finance

How to build an emergency fund, pay off debt and make a plan for your money in 2026

NEW YORK—The start of a new year usually brings new motivation to achieve goals like…

BSP: Stronger reforms beat demonetization

More urgent institutional reforms—including lifting bank secrecy rules and strengthening safeguards against illicit financial flows—would…

Positive financial outlook

With the end of the year just a day away, looking back on how some…

IMF backs easing of bank secrecy rule 

Amending the bank secrecy law could help prevent the Philippines from again coming under heightened…

New DOF chief bats for fiscal discipline

Exercising fiscal discipline will be critical heading into 2026 as the Philippines continues to reel…

BIZ BUZZ: Scams use BSP logo, fake signatures

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is once again sounding the alarm over scams that…

Asialink gets ‘BB’ credit rating from S&P

S&P Global Ratings assigned its “BB” long-term credit rating to Asialink Finance Corp.—below investment grade—citing…

BSP to tighten rules on tier 1 notes redemption

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) wants to tighten the conditions under which banks may…

ACEN seals P15-B loan facility with Metrobank

ACEN Corp. has obtained fresh financing of up to P15 billion from Metropolitan Bank &…

SMBC boosts stake in RCBC to 24.46%

Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC) has increased its ownership in Rizal Commercial Banking Corp.…