Business process outsourcing
Cebu gets $1.8-billion waterside development for business, living, leisure
Rendering of South Coast City in Cebu City
Philippine property developer Ayala Land in a consortium with its...
Philippines starts worrying about Trump’s protectionism
Businesses in the Philippines are getting increasingly worried about the economic isolationism of US President Donald Trump as the country's main growth engines, business...
Over 1 million BPO jobs at stake if US firms say goodbye to Philippines
Economists and senators warned that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's cheeky "goodbye" to the US was not the smartest move in a country where more...
The digital rubbish collectors of the Philippines
Have you ever wondered why user-generated Internet sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the like are so "clean"? So appropriate for family use?...
Potent Philippine BPO industry aims to lure back overseas workers
Investvine sat down with President and CEO of the IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) Jomari Mercado to receive an update...
Office rents: More non-BPO businesses favour the Philippines
While business process outsourcing (BPO) will continue to drive the office space sector, non-BPO operations like front office, regional headquarters, and brick and mortar...
Aegis to sell BPO business in the Philippines
India-based Essar Group's firm AGC Holdings will sell its BPO business Aegis in the Philippines, the US and Costa Rica to Paris-based outsourcing firm...
India loses 70% of voice and call center business to Philippines
Struggling to diversify the delivery footprint to take advantage of low-cost centers, India’s Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry is currently losing 70 per cent...
‘Onshore trend’: BPO business getting a hit
Business process outsourcing (BPO) companies, specifically those in the contact center space, are reversing the trend of moving most outsourced work to low-cost locations...
Philippine BPO sector thriving: Here’s the list
The Philippine's business process outsourcing (BPO) industry is buoyant as ever and expected to create around 124,000 new full-time jobs in 2014, Pasig City...
India’s weak rupee challenge for Philippine BPOs
The drastic fall of the Indian rupee is a problem for India's fiscal balance, but some are happy about it, among them India's Business...
Philippines: High potential for healthcare BPO
The Philippines has placed a spotlight on its healthcare-oriented business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in an effort to migrate away from non-lucrative voice work, which dominates the service sector.
Philippine BPO sector blasted by critics
The Philippine government's enthusiastic support for the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector is mainly a "hype" coming at the cost of poor pay and...
Cheap loans boost Philippine real estate
The real estate market in the Philippines is expecting another good year after residential and commercial property purchases and rentals have been booming throughout...
Philippines struggle to curb strong peso
The Philippines by the end of the year 2012 have intensified efforts to contain the surge of the country's currency, imposing a ceiling on...
Philippines to surpass Indian BPO by 2015
The Philippines is predicted to overtake India’s business process outsourcing (BPO) industry by 2015, building steam off of its favourable demographics and an English-proficient...
The Philippines pledges $1 billion to IMF
Soaring growth and reassuring economic fundamentals have made the Philippines secure enough to grant a $1 billion loan to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Philippines seeks $10b foreign investment
The Philippine government said it is aiming to boost foreign direct investment to $10 billion annually, with a focus on the Business Process Outsourcing...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...