Sumsub launches partnership with Go Digital Philippines

Sumsub, a global verification provider, said it aims to provide a more secure digital identity for the Philippines through its partnership with Go Digital Philippines (GDP), amid rising cybercrime cases.

“We want to be able to help the government and the private sector to be able to communicate better and raise the bar for the rural users,” Sumsub Vice President for APAC Penny Chai told reporters in a briefing.

“With our experience over the last 10 years, we’re going to help the Philippines enter the next era in the next 10 years,” she added.

The partnership aims to bridge private-sector innovation with national and regional policies through Sumsub’s “global tool cycle verification,” which streamlines the verification process, detects suspicious user activity, and identifies all types of fraud across user transactions.

“We are together bringing government, technology, and industry stakeholders to come together to work towards a more secure, inclusive, and empowered economy,” Sumsub APAC Government Relations Lead Jason Chan said in the same briefing.

Apart from helping safeguard Filipinos against cyber threats, the partnership also aims to contribute to the ASEAN AI Workstream within the ASEAN Business Advisory Council.

“We are also collaborating and coordinating with them on the interoperable new age finance pillar,” Mr. Chan said.

“Which essentially means that we want to focus more on solutions that will help provide cross-border payments, interoperability, and safer digital finance for MSMEs,” he added.

Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) noted that fraud cases are rising annually, raising concerns about the country’s digital security.

“While the digital platforms will be utilized more, the bad actors won’t be idle in exploiting that,” CICC Director Alvin M. Navarro told BusinessWorld.

“We might see a spike in scam incidents, and it can impact the digital economy,” he added.

The Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) reported arresting 332 cybercrime suspects in the first quarter of 2026.

Sumsub currently has 4,000 clients globally across the fintech, gaming, banking, and digital asset sectors, with 30% of those companies based in Asia.

“We want to invest more and more here to bring more talents, bring more people, to expand our land and expand our strategy,” Sumsub Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Andrew Sever said. — Almira Louise S. Martinez