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Bankard, a unit of Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., the country’s ninth largest commercial bank in assets, has approved the sale of a total of 262 million unissued common shares at P1 per value.


RCBC Capital Corp. has been appointed as issue manager of the rights offer.


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These two new methods are, first, through a fax machine using the Bankard SOA Fax-on-Demand facility of the Bankard Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS), and, second, on-line via the Internet on their personal computer using the Bankard On-Line SOA Viewing facility.


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anonymity told The STAR yesterday.

The bank, he said has been trying to expand into the consumer and retail
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Bankard Inc. posted a 23 percent growth in audited net income for fiscal 1999
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Total billings rose five percent to P5.15 billion from P4.9 billion a year
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Total billings rose five percent to P5.15 billion from P4.9 billion a year
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Bankard mulls P262-M stock rights offer

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | October 29, 2005 - 12:00am

Credit card service provider Bankard Inc. plans to raise P262 million from a stock rights offering to finance its working capital requirements. Bankard, a unit of Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., the country’s...

Business

Bankard provides electronic credit card monthly statements of accounts

June 26, 2001 - 12:00am

Cardholders of Bankard MF1, Bankard One, Bankard MasterCard and Bankard Visa can access their monthly statements of account directly from their own homes through the two new convenient methods Bankard Inc. has installed...

Banking

Bankard posts gains in 2000

May 12, 2001 - 12:00am

The year 2000 was a milestone year for Bankard, Inc., one the country’s leading credit card companies, which also holds the distinction of being the first to introduce...

Business

RCBC aims for dominant position in consumer, retail banking sector

By by Jun Ebias | June 2, 2000 - 12:00am

Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC), the banking-arm of former Ambassador Alfonso Yuchengco, is moving closer to occupying a dominant position in the highly competitive consumer and retail banking markets with...

Business

Bankard income jumps 23%

March 4, 2000 - 12:00am

Bankard Inc. posted a 23 percent growth in audited net income for fiscal 1999 of P115.65 million compared to P93.7 million the previous year. Total billings rose five percent to P5.15 billion from P4.9 billion...

Business