banking

GoTyme breaches 7M user count

GoTyme Bank Philippines now has 7 million users—up from 5 million last year—as more Filipinos…

Breakout markets like PH fire up CIMB growth in Southeast Asia

Having marked 100 years of operations last year, CIMB is pushing on to its next…

Metrobank lending jumps as interest rates recede

Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank) saw its loans portfolio fatten across segments as the…

BPI to open Singapore office in October

Bank of the Philippine Islands will expand its fund management services to Singapore by October.…

PH secures $700-M WB loan for climate resilience

The World Bank (WB) has approved a $700-million loan to the Philippine government to boost…

Chinabank netted record P13B in H1

Better macroeconomic conditions boosted the first-semester profit of China Banking Corp. (Chinabank) to a record-high…

BIZ BUZZ: Bautista’s PNB management gambit

We have seen Philippine National Bank, led by its new CEO Edwin Bautista, recently announce…

‘Green’ is hot: BDO’s P115-B bond deal size sets new PH record

BDO Unibank Inc. raised P115 billion from a warmly-received sustainability bond offer—the single largest debt…

Tech-savvy small banks to soon need more capital

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will require higher capitalization from small banks with digital-centric…

BIZ BUZZ: Olbes passes the torch

After more than 15 years, Eduardo Olbes of Security Bank Corp. is officially passing the…