Filipinos looking to take out loans for major expenses can find some relief, as the Department of Finance (DOF) expects that interest rates are likely to remain steady or even decrease in the latter half of the year. On the sidelines of the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s National Tax Campaign...
BPI Securities, the stock brokerage arm of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), is confident that the current rally in the local bourse will be sustained all the way up to the 7,500 level. While some investors worry about a short-term pullback following the sharp rally in many stock indices...
BPI President and CEO TG Limcaoco and GET President Freddie Tinga (center) launched the electric vehicle service for BPI employees. With them are (from left): Severino Sumulong, GET Director of Legal Services; Frankie Endriga, GET Chief Operating Officer; Anthony Dy, GET Managing Director; Jaime...
Asia United Bank (AUB), controlled by Republic Biscuit Corporation (Rebisco) owner Jacinto L. Ng Sr., reported a record consolidated net income of P8.3 billion in 2023, reflecting over 32 percent increase than the previous year’s P6.3 billion, due to rising interest rates. In a disclosure to the...
Security Bank Corporation has been tapped by Epson Philippines Corporation to offer a special financing program to Epson's distributors and their dealers nationwide. In a statement, Security Bank said the Dealer Financing Program is designed to provide financing to the dealers of the distributors...
Zobel-controlled Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) reported a record high net income, driven by revenues and lower provisions which offset the increase in operating expenses. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the bank said its net income rose 30.5 percent to an all-time...
The Philippine government is exploring the possibility of tapping into a Japan fund under the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) that is managed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), for planned pilot venture into hydrogen that maybe pursued by the country moving forward. According to DOE Director...
The Gokongwei Group’s Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. posted a 29.5 percent drop in attributable net income due to foreign exchange losses and the impact of the merger of Robinsons Bank with the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the firm...
The local stock market closed higher but well below the day’s peak after the country’s economic growth came in below target but above analysts’ estimates. The main index added 24.43 points or 0.37 percent to close at 6,646.44 as the Property sector led the advance although conglomerates and...
Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank), the banking unit of the Aboitiz Group, is planning to raise P10 billion from a stock rights offering even as it reported a 28 percent drop in net income last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the bank said its Board of Directors...
This week, local stock market investors will be taking cues from the US Federal Reserve meeting as well as Philippine fourth quarter gross domestic product (GDP) data. “Investors face an eventful trading week that could determine whether the local index finally breaks out of the strong resistance...
The Bureau of the Treasury is set to disburse the P75 billion seed capital to the Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC) sourced from the Land Bank of the Philippines and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP). This decision comes following the approval by the MIC Board, chaired by Finance...
