Fiber broadband provider Converge Information and Communications Technology Solutions, Inc. took out a P3 billion term loan with state-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) to fund its terrestrial and subsea domestic fiber backbone network. Meta3 The total loan package from LANDBANK also...
Motorists can now settle their traffic violation fines online with a simple click on their smart phones. CONTACTLESS FINES PAYMENT--The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Landbank of the Philippines, and CIS Bayad Center, Inc. jointly launched on July 27, 2021 a cashless payment...
Senator Leila de Lima is urging the Senate to look into the validity of the reported planned merger of two state-owned banks—the Landbank of the Philippines (Landbank) and United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB)—as well as into the anomalies that may arise if the government’s plan proceeds. De...
The Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) had so far released more than P13 billion in loans and cash grants to nearly a million farmers and fishermen for this year, the bank's latest data showed. As of May 31, LANDBANK has assisted cumulatively 2.7 million farmers and fishers nationwide, of...
The merger of government-controlled banks Land Bank of Philippines (Landbank) and United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB) will expand and increase funding for the agricultural sector, said Landbank in a statement. Landbank president and CEO Cecilia C. Borromeo said the combining of two large banks’...
President Duterte has approved the merger between the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) and the United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB) to “strengthen capability to deliver financial services” to coconut industry and the agricultural sector. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) In...
Land Bank of the Philippines said its profit has slightly improved in the first three-months of the year, placing the government-run lender on track to meet its full year target despite the continuing challenges set by the pandemic. In a statement, Cecilia C. Borromeo, Land Bank president and chief...
Amid the pending amendments to the Agri-Agra Reform Credit of 2009 (Agri-Agra Law), the Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) said it is open to revisiting its existing loan application requirements to make it easier for farmers and fishermen to borrow from the state-run bank. In a statement,...
State-run Land Bank of the Philippines has released P60.36 billion in unconditional cash transfers (UCTs) last year to beneficiary-households of the social mitigation program under the tax reform for acceleration and inclusion act (TRAIN). In a statement, Cecilia Borromeo,...
State-run Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) said its total loan portfolio to the agriculture sector slightly grew to P229 billion as of March 31 or 4.8 percent higher than P219.24 billion in February, with the small, medium, and large enterprises (MSMEs) accounting for the bulk. According to...
Amid the prevalence of African Swine Fever (ASF), state-run lender Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) has doubled its credit commitment to the local swine industry from P15 billion to P30 billion. This, according to the bank, will help local pork producers and feed millers to repopulate and...
Farmers’ groups do not expect the Philippine government to deliver anytime soon the machineries urgently needed to develop the coconut sector even with the passage of the Republic Act (RA) 11524, also known as the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act or Coco Levy Act. ...
