Stronger and safer GCash with Cybercrime Investigation and Coordination Center partnership

Members of the select media and the online community witnessed yesterday the formation of a Stronger and safer GCash with Cybercrime Investigation and Coordination Center partnership, that took place at the Seda Hotel in BGC. Concreting the long-standing commitment to provide Filipinos secure and safe digital financial services, the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordination Center (CICC) has signed an agreement with the country’s number one finance app, GCash, to intensify its campaign against online fraud and scams.

 

Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy, the mother agency of the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordination Center, and GCash will continue its efforts in combating cybercriminals and their fraudulent activities, being vigilant at all times to monitor cyberthreats to further improve cyber capabilities and resilience to become “futurists” that will work together to protect Filipinos by preempting the activities of cybercriminals. while accelerating digitization initiatives in line with its vision of “Finance for All.” 

 

GCash and CICC partnership
Stronger and safer GCash with Cybercrime Investigation and Coordination Center partnership

 

The Agreement between  Cybercrime Investigation and Coordination Center and GCash is “a strong signal to the whole community and to cyber criminals that we are not sitting back, that we will be aggressive in securing the money that the public has entrusted to us, and that we will actively, diligently, and relentlessly run after cybercriminals, whoever they may be, and bring them to justice.” says Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy.

 

GCash and CICC partnership
Stronger and safer GCash with Cybercrime Investigation and Coordination Center partnership

 

Joining Sec. Uy in signing the agreement were CICC  Undersecretary  Alexander Ramos and   Retired Supreme Court Justice Andres Reyes, Jr., GCash Head of New Businesses, Corporate Affairs, and Sustainability Winsley Bangit, GCash Chief Legal Officer Atty. Maria Corazon Alvarez-Adriano and GCash Legal Head Atty. Gilbert A. Escoto. 

 

In his speech, Usec. Ramos urged the victims of online scams to immediately file a report with GCash and the CICC, “not on social media.”.

 

This, said Ramos, will mobilize the rapid incident response mechanism made possible by the partnership between GCash and the CICC so that the public can be properly protected in time and prevent  scammers from getting more victims. The undersecretary also urged the public to reach out to the government’s 24/7 anti-scam response hotline in case of suspected scams by dialing 1326.

 

Through its continuous cooperation with authorities, GCash has blocked over 4 million fraudulent accounts and taken down 810 phishing sites and 45,000 malicious social media posts and accounts in 2023.

 

A strong  alliance with government agencies like the CICC, said Bangit,  is a big boost  to creating a safer digital ecosystem for  Filipinos, especially as they transact online. “We are honored to stand shoulder to shoulder with you in the pursuit of a safer and more just society,” he added.

 

In her closing remarks, Atty.  Alvarez-Adriano said that in the ongoing integration of digital technologies with the support of public sector agencies like the CICC, “GCash is poised for a state-of-the-art, stable, and inclusive financial system that will support the  economic growth of the country.”

For more information, please visit www.gcash.com.

 

Eli

Eli has 28 years of extensive IT sales expertise in Data, voice and network security and integrating them is his masterpiece. Photography and writing is his passion. Growing up as a kid, his father taught him to use the steel bodied Pentax and Hanimex 135mm film and single-direction flash, Polaroid cameras, and before going digital, he used mini DV tape with his Canon videocam. He now shoots with his Canon EOS 30D. Photography and blogging is a powerful mixture for him.

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