Philippine fintech app MarCoPay addresses seafarers' needs

Startup that began by offering farm equipment branches out

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MarCoPay is a digital platform dedicated for sailors, strengthening niche services for them. (Photo by MarCoPay)

YUICHI SHIGA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Fintech startup MarCoPay is expanding its financial services aimed at Filipino seamen, including by offering QR-code payments and loans. These services are designed to meet their unique needs and make their lives at sea more convenient and secure.

"As a one-stop financial platformer for seafarers in the Philippines, we value them in a way that local financial institutions cannot," Toshiaki Fujioka, president of MarCoPay, told Nikkei Asia in an interview.

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