Philippines

Philippines' total bank profits up 23% to $1.07bn

Robust operating income and disciplined expenses fuelled growth.

Philippines' total bank profits up 23% to $1.07bn

Robust operating income and disciplined expenses fuelled growth.

Philippine banking system's excess liquidity remains high

This should keep the government bond yields low in Q4 2011.

LBC Bank placed under receivership

LBC Development Bank has been placed under receivership of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp.

EastWest Bank targets 2012 IPO

Yet the realization of the move still depends on the health of US and European economy.

Asia United Bank profit drops 30% to $12.48mn

The lender’s non-interest income income from trading and trust and fee-based profits, income from securities trading and earnings from foreign exchange trading suffered fall.

EastWest Bank engages in microfinance via M&A

The Philippine central bank allowed the lender to convert up to 41 of the 46 Green Bank branches.

Phillipines central bank: Lenders still stable amidst uncertainty

The BSP attributes low incidence of problem loans to the adoption of prudent lending standards.

Metrobank first half profit up 45% to $144.04mn

Metrobank’s profit is catching up with that of the industry leader BPI, which amounted to $146.4mn.

5 Philippine banks establish a credit bureau

BDO, BPI, Citibank Philippines, HSBC and Metrobank agreed to form a body to keep track of good, bad borrowers.

BPI subsidiary posts $14.9bn total assets under management

The company’s largest product in terms of valuation is mutual funds’ assets reached $1.08bn.

PSBank’s first half profit up 13% to $21.62mn

The thrift bank achieves double-digit surge amidst interest rate competition on mortgage loans.

BPI first half profit up 12% to $146.81mn

Yet operating costs surged 11%, with half of the increase coming from higher manpower costs due to a new agreement with the bank's labor union.

PSBank and Globe Telecom join forces for e-banking

The pact gives access to Globe subscribers to various financial transactions such as payments, account inquiries and reloading from their PSBank account to their enrolled GCash wallet.

Fast CBA deals helps boost our growth—BPI

Industrial peace make the lender rake in more profits amid fierce competition in the industry.

Philippine National Bank names Carlos Pedrosa as president and CEO

Pedrosa’s 30 years in banking made him the board’s choice to succeed Eugene S. Acevedo

MasterCard campaigns for contactless payments in the Philippines

The card’s debit purchase volume in the Philippines up 47% as it posed a 46% rise in e-commerce transactions in the Southeast and South Asia markets.

Banco de Oro starts offering China UnionPay services

GFG Group enables the lender to harness China UnionPay transactions using its Cadencie platform.