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Ex-DFA chief arrested

By Rey Galupo | August 23, 2019 - 12:00am

Former Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. was arrested yesterday after a Manila court issued...

Nation

Moody’s upgrades Metrobank rating, cuts PNB, RCBC

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | September 6, 2013 - 12:00am

Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed its upgrade of Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co’s subordinated debt rating.

Business

PDIC files criminal charges vs former Export Bank officials

May 11, 2013 - 12:00am

The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) filed with the Department of Justice on May 9, 2013 a criminal complaint against the former chairman and five other officers of the closed Export and Industry Bank (EIB)...

Business

Exportbank execs face criminal raps

By Jovan Cerda | May 10, 2013 - 3:00pm

The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. filed on Thursday criminal charges against executives of the closed Export and Industry Bank for violating the PDIC Charter and the General Banking Law of 2000. ...

Business

BSP allows thrift banks to go into cross selling

November 26, 2012 - 12:00am

Thrift banks will soon be allowed to offer investment products under revised regulations set to be unveiled by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to “open up” the “restrictive” practice...

Business

BSP extends regulatory relief to small firms

By Lawrence Agcaoili | December 29, 2011 - 12:00am

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has extended a regulatory relief exempting micro and small-enterprises from the submission of documentary requirements to secure bank loans for another three years.

Business

BSP looks anew at raising P150-K cap on microfinance loans

By Lawrence Agcaoili | November 26, 2011 - 12:00am

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is looking anew at the possibility of raising the existing limit on microfinance loans that is currently pegged at P150,000 in its bid to enable banks with microfinance operations...

Business

Microfinance loans breach P7-billion level

By Lawrence Agcaoili | May 30, 2011 - 12:00am

Loans extended by banks engaged to the microfinance sector have breached the P7-billion level as financial institutions continue to move out of urban areas in Luzon to far-flung areas in the Visayas and Mindana...

Business

Passage of BSP charter amendments pushed

By Lawrence Agcaoili | May 26, 2011 - 12:00am

The House of Representatives is pushing for the immediate enactment of the proposed changes to the charter of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to give the central bank more power in regulating banks in light...

Business

Malayan Bank unit to operate as quasi-bank

By Lawrence Agcaoili | February 14, 2011 - 12:00am

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has given a unit of Malayan Bank the greenlight to operate as a quasi-bank giving it alternative financing options to boost its operations through more funds for relending or...

Business