TANG app connects remittances from the US to last mile daily payments in the Philippines, filling a gap in the current ecosystem. It is the only international peer-to-peer transaction app, best positioned to help bring financial inclusion in the Philippines. Read More.
Rebecca Kersch joined NYC FinTech Women for a 3-part video series on financial inclusion
TANGGapp presented as one of the Top 100 Filipino Tech Startups on the Rise. Read More.
Despite being very fortunate to live quite a privileged and international life, I grew up seeing these financial struggles. Throughout my work, my driving force has always been about solving problems in the Philippines and helping to improve lives for Filipinos both abroad and at home. Without my Filipino auntie or my Filipino family, I wouldn’t be where I am today. Read More.
TANGapp is one of 9 Awardees by The Rockefeller Foundation-Acumen Student Social Innovation Challenge. Read More.
Inspired by her auntie, a first generation immigrant who worked hard to send money back home to the Philippines, only to have to pay a whole month’s worth of salary every year in transaction fees, Rebecca Kersch knew there had to be a better way. That’s why she founded TANG App, a payment platform that lets anyone from the US (or other countries) send money and phone credit (a new addition in response to Covid-19) to the Philippines, and eventually to the whole world. Think: a global Venmo. Listen to podcast.
Rebecca Kersch knows a thing or two about raising money as an early-stage entrepreneur. The fintech founder recently raised $1.2million in an oversubscribed angel investor round, with another round in August 2021 taking her total funding to US$1.5 million. Read More.
The 40 young leaders from the Philippines selected for the Gen.T List 2021 represent the future. They are the successful entrepreneurs, professionals and creatives we believe are the Leaders of Tomorrow. Click the button below to see who they are and read their profiles. Read More.
International peer-to-peer payment app TANG app is on a mission to boost financial inclusion for the 70% of Filipinos that don’t have a bank account in the Philippines. Boosted by £1.2million in pre-seed funding, it has unveiled plans to invest in a remittances service while increasing its user base. Read More.
Inspired by her Tita Baby, Filipina fintech visionary Rebcca Kersch founded TANGGapp, a global mobile payment app for Overseas Filipinos. Read More.