SPEAKING OUT Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) recently launched a totally new and future-ready mobile app with innovative features and services that go beyond convenient transactions and help more Filipinos achieve financial well-being. The new BPI app is part of the bank’s aggressive digital...
SPEAKING OUT During the Holy Week, I thought of deviating from my usual column topics and I decided to write about money matters during the time of our Lord Jesus Christ. My personal objective was to gain a deeper understanding of the historical and cultural context in which Jesus lived and...
SPEAKING OUT With the oncoming El Niño season , which is expected to adversely affect water supply both for drinking and irrigation, President Bongbong Marcos’ recent announcement could not have come at a better time. PBBM approved the creation of a Water Resource Management Office which will...
SPEAKING OUT I was most pleasantly surprised last Friday when I walked into the Trade Expo initiated by the Trade and Vocational Education Department of the Muntinlupa Business High School (MBHS). Held in cooperation with Waltermart Mall, Sucat, Muntinlupa City, the one-day activity was held to...
SPEAKING OUT Pag-IBIG Fund has tapped BPI’s wealth management arm, BPI Asset Management and Trust Corporation (now known as BPI Wealth), to manage an additional P1 billion investment mandate, bringing its total managed fund to ₱2 billion. This comes after a rigorous four-month bidding process....
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Banking and shopping just got easier, thanks to a pioneering tie-up between Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and Lazada, one of the largest e-commerce operators in Southeast Asia. Last month, BPI president and CEO Jose Teodoro “TG” Limcaoco and Lazada...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Thousands of Philippine Coast Guard officers and staff now have access to Saludo sa Serbisyo, Ayala Corporation’s comprehensive and sustainable needs-based program for the community’s uniformed service personnel. Launched in 2018, Saludo sa Serbisyo also covers...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Eight Ayala companies were among the 85 publicly-listed companies feted by the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) at its Golden Arrows Awards held last week at the Sheraton Manila Hotel. The Golden Arrows recognize Philippine companies with exemplary governance...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye The proposed merger between Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and Robinsons Bank Corporation (RBC) continued on track with its recent approval in a special BPI stockholders meeting held last week. BPI Chairman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Vice Chairman Cezar P....
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Belated congratulations to the Ateneo Debate Society (Ateneo A), composed of David Africa and Toby Leung, for winning the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) 2023 in Madrid, Spain. This is a historic first for Ateneo since it started competing in the WUDC....
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye The key to the success and longevity of a bank is trust. Once more, Bank of the Philippine Islands established its trustworthiness with the expert and quick resolution of an incident which occurred on Jan. 4. BPI’s systems double-posted transactions that were made on...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye For this New Year’s issue, I lend my space to readers to enable them to express their wishes and hopes for 2023. The comments are presented in no particular order and were only slightly edited for brevity. Much happiness in 2023. — Personal caregiver Jean Susi....
