Payments & PSPs in Makati, Philippines: overview
Financial district and corporate HQs. Payments & psps is one of the engagements local companies ask us for most often.
NNT Software engineers payment platforms for PSPs, acquirers, payment facilitators and merchants — payment gateways, orchestration and smart routing, merchant onboarding, payouts, settlement and reconciliation — with PCI-DSS-aware architecture and local payment rails worldwide.. Delivered remotely from India with full working-day overlap.
Makati at a glance
Business districts
Most of the activity in Makati is concentrated in the Makati Central Business District. We regularly support companies based in these areas.
Economy and key industries
Financial district and corporate HQs. These sectors drive most of the software demand we see in Makati.
Talent and universities
Asian Institute of Management. Local teams often pair with our engineers in India to add capacity and specialist skills.
Connectivity and infrastructure
Close to NAIA. We plan hosting, latency and integrations with this in mind.
Why Makati companies invest in software
With financial district and corporate HQs, businesses in Makati face growing pressure to digitise operations, serve customers online and integrate with partners. The most common requests we receive from Makati are payments & psps.
Because Makati draws talent from Asian Institute of Management, many companies here run lean in-house teams and use NNT Software to add product engineering, QA, DevOps or AI skills on demand — with delivery scheduled around PHT (UTC+8) working hours.
How we would approach a project in Makati
- Start with the workflows that matter most to financial district and corporate HQs — usually settlement engine and payment gateway.
- Meet stakeholders in the Makati Central Business District or online for a one-to-two-week discovery workshop.
- Plan hosting and integrations around close to NAIA and the PHT (UTC+8) working day.
- Combine your local team — often hired from Asian Institute of Management — with NNT engineers for design, development and QA.
- Release in two-week sprints and review results with your Makati team every fortnight.
How Makati businesses use payments & psps
Settlement engine
Fees, splits, reserves and reconciliation. Fintech companies in Makati usually prioritise this first, tracking progress on onboarding completion rate and time to approve an application.
Payment gateway
Hosted checkout, APIs and tokenisation. Fintech companies in Makati usually prioritise this first, tracking progress on onboarding completion rate and time to approve an application.
Orchestration
Smart routing and failover across PSPs. Fintech companies in Makati usually prioritise this first, tracking progress on onboarding completion rate and time to approve an application.
Merchant portal
KYB onboarding, dashboards and payouts. Fintech companies in Makati usually prioritise this first, tracking progress on onboarding completion rate and time to approve an application.
What payments & psps includes for Makati clients
Settlement engine
Fees, splits, reserves and reconciliation.
Payment gateway
Hosted checkout, APIs and tokenisation.
Orchestration
Smart routing and failover across PSPs.
Merchant portal
KYB onboarding, dashboards and payouts.
Hosting for Makati projects
For low latency in Makati and compliance with Data Privacy Act of 2012, we usually recommend Singapore, Mumbai or Sydney cloud regions.
Localising payments & psps for Makati
Business in Makati is mainly conducted in Filipino and English. We build interfaces, notifications and documents ready for those languages, and plan releases around the PHT (UTC+8) working day.
Payments & PSPs pricing for Makati
Priced as per your requirements and budget, quoted in PHP or USD, after a free discovery call.
Working with a Makati team
We work with full working-day overlap (PHT (UTC+8)). You get a named project manager, weekly demos and written status reports.
Next steps
Ready to discuss payments & psps in Makati? Here is how to get started with NNT Software:
- Share your goals, users, must-have features and timeline through the contact form, email or WhatsApp.
- Join a free 30-minute discovery call with a solution architect — we sign an NDA first if you prefer.
- Receive a written proposal within 48 hours: scope, milestones, team, timeline and fixed estimate.
- Kick off with a discovery workshop and see working software in your first sprint demo.