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Veterans Bank gets green light for UCPB Savings acquisition

By Ehda M. Dagooc | December 5, 2025 - 12:00am

The Philippine Competition Commission approved Philippine Veterans Bank’s planned acquisition of nearly all outstanding shares of UCPB Savings Bank, clearing the way for another consolidation move in the...

Freeman Cebu Business

Supreme Court nullifies foreclosure, rules bank interest unfair

By Ian Laqui | October 6, 2025 - 4:25pm

In a nine-page decision promulgated on March 3, 2025, penned by Associate Justice Ricardo Rosario, the high court’s...

Headlines

Moody’s upgrades UCPB rating after Landbank merger

By Lawrence Agcaoili | March 6, 2022 - 12:00am

Moody’s Investors Service upgraded the credit rating of United Coconut Planters Bank to investment from speculative grade a few days after its merger with state-run Land Bank of the Philippines took effec...

Business

Landbank, UCPB merger takes effect on March 1

By Elijah Felice Rosales | January 27, 2022 - 12:00am

The merger between Land Bank of the Philippines and United Coconut Planters Bank will take effect on March 1, with both banks...

Business

LandBank to stay financially healthy despite merger with UCPB — Moody's

By Ramon Royandoyan | August 6, 2021 - 6:06pm

Land Bank of the Philippines is expected to remain financially healthy despite its upcoming merger with United Coconut Planters...

Business

The best is yet to come

By Mary Ann LL. Reyes | November 21, 2020 - 12:00am

Considered as the biggest resort city in the Philippines, the Island Garden City of Samal, which is a coastal component city of Davao del Norte, has always been a favorite tourist destination especially for those...

Business

UCPB sees lower 2020 earnings

By Lawrence Agcaoili | October 19, 2020 - 12:00am

Government-controlled United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB) expects its earnings to decline this year due to the impact of the...

Business

AllBank taps UCPB for trust management

By Lawrence Agcaoili | October 11, 2020 - 12:00am

The banking arm of tycoon Manuel Villar has tapped state-owned United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB) to manage the retirement...

Business

‘No accounts affected in UCPB cybertheft’

By Lawrence Agcaoili | September 4, 2020 - 12:00am

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is looking into a cyberbreach wherein hackers were allegedly able to siphon off P167 million from government-owned United Coconut Planters Bank over the past four months.

Business

UCPB Equity Fund returns double PSEi benchmark

July 30, 2020 - 12:00am

UCPB Equity Fund, one of UCPB’s unit investment trust funds, generated investment returns twice the benchmark of the Philippine Stock Exchange Index despite uncertainties brought about by the COVID-19 pan...

Business