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Asiatrust issuing shares for new investors, business ventures

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | April 2, 2013 - 12:00am

Asiatrust Development Bank plans to issue new shares for the entry of new investors and its engagement in new ventures, the company told the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE).

Business

AUB gets unibank license

By Ted P. Torres | March 4, 2013 - 12:00am

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has given the go signal for Asia United Bank (AUB) to operate as a universal bank.

Business

AUB eyes up to P11.3 B from IPO

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | March 2, 2013 - 12:00am

Asia United Bank (AUB), a medium-sized lender controlled by leading snack food maker Rebisco Biscuit Corp., is looking to raise up to P11.3 billion from a planned initial public offering (IPO) of shares.

Business

AUB posts P383M net income in Q1

By Ted P. Torres | May 27, 2012 - 12:00am

The Asia United Bank (AUB) reported yesterday a sharp 126-percent increase in net income to P383 million in the first three months of the year from P170 million a year ago.

Business

Stocks end up Monday, positive US jobs report

April 5, 2010 - 10:00pm

The Philippine stock market ended higher Monday tracking sharp gains in the US equities.

Are depositors safer as banks merge?

By Rey Gamboa | February 13, 2009 - 12:00am

The year 2009 is shaping up to be a year of mergers and consolidations in the overcrowded Philippine banking industry.

Business

Asiatrust reports lower net loss of P5M

By Ted P. Torres | December 21, 2008 - 12:00am

Asiatrust Development Bank, one of the country’s leading thrift and development bank for entrepreneurs and SMEs, reported a lower net loss of P5 million in the first quarter of its fiscal year ending June...

Business

Asiatrust’s Tier-2 issue gets PRS A- rating

December 3, 2005 - 12:00am

Asiatrust Development Bank’s proposed P550-million tier-2 issue obtained a rating of PRS A minus from the Philippine Ratings Services Corp. A rating of PRS A means the issue has "...favorable investment...

Business

Easy SME lending solution to economic growth

November 1, 2005 - 12:00am

A leading development banker said that the solution to the country’s problem is not political systems, but providing a growth environment for domestic entrepreneurs.

Banking

SB Corp lending nears P2-B

October 25, 2005 - 12:00am

Total loans and guarantees extended by the Small Business Corp. (SB Corp.) between January to August this year reached P1.98 billion, or 5.2 percent better than the P1.3 billion registered in the same period...

Banking