, and the economic environment itself has become more difficult to read.
Read more →Two years and billions later, has NAIA finally leveled up?
NAIA now has self-check-in kiosks, biometric e-gates, a new premium lounge, and P78 billion remitted to government — but big changes still lie ahead with terminal reassignments and a Terminal 5 that's yet to be built
Read more →[Good Business] What Doris Magsaysay Ho’s recognition says about Filipino leadership
The choice of Magsaysay Ho as recipient of the 2026 Ramon V. del Rosario Nation Building Award carries a particular meaning for women in business
Read more →Vietnam, Macau, Shanghai: More flight options are coming for your next trip
Vietjet, Air Macau, and Juneyao Airlines are opening up more ways to reach some of Asia’s most popular short-haul destinations from the Philippines
Read more →[In This Economy] Less than 10% of Filipinos are now poor? Not so fast
Until the updated figures arrive, any claim that Philippine poverty has largely been solved is premature
Read more →DEPDev eyes P17.3-B 2027 budget led by PSA’s household census, National ID
Much of the increase goes to PSA, with P5.06 billion for a nationwide household census and P2.37 billion for the National ID, while PPP Center funding is halved
Read more →San Jose del Monte residents chant ‘Tubig! Tubig!’ as water woes persist
San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan residents use a local Basketball Cup to voice out their concerns about their persistent water problems
Read more →A peek at NAIA T3’s swanky First Meridian — and the coming lounge shake-up
First Meridian has a wine cellar, a golf simulator, and a buffet stacked with shrimp laksa, Japanese beef curry, and burnt cheesecake. PAGSS, meanwhile, has a looming deadline.
Read more →DOF seeks lower P32-billion budget for 2027 despite lofty revenue goals
The BIR receives nearly two-thirds of the new appropriations, while Customs confidential fund gets slashed back to its 2024 level
Read more →[Vantage Point] Why I’m not panicking over Ayala Land
I still see an important distinction between a falling share price and a collapsing business
Read more →Pagcor imposes P1-M fine on gambling firm linked to Ivana Alawi iPhone giveaway
Pagcor chairman Alejandro Tengco says, 'We fined the online gaming company P1 million and, together with that, gave them a stern warning na hindi na dapat maulit ito'
Read more →This maritime leader is the first woman to receive the RVR Nation Building award
Doris Magsaysay Ho, the CEO and president of the Magsaysay Group of Companies, receives the award for her 'people first' style of leadership
Read more →Fuel prices rise again on August 25
(1st UPDATE) The latest increase follows last week’s hike, marking the second straight week of rising fuel prices
Read more →Makro to return to PH after nearly 20 years, with 4 Ayala estate locations
The European wholesale retailer first entered the Philippines in 1996, before its stores were eventually folded into SM's retail empire and converted into SM Hypermarkets in 2009
Read more →[Vantage Point] ProGRESS: When tax relief comes with a P40 price tag
The ProGRESS paradox: government gives you more money in your payslip, then tries to recover part of what it lost when somebody buys a drink.
Read more →Want to install solar panels? How DOE’s simplified rules apply to you
The Department of Energy's new rules cover solar systems meant primarily for the consumer's own electricity use rather than for selling power back to the grid under a net-metering program
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