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"We got the green light from our bank chairman to set aside from P600 million to P1 billion for microlending in the next five to 10 years," Peter N. Yap, Allied Bank senior vice president and head of the retail banking group, said yesterday.  


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Allied Bank opens retail arm for microentrepreneurs

By Ted P. Torres | July 19, 2005 - 12:00am

The Allied Banking Corp. (Allied Bank) has opened a retail arm to deal directly with microentrepreneurs, making the Lucio Tan-controlled bank the first commercial bank to deal directly with microentrepreneurs. "We...

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