The United States and Japan received good trust ratings from Filipinos, while China, Palestine, and Iran continued to receive poor trust ratings in the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. The Second Quarter 2026 Social Weather Survey, conducted from June 20 to 29, found the United States...
Despite lingering upside risks to inflation, China Banking Corp. (Chinabank) expects the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to conclude its rate-hiking cycle this August, arguing that second-round inflation effects have largely dissipated. The projection follows a third consecutive month of...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has been named the Philippines’ top performing and most trusted mayor after receiving the highest rating in a nationwide assessment of local chief executives by the RPMD Foundation Inc. Belmonte recorded the highest overall governance rating among city mayors...
Very alarming. This was how Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas described the possibility that former and incumbent high-ranking government officials facing corruption charges could be allowed to post bail and obtain provisional liberty. The statement came two days after the...
The Ty family’s Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) posted a net income of ₱24.9 billion in the first half of 2026, slightly higher than the ₱24.8 billion earned in the same period last year, amid a business environment that remained challenging for the banking industry. In a disclosure...
Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante Jr. has called "highly irresponsible" the decision of Vice President Sara Duterte to fly overseas in the middle of her Senate impeachment trial. Abante, the House quad-committee (quad-comm) v2.0 overall chairman, went as far to say that Duterte’s...
Half of Filipinos are not satisfied with the performance of President Marcos, Pulse Asia’s latest survey disclosed on Monday, July 20. On the other hand, the same survey revealed that Vice President Sara Duterte getting majority approval and trust rating amid the issues hurled against her that...
Senator-judge Vicente Sotto III sought to clarify the nature of the charges against Vice President Sara Duterte, saying the public may be confused by the discussions on grave threats and inciting to sedition during the fifth day of her impeachment trial on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. Sotto noted that...
Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) is expanding its automotive loan portfolio to target the rapidly growing hybrid vehicle segment, positioning itself to capture a larger share of the consumer market increasingly squeezed by volatile fuel prices. In a statement, the country’s...
Ty siblings Arthur Ty and Alfred Ty, the chairman and a director, respectively, of Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank), have scooped up ₱385.12 million worth of the bank’s shares amid recent weakness in its share price. In separate disclosures to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on...
Today’s young Filipinos are navigating a financial landscape that is digital-first, fast-moving, and increasingly complex. In this environment, financial products alone are not enough, what matters just as much is financial education that builds the right money mindset early on. Through...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has amended the exposure limits for unit investment trust funds (UITFs), allowing funds invested in exchange-traded equities to take on larger exposure to a single entity or issuer under certain conditions. Under the BSP’s Circular No. 1234 signed by BSP...
