banking

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,…

BSP cuts policy rate by 25 bps to 5.5%

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Thursday cut the key rate by a quarter…

Banks’ bad loan ratio steady at 3.38% in Feb

The ratio of bad debts to total loans held by Philippine banks was steady in…

EastWest banks on new offers for ’25

East West Banking Corp. expects to achieve a double-digit growth rate in its net income…

ADB trims growth outlook on PH

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) cut its growth outlook on the Philippines for this year,…

BIZ BUZZ: Chinabank Capital bags prestigious awards, again

Chinabank Capital has done it again. The investment house arm of Sy-led China Banking Corp.…

Moody’s: PH banks to see ‘least damage’ from US tariffs

Philippine banks are likely to experience the “least damage” in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region…

PH positioned to thrive amid Trump tariff challenges

Global banking giant JP Morgan Chase expects the Philippines, with its consumer-driven and service-oriented economy,…

Bank lending growth in PH slightly slowed to 12.2% in Feb

Bank lending continued to grow in February, albeit at a slower pace from January, driven…

Going beyond ‘5-6’

A painful reality still hounds the Philippines—a significant portion of its population struggle with financial…