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.
On National Heroes' Day, August 29, 2022, Angkas waived its commission on every booking — rides and deliveries alike — so partner riders took home the full fare. CEO George Royeca cast the gesture as recognition for the bikers who fought to regulate and professionalize the motorcycle taxi industry, crediting them with giving commuters back their mobility and, with a safety rating of 99.997% across millions of bookings, dismantling the "kamote rider" stereotype.
On National Heroes' Day, August 29, 2022, Angkas waived its commission on every booking — rides and deliveries alike — so partner riders took home the full fare. CEO George Royeca cast the gesture as recognition for the bikers who fought to regulate and professionalize the motorcycle taxi industry, crediting them with giving commuters back their mobility and, with a safety rating of 99.997% across millions of bookings, dismantling the "kamote rider" stereotype.
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Angkas partnered with the Pasay City government in August 2020 to give free rides and protective shields to healthcare workers, focusing on staff at Pasay City General Hospital and the Philippine Air Force General Hospital, whose commutes had thinned out under MECQ. At Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano's request, the company also agreed to train and deploy bikers as contact tracers — making Pasay the third Metro Manila LGU after Manila and Pasig to receive the shields-and-free-rides package.
Angkas partnered with the Pasay City government in August 2020 to give free rides and protective shields to healthcare workers, focusing on staff at Pasay City General Hospital and the Philippine Air Force General Hospital, whose commutes had thinned out under MECQ. At Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano's request, the company also agreed to train and deploy bikers as contact tracers — making Pasay the third Metro Manila LGU after Manila and Pasig to receive the shields-and-free-rides package.
