As part of Shell LiveWIRE’s long-standing commitment to developing and empowering Filipino small and medium businesses, Shell supports like- minded initiatives such as the 2022 Benita and Catalino Yap Foundation (BCYF) Innovation Award. This is an annual award that recognizes excellence in...
Senator Grace Poe on Monday pushed for the passage of a measure that would provide increased protection for bank account holders and consumers of other financial products. Poe made the call as her panel, the Senate Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies, conducted a hearing on...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’s (BSP) Cybersecurity Oversight and Surveillance Group is regularly updating its standards and protocols against cybersecurity threats amid the mounting number of bank hacking and fraud incidents taking place within the banking industry in the last couple of years....
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will pursue the filing of criminal cases against the brains behind the series of bank hacking incident that were reported in December 2021, an official of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Monday. Melchor Plabasan, head of the BSP’s...
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. cannot be disqualified to run for presidency on the basis of his tax-related case, his party's lawyer said Sunday night. George Briones, Marcos Jr.'s Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) general counsel, said in a statement posted on the party's...
The 54th Shell National Student Arts Competition (NSAC) Virtual Art Interaction showcased how the power of art can magnify the expression of advocacies, as well as how art enhanced by technology can break boundaries. The last two sessions of this online workshop series, organized by the Pilipinas...
The research arm of credit rater Fitch Group has maintained its bearish stance on the Philippine peso, as it expects the local currency to even weaken as accommodative policy stances and a worsening current account weigh on the local currency. In a research note on Friday, Jan. 14, Fitch Solutions...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday appealed to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the banking community to suspend the collection of fees on online money transfers while COVID-19 cases continue to rise. Gatchalian said it would also be better if financial institutions and companies...
From left: Philippine Red Cross Secretary General Elizabeth Zavalla, Binibining Pilipinas International 2021 Hannah Arnold, PRC Chairman Senator Richard Gordon, Miss Intercontinental 2021 Cinderella Obenita, and PRC Board of Governors Ernesto Isla The Araneta Group partners with the Philippine Red...
Actor-turned-politician Rep. John Marvin "Yul Servo" Nieto has asked the House of Representatives to join him in calling on the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and government to stop removing the images of the country’s national heroes from Philippine bank notes in active circulation. P1,000 bill new...
Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. has partially paid its back taxes to the Bureau of Customs (BOC), the Department of Finance (DOF) announced on Tuesday, Dec. 28. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III confirmed that BOC has received P1.7 billion from Pilipinas Shell, accounting for around half of...
Re-electionist Senator Richard Gordon on Monday called on banks to enforce tighter online security to prevent hackers from stealing from clients’ accounts. Gordon, who chairs the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, said banks should be more proactive in keeping their customers’ trust...
