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December 16, 2011

Official Globe iPhone 4S Postpaid Plans and Pricing

Globe Telecom hosted the Apple iPhone 4S launch at midnight at the Ayala Museum where the postpaid plans were revealed on the night itself with the first Globe iPhone 4S subscriber being The Philippine President himself.

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Telecoms
November 08, 2011

BPI launches e-Prepaid Card and DealMania.ph

Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) tonight launches several new products including a BPI My e-Prepaid Card and a group buying site DealMania.ph dedicated to cardholders, a first for a Philippine bank.

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August 13, 2011

The Hunt for a Globe HSPA+ Cell Site

After getting that list of Globe HSPA+ sites within Metro Manila, I took the task of finding out one and do some tests of my own.

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Telecoms
July 02, 2010

BPI goes “Mobile Web”… and disappoints

BPI just announced that they’re services are now accessible via mobile phones. Though the invitation included a special movie screening of Eclipse, I attended and curious how they implemented the mobile web strategy and wanted to see it in action.

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Mobile, The Internet
May 16, 2009

Poll: Do you do online banking?

Half a decade ago, having able to transact with your bank online is just a new idea. Today, it looks like banks are heavily promoting their online banking portals. But do people really use it?

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September 26, 2008

List of Banks with Paypal Withdrawal Fees

Until now, I’m not sure what that Php200 charges most banks deduct from Paypal withdrawals. That’s on top of the Php50 for withdrawals less than Php7,000. And we all thought any amount beyond that would be free of charge.

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The Internet
August 22, 2008

Trouble with BDO Credit Card terminals

This was sent in by BPI Express Online to all their customers today. Apparently, there were some problems with Banco de Oro credit card terminals that erroneously reported charges in dollars instead of pesos. So don’t be shocked if you see a $5,000 charge in your bill instead of Php5,000.

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Curious
February 17, 2008

Paypal Exchange Rates: Bank or Credit Card?

This was a question I’ve been very curious to know ever since Paypal allowed direct withdrawals to local banks and via credit card. This week-end, my CC bills arrived so I’m able to compute the going exchange rates for both withdrawal methods.

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Netrepreneur
January 26, 2008

How can I not blog about this?

A reader contacts me with a really catchy Subject in his email — “Nationwide Emergency Roadside Assistance for the Car that Blogging Bought!” That little piece of personal news was like 18 months old and still, people remember it.

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Curious
January 02, 2006

When Online Banking Fails

I have been 90% dependent on online banking for years now. I think I have accounts from all banks that offer it — BPI, Equitable-PCI, UCPB, Metrobank, Citibank and HSBC — and most of my online trasanctions are billed or paid thru any one of these facilities.

Imagine my disappointment when MetroBank Direct did a system maintenance last December 30 while my credit card bill will due on January 1. When their online banking service came back the following day (December 31), I logged in and hurriedly tried to pay my credit card bills. Alas, my bill payment subscription for one of my credit cards is nowhere to be seen (I may have deleted the subscription but I highly doubt that). I then tried to create a new subscription but their system no longer support the specific card I needed to add (and this credit card is actually one of their very own cards!).

Ok, maybe some glitch. I called up customer support asking for some clarifications but they tell me the issue could be from my end. Wait, how could their system not run from my end? They agreed to log my complaint so I can follow it up and they suggested I go to the bank instead. Duh, it’s a week-end and my due date is on a Sunday.

That’s it, I won’t pay my bill until they fix their system.

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July 16, 2005

Secure Online Shopping with Visa Debit Cards

Ever since I had that hacking incident with my Paypal and GMail account, I’ve received lots of emails on how to be more secure with online accounts and doing transactions (the incident was published in the Inquirer). So when I sat down with the reps from Visa, it was also the topic at the lunch table, among other things.

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May 06, 2005

Once you pop, they can’t stop!

credit card About a month ago, I blogged about them credit card companies not wanting to issue me one. Despite my good credit standing, multiple peso and dollar accounts on four different banks and a plethora of regular bills I pay monthly.

So I thought, maybe these guys have already blacklisted me on their shared credit database of sorts. I conceded to the idea that I may not get one ever unless I apply for one of those card which requires a holding amount equivalent to your credit limit on their bank. But, I have to have at least one in order to facilitate all the online payments I make regularly.

billsBut alas, by some sort of miracle or climate change, them credit cards started coming in. To date, I have a BPI Express Credit, a Petron Master Card, two (2) BPI Edge, two (2) BPI Mini Edge, a Metrobank Value MasterCard, another Metrobank Classic MasterCard and an HSBC Mabuhay Miles Visa Card. Citibank though, still insists that I do not qualify for one of their CashBack cards — so be it!

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Daily Dose
April 25, 2005

The Importance of Personal Desktop Security

securityI am sure that everyone has come across this topic at least once or twice but I suppose I’d like to add a few words of advise based from experience. Taking your personal desktop’s security in terms of malicious scripts or worms, viruses, keyloggers and other trojan apps should be taken seriously. With everyone connected to the net almost all the time and having to transact online is reason enough to be at least aware of the dangers it poses.

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