Five banks signed trade finance agreement with ADB

The Asian Development Bank is making funds available to Philippine traders via its $1-billion regional facility. To help traders get access to this fund, the ADB signed a trade finance agreement with five banks – Development Bank of the Philippines, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co., Philippine National Bank, Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. and Allied Banking [...]

February 23, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, Corporations, Loans, Opportunities, Philippine banks, Philippine business news, Philippines, banking, economy, finance, money  No Comments

BancNet members reached 59 in 2009

The number of members in BancNet has reached 59 at the end of 2009.
Last year, BancNet welcomed into its roster 10 new members, these are: Philippine National Bank (PNB), Equicom Savings Bank, Maybank Philippines, China Bank Savings, Wealth Bank, Entrepreneur Bank, Optimum Development Bank, Rural Bank of Dulag, Gubat St. Anthonry Cooperative and News Multi-Purpose [...]

February 2, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, Consumers, Philippine banks, Products, banking, communications, e-commerce, economy, finance, innovation, money  No Comments

Banks to open during holidays

Gone were the days when the public are left on their own during long holidays, as far as their finances and banking matters are concern. This time, some banks would be open during the holidays to attend to their clients’ needs.
Banks also assured the public that their automated teller machines (ATMs) would remain operational during [...]

December 24, 2009  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, Consumers, Customer Service, Philippine Holidays, Philippine banks, Philippine business news, Philippines, banking, finance, money  No Comments

Chinatrust plans opening new branch in Cagayan de Oro City

Chinatrust Commercial Bank Corp. in the Philippines is a subsidiary of the Chinatrust Commercial Bank Corp. in Taiwan, which is the largest and most awarded private commercial bank in Taiwan and was included in the top 200 biggest banks in terms of capital.
With 23 branches in the Philippines at present, Chinatrust plans to open a [...]

September 20, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Announcement, Corporations, Philippine banks, Philippine business news, Philippines, banking, economy, finance, money  4 Comments

BSP declared ‘not a bank’ and exempted from GRT

A memorandum from the Bureau of Internal Revenue has declared the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) not a bank and therefore exempted from GRT or gross receipt tax.
The Revenue Memorandum Circular 65-2008, which states that BSP is exempted from GRT and some other taxes was signed by former BIR commissioner Lilian B. Hefti. It was [...]

July 13, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: money  No Comments