Last August 5, 2013, the Bureau of Internal Revenue issued Revenue Memorandum Circular number 55-2013. This intends to govern how individuals and businesses should handle their sales and taxes accordingly. Here's a summary I prepared and hope it will make it easier for e-commerce merchants, online shoppers, payment gateways, banks, credit...
As the Internet in the Philippines turned 19 years old this year, I think we have gone a long way and grew so much. But am also sad that we don't have enough data gathering process and tools in place to accurately measure it. In the last Manila E-Commerce Summit February...
E-commerce is the exchange of information or transactions using any form of electronic communication. With the Philippine E-Commerce Law (Republic Act 8792), it covers both commercial and non-commercial transaction. People who are reluctant with e-commerce often reason that they have no interest in using it. But actually, we've been practically doing...
Having a clear vision, passion, management, advisors, plan, focus, financial model, and scale are the primary components that a start-up must have in order to make it attractive to investors. Richard Eldridge, CEO of Lenddo, emphasized this at the 4th DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit Manila. Lenddo helps Filipinos who don't have a...
