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EQUITABLE BANK AND PHILIPPINE COMMERCIAL INTERNATIONAL BANK

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JG Summit, four foreign groups eye stake in Equitable PCI Bank

By Rocel Felix | March 9, 2001 - 12:00am

Five groups are expected to submit their bids on March 26 for a stake in Equitable PCI Bank. The five groups jostling to acquire an interest in the bank are the Fubon Group of Taiwan, Canada-based Newbridge Capital,...

Business

3-yr moratorium on bank licenses eyed

By Marianne V. Go | April 17, 2000 - 12:00am

A three-year moratorium on the issuance of new commercial bank licenses may be imposed starting June this year once the General Banking Act (GBA) is signed by President Estrada, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas...

Business

Merging banks must infuse additional capital to qualify for incentives -BSP

By Marianne V. Go | March 6, 2000 - 12:00am

Local banks that are planning to merge have to make sure to put in additional capital into the merged institution before the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) allows the merging institutions to avail of the incentives...

Business