Philippines

Philippine National Bank shares on collateral for PAL

Biggest shareholder to buy back airline stake.

Fitch affirms four Philippine banks

Ratings reflect, among others, satisfactory core capitalization.

Philippines' China Banking Corp. wants to raise stake in bancassurance arm

Bancassurance partly contributed to miscellaneous income previously.

Philippine bank BDO acquires thrift bank The Real Bank

It’s its third consecutive year of acquisitions.

Philippine banks record 21.1% increase in May lending

Various industry sectors reflected robust loan growth.

Moratorium on branch-banking in the Philippines ends

The restrictions were partly for overcrowding control.