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GCash says no IPO plans 'at the moment'; hints at 7 pct interest on deposits

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Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA - E-wallet GCash on Friday said it has no plans to go public just yet as it focuses on growing its suite of services.</p><p>GCash currently has over 60 million registered users and is offering financial services such as savings, credit, loans, insurance, and &quot;buy now, pay later&quot; with its partners, even without a digital banking license.</p><p>&quot;We’re focused more on growing the business [and] use cases. No plans [for IPO] at the moment. Our focus gives us the opportunity to launch many services,&quot; GCash operator Mynt&#x27;s president and CEO Martha Sazon said during Globe Telecom&#x27;s first quarter briefing.</p><p>&quot;If you look at the market also, the space is quite discounted given what’s happening globally. It’s really not a good time for IPO. In the meantime for us, there’s a lot of growth for us,&quot; she added.</p><p>Mynt has partnered with several firms to launch financial services, including Atram and BPI for investment products, Singlife for insurance, and CIMB for savings and deposits, among others. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/08/19/for-p50-globes-gcash-offers-cheap-easy-investing">For P50, GCash offers cheap, easy investing</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/09/05/20/as-cheap-as-a-haircut-paperless-insurance-to-help-consumers-amid-pandemic">&#x27;As cheap as a haircut&#x27;: &#x27;Paperless&#x27; insurance to help consumers amid pandemic</a></li></ul><div><strong>RACE FOR HIGHEST INTEREST RATES</strong></div><p>Its rival PayMaya <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/04/29/22/paymaya-becomes-maya-ahead-of-launch-of-digital-bank">rebranded </a>as Maya as it launched its digital bank, Maya Bank. </p><p>With Maya Bank launch comes a more competitive e-wallet savings deposit&#x27;s interest rate of 6 percent. Another digital bank, <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/03/18/21/new-digital-bank-tonik-offers-time-deposit-interest-up-to-6-percent">Tonik</a>, also offers up to 6 percent interest for time deposits. </p><p>But Globe Telecom President and CEO Ernest Cu said a digital banking license was not a &quot;silver bullet&quot; that could propel a fintech firm to success.</p><p>&quot;Having a digital bank doesn’t mean success, it&#x27;s not a silver bullet… I&#x27;m sure the GCash team will continue to be evolving the product, whether be it lending, investment insurance, and so on,&quot; Cu said.</p><p>GCash said it would start to offer up to 7 percent interest rates for new deposit accounts on the app with its partner CIMB. Once rolled out, it would be the highest offered by a wallet or a digital bank in the country.</p><p>&quot;It will take effect on May 10, Tuesday,&quot; Sazon said.</p><p>No other details were disclosed on how the new rate would be implemented. </p><p>Mynt earlier <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/02/21/gcash-operator-mynt-raises-300-million-in-funding">raised over $300 million</a> in funding, which it said was partly used to boost its lending services.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/10/22/gcash-eyes-boosting-lending-after-profitability-reached">GCash profitable ahead of target, now eyes &#x27;more accessible&#x27; lending: CEO</a></li></ul><p>When asked when it would roll out more crypto services, Sazon said &quot;we’re making sure that the services we provide in the crypto space are relevant ones.&quot; She did not say when it would be available on the platform.</p><p>Cu said GCash&#x27;s growth is part of the result of Globe&#x27;s effort to shift beyond telecom services to other digital platforms.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1922712" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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GCash says no IPO plans 'at the moment'; hints at 7 pct interest on deposits

Jessica Fenol,

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Published May 06, 2022 02:18 PM PHT

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Updated May 06, 2022 03:45 PM PHT

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