top-up, launched the second Ding Global Prepaid Index (GPI) in which Filipinos top the global tables when it comes to prepaid products, preferring them to billpay options. Mark Roden, CEO of Ding, said: “Filipinos are astute consumers who see prepaid products as a smart way to budget and manage their…
Ding, the fastest way to send international mobile top-up, today launched the second Ding Global Prepaid Index (GPI) in which Filipinos top the global tables when it comes to prepaid products, preferring them to billpay options.
Philippines GPI Report Mark Roden, CEO of Ding, said: “Filipinos a
Filipinos prefer to connect via Facebook over SMS, voice calls survey By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News
Published May 25, 2021 7:25pm
Most Filipinos turn to Facebook to stay in touch with one another over text messages, a survey conducted by international mobile top-up service provider Ding Global showed. Most Filipinos turn to Facebook to stay in touch with one another over text messages, a survey conducted by international mobile top-up service provider Ding Global showed. Data from the Ding Global Prepaid Index (GPI) found that 88% of Filipinos chose Facebook as their preferred medium, followed by SMS with 53%, and voice calls with 28%. Almost 70% said they would be interested in super apps which would cater to all their needs.
Prepaid is the future of financial inclusion
Rupert Shaw is the chief commercial officer at Ding, a mobile top up and airtime transfer company based in Ireland
Among all the developments in the telecoms sector, the prepaid mobile phone is perhaps one of the most revolutionary. At a time when mobile phones were only to be found in the hands of businessmen, with the bank accounts and debit cards to pay off the monthly privilege of making calls and sending texts, the vast majority of the world’s population could only rely on their landline – that is if they indeed had access to one.