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China Bank gets SEC nod on thrift bank merger

By Lawrence Agcaoili | December 28, 2015 - 9:00am

China Banking Corp. has received the green light from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the merger of its thrift banking units.

Business

China Bank infuses P2 B in thrift unit

By Lawrence Agcaoili | December 17, 2015 - 9:00am

China Banking Corp. is pumping in P2 billion in fresh equity to beef up the capitalization of its thrift bank unit.

Business

China Bank raises stake in thrift unit

By Lawrence Agcaoili | September 3, 2015 - 10:00am

Listed China Banking Corp. of retail and banking magnate Henry Sy Sr. is raising its stake in its thrift bank unit through the acquisition of the holdings of minority shareholders.

Business

China Bank Savings joins ranks of top thrift banks

By Ted P. Torres | August 24, 2015 - 10:00am

Now that the China Bank Group has hurdled all major regulatory requirements, China Bank Savings (CBS) is poised to join the country’s leading thrift banks.

Banking

BSP clears Chinabank, Plantersbank merger

By Lawrence Agcaoili | August 20, 2015 - 10:00am

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has finally approved the merger between China Bank Savings Inc. and Planters Development...

Business

Chinabank pays P1.58 B for control of Plantersbank

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | January 17, 2014 - 12:00am

China Banking Corp. (Chinabank), a banking unit of the SM Group, has completed the purchase of a controlling 84.77 percent stake in Planters Development Bank for P1.58 billion, a bank disclosure to the Philippine...

Business

China Bank-Plantersbank merger OK’d

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | January 10, 2014 - 12:00am

The Monetary Board, the policy-making body of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), has approved in principle the merger between Planters Development Bank and China Banking Corp.

Business

SM Group acquires control of Plantersbank

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | September 19, 2013 - 12:00am

China Banking Corp., a banking unit of the SM Group, is acquiring a controlling stake in the Tambunting-owned Planters Development...

Business