{"id":777046242,"date":"2026-08-17T07:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T10:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777046242"},"modified":"2026-08-17T07:50:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T10:50:55","slug":"digiplus-appoints-teneo-as-strategic-advisor-for-global-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/digiplus-appoints-teneo-as-strategic-advisor-for-global-expansion","title":{"rendered":"DigiPlus appoints Teneo as strategic advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company said the partnership will support its plans to pursue opportunities beyond the Philippine market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philippines.- <strong>DigiPlus Interactive Corp<\/strong>p. has appointed global CEO advisory firm<strong> Teneo<\/strong> as its strategic advisor as the company looks to pursue growth opportunities beyond the Philippines. DigiPlus, which operates <strong>BingoPlus, ArenaPlus and GameZone<\/strong>, said Teneo will provide a global perspective and senior counsel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DigiPlus said it continues to invest in innovation, responsible growth, governance and organisational capabilities. as it aims to expand both in the Philippines and internationally. DigiPlus Interactive\u00a0reported a 9 per cent quarter-on-quarter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/digiplus-reports-lower-q2-ggr-but-higher-earnings-and-ebitda\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/digiplus-reports-lower-q2-ggr-but-higher-earnings-and-ebitda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">decline in gross gaming revenue (GGR)<\/a>\u00a0to PHP15.61bn (US$273.7m) in the second quarter of 2026. Net income was PHP6.98bn (US$122.4m), up 124 per cent, primarily due to a fair value gain from its investment in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/international-entertainment-completes-final-us102m-convertible-notes-issuance-to-digiplus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Entertainment Corporation\u2019s (IEC)<\/a>\u00a0convertible notes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Excluding this non-operating gain, core\u00a0<strong>net income was PHP2.35bn (US$41.2m)<\/strong>, an 8 per cent increase from the previous quarter. <strong>EBITDA rose 7 per cent\u00a0<\/strong>quarter-on-quarter to PHP2.84bn (US$49.8m), while the EBITDA margin improved to 18.2 per cent, compared with 15.3 per cent in the first quarter. The company cited disciplined cost management and greater operating efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/new_agreement-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/international-entertainment-expands-lavie-casino-strategy-with-digiplus-online-gaming-deal\">International Entertainment bulks up LaVie Casino strategy with DigiPlus online gaming deal<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company said the partnership will support its plans to pursue opportunities beyond the Philippine market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777026238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"DigiPlus Interactive Corp. has appointed Teneo as a strategic advisor to guide its international expansion beyond the Philippine market, concurrently reporting its Q2 2026 financial performance. While gross gaming revenue (GGR) saw a quarter-on-quarter decline, the company achieved significant core net income and EBITDA growth, bolstered by operational efficiencies and a fair value gain from its investment in International Entertainment Corporation's convertible notes.","focusai_entities":"DigiPlus Interactive Corp., Teneo, BingoPlus, ArenaPlus, GameZone, International Entertainment Corporation","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Global Market Entry","query":"What specific target markets beyond the Philippines is DigiPlus evaluating, and what B2B\/B2C licensing and regulatory compliance strategies are being formulated for market entry?"},{"label":"Financial Performance Drivers","query":"Beyond the fair value gain from IEC convertible notes, what operational efficiencies and gaming verticals are driving DigiPlus's core net income and EBITDA growth amidst a GGR decline?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[24826,24370,24804],"class_list":["post-777046242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-business","tag-digiplus","tag-the-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777046242"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777046249,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046242\/revisions\/777046249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777026238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777046242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777046242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777046242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}