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According to Go, the board is leaving it up to the bank management to thresh out the deal after the talks were concluded with EWB whose legal department has just finalized the terms of the agreement.


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Equitable PCI chairman Antonio  Go told reporters yesterday that the bank’s board of directors has approved the sale of the thrift bank to EWB and the details of the sale are now being finalized.


According to Go, the board is leaving it up to the bank management to thresh out the deal after the talks were concluded with EWB whose legal department has just finalized the terms of the agreement.


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A Pacquiao bank

By Valentino Sy | June 27, 2011 - 12:00am

Two weeks ago, we wrote about the country’s biggest banks (The Philippine banking giants, June 13, 2011).

Business

Gotianun-owned East West Bank acquires Ecology Bank

By Des Ferriols | August 8, 2002 - 12:00am

After long and drawn-out negotiations, Equitable PCI Bank has finally approved the sale of its thrift bank, Ecology Bank, to the Gotianun-led East West Bank. Equitable PCI chairman Antonio Go told reporters yesterday...

Business