“We believe that digital mobile payment services can improve for Filipinos.”
TANGapp, which is short for “transaction-and-go” application, is a startup business that was incorporated in the United States in April 2020.
“At TANGapp, we believe that digital mobile payment services can improve for Filipinos. Whether they are one of the 4.5 million Filipinos working in the US or the tens of millions of unbanked in the Philippines, every Filipino deserves access to the ever-growing international digital economy,” Kersch said in a statement.
Despite her hard work, however, Kersch observed that her aunt has to pay an “exorbitant” rate of around 8% of the funds she had to send money to the country. She also learned that this situation did not improve over time. Driven by the goal to help them, she led a small group of people from Harvard to develop the app as the new, accessible remittance option.Kersch grew up in a largely Filipino household. Her roots, however, were mixed.Her family later moved to Washington, D.C. in the US when she was only 11 years old.
This benefit, therefore, helps senders manage and allocate the money they send at times their loved ones really needed it.
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