PLDT and Nook Partnership

PLDT Global, the international business unit of PLDT, together with Nook — the Philippines' original mortgage brokering firm — have partnered to serve the evolving needs of the Global Filipino. The tie-up brings done-for-you home loan financing within reach of Filipinos living and working overseas.

Under the partnership, Free Bee — the innovative mobile app of PLDT Global — will be relaunched and will feature Nook's mortgage brokering service. This will enable Filipinos overseas to easily access home loan financial products from Nook's reputable partner banks, all from within an app they already use to stay connected to home.

What Free Bee is

Free Bee is the ultimate mobile app that helps Filipinos abroad stay connected to everything and everyone they love back in the Philippines. While Free Bee keeps Global Filipinos connected to home, Nook helps them fulfil the dream of owning a home of their own — and makes certain that the process of acquiring a future home through a mortgage loan stays simple.

Why this matters for Global Filipinos

For Overseas Filipino Workers and Filipinos living abroad, buying a home back home has always been hard to coordinate from a distance — comparing banks, completing application forms, gathering documents and chasing follow-ups, all while in a different time zone and unable to visit a branch in person.

Nook is a full-service brokerage built to remove exactly that friction. A dedicated Nook loan consultant compares the panel of partner banks, matches each borrower to the lender most likely to approve them at a competitive rate, prepares and lodges the paperwork, and handles all the back-and-forth with the bank — so the borrower never has to deal with a bank directly. Because the whole application can be run online, it is ideally suited to Filipinos overseas.

What Global Filipinos get through Nook

• Pre-qualification in about 3 minutes — see your borrowing options before you commit.
• One application compared across 20+ partner banks, including BDO, BPI, Security Bank, EastWest, UnionBank, RCBC and more.
• A dedicated loan consultant who runs the whole application for you — paperwork, document collection and bank follow-ups all handled.
• Progress updates by text and email, so you're never left wondering where your application stands.
• It is 100% free to the borrower — banks pay Nook a commission once your loan is released, never you.

Part of a bigger mission

The PLDT Global partnership is one of several tie-ups Nook has formed with technology platforms, property marketplaces, developers and banks across the Philippines and beyond. Each one supports the same goal: Nook is on a mission to help 1,000,000 Filipino families buy their own home by making the home loan process simple, fast and free for the borrower.

Whether you're working abroad or planning your move home, Nook can help you understand what you can borrow and get the financing sorted from start to finish.