banking

PH’s economic pillar still getting a fraction of bank loans

Bank lending to small businesses in 2024 remained below the prescribed credit allocation despite the…

BDO expects leaner full-year profit

BDO Unibank Inc. opened 2025 with higher profits, although the Sy-led lender admitted it might…

ADB funding for PH reached $6B in ’24

The Philippines bagged a total of $6 billion in financing and cofinancing packages from Manila-based…

PH banks facing loan quality risks–Moody’s

Consumer loans are expected to corner a bigger share of the Philippine banking system’s total…

Landbank backs Sagittarian Agricultural with P 1.3-B loan

Agribusiness company Sagittarian Agricultural Philippines Inc. (Sapi) has secured a P1.3-billion loan from the Land…

Debtors of closed banks given bigger discounts  

State-run insurer Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) announced an “enhanced” and “extended” version of its…

BPI earnings rose to P16.6B in Q1; banner year ahead

Stronger lending in the consumer and micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) segments buoyed the…

Moody’s upgrades PNB credit rating

Tycoon Lucio Tan-led Philippine National Bank (PNB) bagged a credit rating upgrade from Moody’s Ratings…

February remittances slumped to 9-mo low

Cash remittances posted their lowest haul in nine months in February as inflows normalized following…

No longer plain vanilla: BDO Capital hatches P500B worth of annual deals

Twenty-five years ago, BDO Capital and Investment Corp. began as a company offering plain-vanilla loans,…