About Datung
About Datung: an SEC-registered lender for Filipino SMEs, based in BGC
Datung is the business name of Dark Knight Lending, Inc., a lending company registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and based at One Global Place, BGC, Taguig City. We fund the established suppliers and distributors who keep Filipino small businesses stocked on terms.
Para sa negosyong Pilipino
Pro-people. Pro-business. Proudly Filipino.
We love Filipino entrepreneurs, and we love the Philippines. The wholesaler who keeps a hundred sari-sari stores stocked. The parts supplier behind every talyer in town. The importers and exporters putting Philippine products on the map.
Big or small, we back local businesses. Datung is on a mission to close the credit gap for Filipino SMEs, starting with the businesses that carry the small ones.
We want to be the hand that lifts the Philippine economy higher, one business at a time.
What we believe
See the unseen: how we close the credit gap
Behind every sari-sari store, carinderia and talyer is a supplier who gave them terms. Those suppliers are the backbone of local trade, and too often the businesses a checklist overlooks.
See the unseen
Many established Filipino businesses are hard to see from paper alone. They sell on terms, get paid in post-dated checks, and their real strength is their relationships with hundreds of small customers. So we read your bank statements, visit your business, and look at the whole picture.
Close the credit gap
We're on a mission to close the credit gap for Filipino SMEs, starting with the suppliers and distributors who carry the small ones. When a supplier can stock more and offer terms, every sari-sari store, carinderia and talyer it serves can grow too.
Pro-Filipino, pro-business
We love Filipino entrepreneurs and we love the Philippines. That means respect for the work you've put in: a simple application, clear terms disclosed in full before you sign, and an answer we aim to give you fast.
Why Datung
Ikaw ang nagtayo nito. We're here to back it.
Ikaw ang nagtayo nito means “you built this.”
Every payroll you've met, every supplier who trusts your terms, every customer who keeps coming back. That is real work, and it deserves a financing partner who treats it that way.
So we keep it simple and respectful: 3 things to apply, clear terms, an answer we aim to give you fast, and financing on a schedule that fits how your business earns.
A licensed lender
Dark Knight Lending, Inc. is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and holds Certificate of Authority No. 3506 to operate as a lending company.
No account needed
Apply without creating an account or a password. We use secure email links to bring you back to your application.
Apply in about 10 minutes
The online form mirrors our paper Loan Application Form, and we generate the completed form for you from your answers.
Full disclosure before you sign
The interest rate and all charges on your loan are disclosed in full before you sign.
Your repayment preference
Tell us whether you'd prefer to repay weekly, bi-weekly or monthly.
Your data protected under RA 10173
Applications are processed in accordance with the Data Privacy Act of 2012.
Registration and licence
SEC registration and Certificate of Authority
Lending companies in the Philippines need an SEC Certificate of Authority to operate. These are our details. You can check them yourself on the SEC website.
Lender details
- Corporate name
- Dark Knight Lending, Inc.
- Business name
- Datung
- Formerly
- Dark Knight Analytics, Inc.
- SEC Company Registration No.
- 2024070157507-01
- SEC Certificate of Authority No.
- 3506
- Data privacy
- Processed under RA 10173
Our office
Unit 10-01, One Global Place, 25th St. cor. 5th Ave., Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Metro Manila 1630
Our official website is datungapply.com. If you are not sure a message is really from us, don't reply and don't open its links: email us and ask.
FAQ
Questions about Datung
Our licence, safety and how to reach us.
Is Datung a licensed lender?
Do I pay anything before my loan is released?
What is a Community Hero?
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Grow together
Know a business that deserves to be seen?
Point them our way. Every referral helps another Filipino business owner get the backing they've earned.
Referral program
Refer a business, earn 1.5%
Know a business owner who needs funding? Tell us about them and we'll reach out. You earn a one-time 1.5% of the loan amount if it's approved and released.
Community Hero program
Know business owners who could use financing?
Become a Community Hero, one of Datung's accredited referral partners, and earn while you help local businesses grow.
- A commission on every referred loan that's approved and released
- Paid 5 days after the loan is released
- Your own referral link and dashboard
- Free training and accreditation
Keep reading
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Compare our financing optionsFrom application to final answer, step by step.
Learn more about how our loan process works