banking

Post-holiday squeeze pushes PH bank bad loans higher

Bad loans accounted for a bigger slice of Philippine banks’ lending portfolios in January, a…

BIZ BUZZ: BSP festival coins fly off the shelves

Looks like the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has another crowd-pleaser on its hands. The…

Dutch banking giant ING can’t live without the Philippines

For most retail customers in the Philippines, the name ING disappeared more than two years…

BIZ BUZZ: Premier banking goes gourmet

The relaunched HSBC Premier, the global bank’s wealth and premier banking unit, is setting an…

BIZ BUZZ: EastWest checks both charts and chi for 2026

Clients of Gotianun-led East West Banking Corp. recently received a rather unusual briefing: part economics…

BSP to require banks to adopt strong biometrics authentication

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) wants banks to adopt robust biometric authentication for high-value…

Salmon Bank secures P400-M fresh capital

Salmon Bank is strengthening its balance sheet with P400 million in fresh capital from its…

Metrobank eyes P5-B Asean sustainability bond issue 

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) plans to issue at least P5 billion in Association…

Share of MSME bank loans reaches just below 5%

Bank lending to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) rose in 2025 but remained far…

‘Disciplined growth’: Security Bank profit up 3% to P11.6B

Security Bank Corp. grew its net income by 3 percent in 2025 to P11.6 billion,…