As part of a push to win retail investors back from online gambling and crypto, PSE president and CEO Ramon Monzon is courting listings from consumer-facing names — among them Angkas, the Creador-backed motorcycle taxi platform, which he said plans to go public as early as this year and could draw in its own passengers and partner riders as shareholders. The exchange counts just 3.64 million stock market accounts against roughly 10 million online gambling accounts.
As part of a push to win retail investors back from online gambling and crypto, PSE president and CEO Ramon Monzon is courting listings from consumer-facing names — among them Angkas, the Creador-backed motorcycle taxi platform, which he said plans to go public as early as this year and could draw in its own passengers and partner riders as shareholders. The exchange counts just 3.64 million stock market accounts against roughly 10 million online gambling accounts.
Angkas CEO George Royeca met with JV Ambrosio — the University of the East electrical engineering student who went viral for riding on the side to fund his studies — and pledged to cover his tuition for his remaining semesters. Ambrosio, who carries 31 units while riding after class, had pushed back on assumptions that he was asking for donations, and says he now hopes to intern at Angkas and eventually work as one of its engineers.
Angkas CEO George Royeca met with JV Ambrosio — the University of the East electrical engineering student who went viral for riding on the side to fund his studies — and pledged to cover his tuition for his remaining semesters. Ambrosio, who carries 31 units while riding after class, had pushed back on assumptions that he was asking for donations, and says he now hopes to intern at Angkas and eventually work as one of its engineers.
Angkas' "Ako Si Angkas" campaign uses billboards and video to retell the stories of its 30,000 riders as providers and dreamers rather than anonymous helmets — among them Melody Manalansan-Viray, part of the platform's first batch of women riders, who rode her way to a computer engineering degree and a home for her family, and Harprit Singh Brar, a UPLB doctorate holder who pushes back on assumptions that riders are uneducated. The campaign frames access to safe, affordable transport as a matter of inclusion, with the rider's own dignity at the center of it.
Angkas' "Ako Si Angkas" campaign uses billboards and video to retell the stories of its 30,000 riders as providers and dreamers rather than anonymous helmets — among them Melody Manalansan-Viray, part of the platform's first batch of women riders, who rode her way to a computer engineering degree and a home for her family, and Harprit Singh Brar, a UPLB doctorate holder who pushes back on assumptions that riders are uneducated. The campaign frames access to safe, affordable transport as a matter of inclusion, with the rider's own dignity at the center of it.
