Ask any finance team in the country what keeps them up at night right now, and e-invoicing will be near the top of the list.
That’s why nearly 150 finance, tax, and technology leaders cleared their calendars and filled a room for the TaxTech & E-Invoicing Summit Philippines 2026 – Second Edition, organized by Fortinus Events.
AI is paying off in productivity, but trust is catching up more slowly. In a TCS survey of 1,333 senior leaders across 25 countries, 84 percent rank productivity as AI's top source of value, yet only 10 percent of enterprises let AI agents execute decisions without human approval. Security, risk, and governance ranked as the leading factor in how AI is deployed.
Equinix has appointed Ireen Go-Catane as managing director for the Philippines, effective November 9. She joins from Schneider Electric Philippines, where she was country president, and brings more than 30 years of ICT experience. Equinix has three data centers in Manila with more than 1,000 cabinets of capacity.
ECOMEX combines conference sessions, exhibits, and interactive experiences with opportunities to meet businesses and service providers across the e-commerce ecosystem.
At AI Vision Forum Manila 2026 on October 28, AI platforms and cloud partners showed tools for building, launching, and scaling digital products with smaller teams. They included HowOne's agent-native platform for solo founders, A3SEO's 42-agent SEO engine, and TiDB and TrueWatch for infrastructure. A cloud panel featured Alibaba Cloud, Cloudflare, Oracle, and Huawei Cloud Philippines.
Avanade's Build Beyond Limits: AI Reality Report found that 79 percent of APAC respondents agree too much AI investment is directed toward incremental improvements, and only 17 percent say they have fundamentally reshaped how their teams operate around AI. The survey covered 3,600 business decision makers across 11 markets, including 1,400 in Asia-Pacific.
The Philippines' digital economy is on track to reach USD42 billion in GMV by the end of 2026, according to the 11th e-Conomy SEA report by Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company. The report also found that 53 percent of the working population uses standalone GenAI platforms, and digital payments grew 23 percent, the fastest in Southeast Asia.
Ahead of the 11.11 and 12.12 Mega Sales, TikTok Shop teamed up with the Department of Trade and Industry for Consumer Welfare Month this October. Its #TikTokShopSmart campaign shares tips on product safety, authentic products, and consumer rights. TikTok Shop's Global Safety Report for July 2025 to July 2026 says it rejected more than 208 million products before listing, equating to 99 percent of violative products being removed proactively.
The wins come as TP marks 30 years in the Philippines, with 29 sites and a 60,000-strong workforce. In 2025, renewable energy made up 63 percent of its energy consumption.