PLDT app for OFWs nears 500,000 users

The online marketplace of telco leader PLDT Inc. is gaining momentum in adding more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to its user base, lifted by efforts to expand its service portfolio, such as with flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) soon.

- By ELIJAH FELICE ROSALES

PLDT Global Corp. chief operating officer Edith Gomez-Cudiamat yesterday said the Tindahan ni Bossing (TINBO) app has so far picked up almost 500,000 users worldwide.

She said the platform is having success particularly in the Middle East, where there are about 2.5 million OFWs deployed in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, among others.

"TINBO right now is nearly reaching half a million user base across the globe, (with the) Middle East being our strongest base. We are bringing most of them into the app," Gomez-Cudiamat said in an interview on "Money Talks" on One News.