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The House of Representatives ratified House Bill (HB) 10689, a bill aimed toward combating “phishing,” online fraud, and other forms of cybercrime following the recent spate of alleged phishing and hacking incidents involving Banco De Oro (BDO) and Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP).

In an effort to strengthen to financial literacy in basic education, the Department of Education (DepEd) launched a search for best supplemental learning materials.

Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor has warned those behind the hacking of BDO Unibank accounts that they are bound to face economic sabotage as authorities are already discovering the identities of the perpetrators behind the cybercrime.

Senate Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies chair Senator Grace Poe on Sunday urged the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to dig deeper into the online banking hacking incident that hounded BDO account holders, saying such incident need to stop in the face of the growing preference for online transactions in the country.

One of the victims, Ellard Chua, said that P50,000 from his account was transferred to a UnionBank account he immediately reported. What’s ironic is that the cybercriminals used his name in one of the UnionBank accounts used to receive money from the victims. His work number was also used. What alarmed Ellard Chua was the rising number of victims of this security incident. The Facebook Group he is monitoring has more than 150 victims; these are people on social media, “how about those who do not join groups like this?” he asked. Here’s his post about the incident: www.facebook.com/ellard.chua/posts/10158055201870216/

BDO Unibank and its corporate social responsibility arm, BDO Foundation, were honored by UK-based Cambridge International Financial Advisory (IFA) at the 6th Global Good Governance (3G) Awards.

MSEUF had to shift to a combination of online learning and asynchronous modular learning for their students, as the community quarantine prohibited face-to-face classes.

BDO Unibank has received gold, silver, and bronze awards for its business innovation and effective communications in the 8th annual Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.

Without a doubt, education is the best legacy parents can leave their children. This doesn’t only mean sending them to the best schools but also teaching them the necessary life skills to survive.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) approved four new banking offices in the last quarter of 2020 compared to 67 new branch applications in the same period in pre-pandemic 2019.

Despite weak loan demand, SM Group’s BDO Unibank Inc. earned P10.4 billion in the first three months of 2021, up by 19 percent year-on-year or from P8.8 billion, according to its president and CEO, Nestor V. Tan.

Two of the country’s big banks BDO Unibank Inc. and Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) are currently looking into acquiring Citi Philippines’ retail business after its parent global company, US-based Citibank N.A., announced its planned exit.

Users can now make instant cash-ins to their GrabPay wallet for free by linking it to their bank accounts (Banco de Oro (BDO), Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and Unionbank) or visiting the nearest SM mall or 7-Eleven store.

BDO Unibank reported that its efforts to keep its clients and the general public informed have been recognized at the 18thQuill Awards.

BDO Unibank, Inc. and BDO Network Bank now has the most expansive ATM network in the country to allow its clients to continuously perform cash withdrawals anytime, anywhere.

BDO Unibank announced that its clients can now make card-less, QR Code-based withdrawals from select BDO automated teller machines.

The Philippine government has partnered with BDO Unibank Inc. and US Agency for International Development (USAID) to launch a massive financial education campaign among fishermen nationwide.