FinTech Alliance PH

What FinTech Alliance PH does

FinTech Alliance PH is a Philippines-based non-profit industry association founded in 2017 and headquartered in Makati, operating as the country's principal fintech industry coalition. It coordinates collaboration among more than 150 corporate members spanning digital banks, e-wallets, lending platforms, traditional banks, and card networks, including GCash, Maya Philippines, Coins.ph, Home Credit Philippines, RCBC, CIMB Bank, Visa, and Mastercard. Collectively, these members process more than 95% of retail digital financial transaction volume in the Philippines and serve 110–120 million Filipino accounts, making the alliance the central convening body for the country's digital finance ecosystem.

The organization's core activities are advocacy, regulatory engagement, and industry coordination rather than product development. It works with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), DICT, and CICC on policy frameworks, including the 2028 Digital Finance Industry Roadmap co-developed with Digital Bank Association of the Philippines (DiBA PH). Operational initiatives launched in 2026 include the Fraud Intelligence Data Sharing Network (22 founding members) and a digital financial literacy program with KasKasan Buddies reaching over 1.3 million community members. Recent international expansion includes the Philippine Tech Mission to Australia with Austrade and FinTech Australia.

FinTech Alliance PH operates a lean organization of 1–10 employees under a member-driven governance model, with Lito Villanueva (RCBC EVP and Chief Innovation and Inclusion Officer) serving as founding chairman. Revenue derives from membership dues, event partnerships, and public-private project funding, with no commercial product pricing. The business model is therefore not revenue-scaling in a traditional sense; its strategic value lies in the network effects, regulatory access, and reach it aggregates across the Philippine fintech stack.

Name

FinTech Alliance PH

Legal name

FinTech Alliance PH

Website

https://fintechalliance.ph

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

FinTech Alliance PH is a non-profit industry association coordinating more than 150 Philippine fintech members—including GCash, Maya, and RCBC—that collectively handle over 95% of retail digital financial transaction volume. It engages with the BSP and SEC on policy, financial inclusion, and fraud prevention.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fintech Industry Association

NAICS

Depository Credit Intermediation (5221)

SIC

International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Fintech & Payments Partner / ISO Referral Networks (FSAEAMAK)

Keywords

• Fintech industry association
• Financial inclusion advocacy
• Digital payments coordination
• Open finance frameworks
• Regulatory engagement

Headquarters

HQ city

Makati

HQ country

Philippines

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Go-to-market motion1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

FinTech Alliance PH is a non-profit industry association that convenes over 150 corporate members — including digital banks, e-wallets, lending platforms, and traditional banks — to coordinate industry collaboration, advocate for favorable fintech regulation, advance open finance frameworks, and promote financial inclusion in the Philippines. The alliance facilitates public-private partnerships with regulators (BSP, SEC) and operates initiatives such as the Fraud Intelligence Data Sharing Network to coordinate fraud prevention across its membership.

Product overview

FinTech Alliance PH is a fintech industry association/body in the Philippines representing over 150 corporate members that collectively process over 95% of retail digital financial transaction volume. It is not a product company but rather an industry advocacy and coordination organization that brings together banking, payments, lending, and technology firms to strengthen collaboration across the Philippines' digital finance ecosystem. The alliance focuses on regulatory engagement, financial inclusion initiatives, open finance frameworks, fraud prevention coordination, and public-private partnerships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fraud Intelligence Data Sharing Network
• 2028 Digital Finance Industry Roadmap
• Industry Financial Health Program
• Digital Financial Literacy Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Digital payments grew from 1% to 57.4% of retail transactions (2013-2024)
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, regional and flagship.

• AustradecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2026Facilitated Philippine Tech Mission to Australia exploring collaboration in digital finance and cross-border financial services between Philippines and Australia.
• FinTech AustraliaregionalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2026Partnership to explore deeper regional cooperation between Philippine and Australian fintech sectors, including regulatory developments and financial inclusion initiatives.
• GXI (GCash EMI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2026Participated in Philippine Tech Mission to Australia and regional cooperation discussions.
• Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2026Collaboration on regulatory developments, financial inclusion initiatives, and cross-border financial services discussions.
• Australia-Philippines Business CouncilregionalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 May 2026Co-hosted Tech Forum to explore bilateral collaboration in digital banking, cross-border payments, and regulatory development.
• M&T Consultants Islamic CocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 May 2026Memorandum of understanding to modernize the Philippines' financial sector by bringing Shariah-compliant digital solutions. The agreement facilitates technical advisory and global certification pathways, targeting Islamic microfinance, halal economy financing, and sukuk.
• KasKasan BuddiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 March 2026Strategic agreement to promote digital financial literacy, signed during the 2026 General Membership Meeting in Bonifacio Global City. Initiative focuses on responsible money habits, safe use of financial applications, and protection against cyber fraud.
• Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 March 2026Memorandum of Agreement to formalize cooperation between industry and government in tackling cybercrime. Key component of the Fraud Intelligence Data Sharing Network launch.
• Digital Bank Association of the Philippines (DiBA PH)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 December 2025Collaboration to launch 2028 Digital Finance Industry Roadmap, Industry Financial Health Program, and expand ASEAN Financial Health Survey. Jointly supports BSP's 80% financial inclusion and 80% digital payments targets.
• PDRF (Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 November 2025Joint launch of #ReadyPH Fund as disaster response initiative for Typhoon Uwan. FinTech Alliance donated PHP 100,000 to initiate the fund.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• FinTech Australia: Australia's national fintech industry association, representing Australian fintechs and engaging with regulators and global partners. Directly comparable to FinTech Alliance PH as a country-level fintech industry body; the two organizations explicitly partnered during the 2026 Philippine Tech Mission to Australia.
• American Fintech Council: US national fintech industry association focused on policy advocacy, responsible innovation, and member coordination across lending, banking, and payments. Functionally comparable as a member-driven fintech industry body engaging regulators and shaping standards, though serving a much larger and more mature market.
• Singapore FinTech Association: Singapore's national fintech industry association, the most established fintech body in ASEAN. Comparable as a member-driven industry body that convenes fintechs, banks, and regulators, organizes the Singapore FinTech Festival (where FinTech Alliance PH hosted the largest Philippine pavilion), and shapes regional digital finance policy.
• Digital Bank Association of the Philippines (DiBA PH): The digital-bank-specific industry association in the Philippines. Directly comparable as a domestic fintech industry body and an active collaborator — jointly launched the 2028 Digital Finance Industry Roadmap, the Industry Financial Health Program, and the ASEAN Financial Health Survey with FinTech Alliance PH.

Broad incumbents

• UK Finance: The UK industry's leading trade association for financial services, spanning banking, payments, and fintech. Comparable as a long-standing industry body that convenes incumbents and challengers for policy engagement and standards work, though its scope is broader than fintech alone and it serves a far more mature ecosystem than the Philippines.

Emerging players

• European Fintech Association: A pan-European industry association for fintechs advocating for harmonized regulation and cross-border cooperation. Comparable in mission (industry advocacy, regulatory engagement, cross-border coordination) though at a continental rather than national scale, and with a more distributed membership base than FinTech Alliance PH's concentrated Philippine coalition.

Regional players

• FinTech Association of Japan: Japan's national fintech industry association, focused on policy dialogue, cross-border collaboration, and ecosystem development. Comparable as a member-driven industry body engaging regulators and promoting financial innovation in an Asia-Pacific market, though operating in a different regulatory and demographic context.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/phfintech
• Facebookfacebook.com/fintechallianceph
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fintechallianceph

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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