- UnionBank responds by helping entrepreneurs modernize their business strategies
- E-commerce SMEs urged to go global today
More than 300 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from Northern Luzon took part in the Ureka Forum that was dubbed as “the largest e-commerce circuit in the Philippines”. Ureka Forum, which was held at the CAP Convention Center, Camp John Hay in Baguio City last October 3, was created with the aim of championing business innovation among SMEs in the digital marketplace. Using the threepillar model of thought leadership, business development, and a platform for enterprise partnerships, the forum helped SMEs realize the potential of their businesses in the online world.
Led by UnionBank President Vic Valdepeñas and other bank executives, the e-commerce circuit featured learnings from its distinguished panel of consortium partners from the Department of Trade and Industry-CAR, Shopinas.com, Air21, Panahon TV, Accent Micro Technologies, Inc. (AMTI), PLDT SME Nation, GeiserMaclang, DragonPay, University of the Cordilleras, and e-commerce champion Janette Toral.
With the next leg of the forum already in the pipeline, UnionBank remains committed to its advocacy of inclusive innovation and its goal of empowering local businesses to improve their capabilities to create bigger social and economical impact.