SB Finance’s two major shareholders, Security Bank Corporation and Thailand’s Bank of Ayudhya (commonly named as Krungsri), have obtained their respective internal approvals to infuse P3 billion in additional capital to the company. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange,...
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez on Monday, (Feb. 22) urged the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to craft rules to encourage banks to lend more for auto loans stressing that banks have huge liquidity that they can use to help businesses recover. Trade and...
China Banking Corporation has successfully raised P20 billion via the issuance of three-year fixed-rate bonds, the first from a financial institution in the country this year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said the issuance is four times the original offer of P5...
Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) has set aside P2 billion for a new credit facility specifically for fishermen who want to purchase commercial fishing boats. Called LandBank Commercial Fishing Vessel Financing Program, the loan facility allows eligible borrowers willing to borrow up to 80...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has issued an advisory warning banks and non-banks to be alert and detect clients or customers that are engaged in illegal online gambling and to report these activities to the proper government agencies including the central bank. BSP memo (Circular Letter No....
After making huge gains last week, investors are seen to test the stock market’s strength this week amid concern over the new COVID-19 variant on one side and vaccine roll-out news and the passage of the corporate recovery bill on the other. “Next week, the local market is seen to move sideways...
The Ayala group of companies bagged top accolades at the 2019 ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard Awards held by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Institute of Corporate Directors. Ayala Corporation, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Ayala Land, Inc., and Globe Telecom were hailed ASEAN...
For the first time since late 2006, big banks’ outstanding loans declined by 0.7 percent year-on-year in December 2020 during the initial year of the COVID-19 pandemic which pulled the economy into a recession. Total bank lending net of banks’ reverse repurchase (RRP) placements with the Bangko...
Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) has opened a new credit facility that will fund 90 percent of borrowers’ investment requirement, but this is only if the borrower is either a farmer or a micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) engaged in the agricultural value chain of certain...
Union Bank of the Philippines reported a 17 percent decline in net income to P11.6 billion last year from the P14 billion earned in 2019. However, the bank said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange that this was achieved despite credit reserves growing by 4.7 times...
The Land Bank of the Philippines’ (LANDBANK) agricultural loans grew from P236.31 billion in 2019 to P237.62 billion in 2020, more than half of which were given to small, medium, and large agribusinesses. Of the P237.62 billion total outstanding loans, small, medium, and large agribusiness...
Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) is merging with BPI Family Savings Bank (BFSB), its wholly owned thrift bank subsidiary, with BPI as the surviving entity. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, BPI said the merger, which it hopes to complete this year, will prime the Bank to seize...
