Japanese banking giant MUFG Bank Ltd. expects the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to lower interest rates at a slower pace next year alongside an also slower depreciation of the Philippine peso when US President-elect Donald J. Trump returns to the White House. In a Dec. 20 report, MUFG senior...
While the Philippine peso could fall beyond the 60:$1 level when US President-elect Donald J. Trump returns to the White House in 2025, economic growth is expected to benefit from election-related spending next year, according to Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB). "Worries about Trump's...
The Philippines will repay the Asian Development Bank (ADB) until 2039 for the new $500-million policy-based loan it secured to intensify climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts. Documents showed that Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph G. Recto, on behalf the Philippine...
Security Bank Corporation has assumed management of three FWD Life Insurance Variable Life (VL) funds to offer customers integrated financial solutions that blend life insurance benefits with professionally managed investments. Security Bank, in a Dec. 20 statement, reported that the three VL...
A decade after approving its loan for the Cebu bus rapid transit (BRT) project, the World Bank lamented sluggish implementation and warned it may remain unfinished when the financing ends two years from now. In a Dec. 19 implementation status and results report, the Washington-based...
US President-elect Donald J. Trump's plan to mass deport America's illegal migrants won't dent remittance flows to countries reliant on these cash transfers, according to a World Bank official. This, as the Washington-based multilateral lender expects the Philippines to remain as the world's...
Due to project implementation delays, the Philippines is seeking the extension of two loans obtained by the previous Duterte administration from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank. Documents showed that the Department of Finance (DOF), on behalf of the Philippine government, asked...
Zobel-led Ayala Corporation, the country's oldest conglomerate, has secured a €50 million (P3.1 billion) social loan from leading European bank ING to support the portfolio growth of Ayala Healthcare Holdings Inc. (AC Health). In a statement, Ayala said, "this social loan from ING comes at an...
Gokongwei family-backed GoTyme Bank expects a surge in growth after its parent company, Tyme Group, reached a $1.5 billion valuation. On Tuesday, Dec. 17, it announced the successful funding round where Tyme Group secured $250 million, with a $150 million investment from Nubank, a major digital...
While advanced Asian countries lead the global shipbuilding industry, a global think tank stated that emerging Asian countries such as the Philippines, Vietnam, and India have significant potential to take up space in the industry. Dutch think tank ING said in a Dec. 16 report that China, South...
With inflation remaining within the government's target range and economic growth slowing, private sector economists expect that the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will further reduce its borrowing cost at its Dec. 19 meeting. According to the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and think tanks...
The entry of products deemed environment-friendly to the Philippines—a net goods importer—faces challenges due to expensive non-tariff barriers, according to the World Bank. "The Philippines' share of green goods trade is relatively low, partly due to the high incidence of non-tariff...
