Mynt wins at ESGBusiness Awards 2025 for advancing digital financial inclusion
The company was recognised for cross-sector collaboration and digital inclusion efforts in the Philippines.
Mynt won Cross-Sector Collaboration - Philippines and Digital Inclusion Award - Philippines in the ESGBusiness Awards 2025. The recognition highlights how its financial technology platform, GCash, addresses barriers that exclude millions of Filipinos from formal finance.
For decades, underserved groups such as rural farmers, market vendors, small entrepreneurs, and low-income families have struggled with limited access to banking. GCash responded with a mission of “Finance for All,” embedding digital solutions into everyday life to make savings, payments, credit, and insurance accessible and affordable. The company’s approach centres on three pillars: expanding financial access and education, safeguarding the future, and fuelling the everyday economy.
Cross-sector collaboration is a core driver of impact. With support from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), local government units, schools, non-governmental organisations, and private partners, GCash integrates digital payments in public markets and transport terminals, builds a nationwide financial literacy programme, and expands financial access through community-based partners. The GCash Pera Outlet network now counts over 175,000 sari-sari stores and small establishments acting as access points for 8 out of 10 Filipinos using GCash.
The company also advances digital inclusion by developing platforms that seek daily financial needs. Through GInvest, which houses wealth management and investment tools including GSave, GFunds, GStocks PH, and GBonds, GCash allows millions of everyday Filipinos to participate in formal finance. Through Fuse Financing, the lending arm of GCash, it has disbursed a total of PHP287b in loans to 9.5 million borrowers LTD, with 1 in 3 borrowers being small business owners, 3 in 5 borrowers being women, and 4 in 5 borrowers being from the masses. Meanwhile, GInsure, the digital insurance platform of GCash, continues to modernise affordable, convenient, and inclusive insurance. Since its launch in 2021, it has issued 63.3 million policies—including health, life, and travel insurance—to 23 million Filipinos.
Additionally, more than one million users engage with the GCash Learning Hub, in-app modules, and financial workshops. Pera Talks sessions, partnerships with universities such as the Polytechnic University of the Philippines and UP Los Baños, and training for MSMEs and LGUs extend financial skills to thousands nationwide.
By 2025, eight in ten Filipinos have used GCash, with significant reach in rural areas and amongst women. Programmes such as PalengQR PH and DigiCities are enabling small vendors, drivers, and microenterprises to join the digital economy, making transactions safer and more efficient. For overseas workers, simplified remittance services further extend inclusion beyond Philippine borders.
The ESGBusiness Awards celebrates companies that are leading the way in building a sustainable future. The awards programme honours businesses that demonstrate outstanding commitment and achievement in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices.
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