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IMF flags PH bank loans to manufacturers

The International Monetary Fund urged Philippine regulators to closely monitor banks’ exposure to the manufacturing…

BSP: Stronger reforms beat demonetization

More urgent institutional reforms—including lifting bank secrecy rules and strengthening safeguards against illicit financial flows—would…

BIZ BUZZ: Strong 2026 outlook for equities, fixed income assets 

2025 has been more than kind to the trust banking group of Ty-led Metropolitan Bank…

Banks ramped up agri lending as of Q3

Philippine banks expanded lending to agriculture through the end of the third quarter, continuing to…

BIZ BUZZ: BPI looks ahead to 175th year

TG Limcaoco, president and CEO of Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), is raring to…

BSP hikes dollar deficit forecast for 2026 

The Philippines is set to post a wider dollar deficit next year than what the…

PNB Holdings eyes stock market listing

LT Group, Inc. said its banking subsidiary, PNB Holdings Corp. (PHC), has taken a key…

IMF projects more BSP rate cuts in Q1 2026

The Philippines could see additional interest rate cuts next year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…

Time for BSP to pause cycle of monetary easing—think tank

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may need to hold off on additional rate cuts…

BSP requires ISO 20022 on retail payments

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is requiring all retail payment systems in the country…