Source: https://fintech.ph/listing/moneybees

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# Moneybees

Buy and sell crypto with ease!

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[Visit website](https://www.moneybees.ph/)

- **Founded**: 2017
- **Headquarters**: Metro Manila
- **Stage**: Private
- **Licences**: 2. BSP

## Overview

Moneybees Forex Corporation is the Philippines' first over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency buy/sell service, BSP-registered as a Virtual Asset Service Provider since 2020. Customers trade Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT in cash, in person, at BSP-licensed money changers, remittance agents and pawnshops in malls and business centers nationwide (around 26 OTC locations as of 2024) and via an online trading desk. It also offers white-label OTC technology to money-service businesses. Founded in 2017, it is part of founder Jay Villarante's 8Ventures group.

### Products

- OTC crypto buy/sell (BTC, ETH, USDT)
- Partner-outlet network
- Online trading desk
- White-label OTC technology

### Serves

Crypto buyers Money changers

## Funding and ownership

Stage

Private

Parent organisation: 8Ventures Pte. Ltd.

## People

- Jay Ricky Villarante Founder, Chairman & CEO

## Licences and certifications

- [BSP-registered Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP)](https://fintech.ph/licence/virtual-asset-service-providers) [Check: List of Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP)](https://www.bsp.gov.ph/Lists/Directories/Attachments/19/VASP.pdf)
- [MSB Registration No. 60-00816-0-00000](https://fintech.ph/licence/remittance-companies) [Check: BSP directory of banks and financial institutions](https://www.bsp.gov.ph/SitePages/FinancialStability/DirBanksFIList.aspx)
- BSP-supervised Certification
- AMLC-registered Certification

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## Contact and links

[moneybees.ph](https://www.moneybees.ph/)

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From fintech.ph, an independent directory of fintech companies in the Philippines, as of October 27, 2026. Please link to https://fintech.ph/listing/moneybees when citing this page.