Mara Villegas has been in the banking sector since 2008 and is currently the Director for Compliance of a financial investment company.

In this episode, we discuss how COVID-19 has accelerated the world of the digital finance industry today and the expected market growth.

In the Philippines alone, almost 70% of the population are now using digital banking in almost all of their transaction. Before the pandemic happened, services like GCash were available but hardly anyone used them. The pandemic has forced people to accept reality. Covid-19 has also accelerated e-commerce services. We talked about how effective and relevant such services have become over the course of two years.

Maybe the awareness of electric vehicles and surge in renewable energy investment will be next.

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