
Bank secrecy reforms boost AFASA – BSP
Easing bank secrecy laws will aid in the implementation of the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (AFASA) in going after financial criminals—including corrupt…
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Easing bank secrecy laws will aid in the implementation of the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (AFASA) in going after financial criminals—including corrupt…
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East West Banking Corporation (EastWest) delivered a strong 2025 performance, reporting a 21 percent increase in net income to P9.2 billion, according to a…
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Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) recorded a record high net income of P49.7 billion in 2025, which the bank attributed to steady asset expansion,…
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OceanaGold (Philippines), Inc. reported a full-year net income of $77 million for 2025, more than double the $30.3 million earned in 2024, as strong gold…
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Jerusalem (AFP) — Israel’s government has approved a process to register land in the West Bank as “state property,” drawing condemnation from Arab nations and…
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Cash remittances from overseas Filipinos (OFs) reached a record high of $35.63 billion in 2025, equivalent to about P2.07 trillion at current exchange rates,…
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BDO Unibank has launched a Chinese New Year promotion that rewards clients who open a new personal savings account with a minimum deposit of P800,000 and…
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Senator Loren Legarda raised serious concerns over the remittance of P107.23 billion in funds of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) to the…
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Bank of the Philippine Islands has listed P50 billion worth of social bonds on the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp., marking the largest…
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The Philippines’ corporate sector delivered a solid performance in the latest TIME-Statista ranking of the Asia-Pacific region’s 500 best companies, with Union…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has eased the implementation of its cash transaction cap following concerns raised by the business sector, particularly micro…
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UnionDigital Bank is strengthening efforts to advance financial inclusion among Filipino micro-entrepreneurs through continued community-based support programs…
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The National Commission for Senior Citizens (NCSC) has ordered the immediate release of P100,000 cash gifts for four Aeta centenarians who missed out on the…
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GCash’s lending arm, Fuse Finance Inc., secured a P1.75-billion (about $30 million) credit facility from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to expand lending to…
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City Savings Bank has supported the construction and refurbishment of more than 30 learning spaces nationwide in 2025, benefiting nearly 44,000 learners and…
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The Philippines needs alternative growth sectors to further boost the country’s economic prospects, according to Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Senior…
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