banking

Landbank digital transactions up by 36%

The government’s drive for agencies to adopt cashless payments helped a 36-percent surge in digital…

BIZ BUZZ: Marcos cheers HSBC legacy

For British banking giant HSBC, one of the first foreign banks to set up shop…

Billease levels up lending with rural bank debut

Billease, a consumer finance firm in the Philippines, is aiming to expand its loan book…

Banks ‘steady’ despite graft probe risks–Fitch

Philippine banks are poised to maintain “steady financial performance” in 2026 despite a cycle of…

BSP seeks tighter watch list rules for nonbank executives

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) wants nonbank financial institutions to adopt modified bank-level rules…

Security Bank 9-mo profit rose 7% to P9.1B

Security Bank Corp. on Friday reported a 7-percent increase in its net profit in the…

BIZ BUZZ: Off-cycle rate cut in the works? 

Rumors have been circulating, apparently since Wednesday, about an off-cycle policy rate cut that the…

BSP pushes for 24/7 digital payments system

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has urged the country’s payment system players to help…

Peso to stay under pressure, trade around 58:$1

The persistent weakness of the Philippines’ external position and the central bank’s higher tolerance for…

PH banks’ 9-mo profits up as margins hold firm 

Philippine banks posted a nearly 4-percent profit growth in the first nine months, buoyed by…