John Soriano
Portrait of John Soriano

About

I started in hospitality design, where the job was noticing what a guest needed before they asked. That’s still most of the work. Now it’s for merchants and developers at PayMongo, the Philippines’ API-first payments platform.

Based in Manila. Cat dad of two.

Now

  • PayMongo

    Head of Marketing & Communications

  • Oblique Asia

    Founder & Editor-in-Chief

  • Komorebi

    Co-founder. Coffee, Panglao, Bohol.

Writing topics

  • Fintech
  • Southeast Asian startups
  • Operating with AI
  • Craftsmanship

Off the clock

  • John going up for a jump shot in a basketball game.
  • John holding a cat, reflected in a round mirror.
  • John with arms raised against a sunset over the water.
  • John sitting outside a cafe on a lamplit lane at night.
  • John walking a tree-lined cobblestone path.
  • John in a jacket among tall office towers.
  • John standing in front of a red-brick heritage building.