Philippines
Philippine banks' bad loan ratio to hold steady at 3.5% in 2019
Philippine banks' bad loan ratio to hold steady at 3.5% in 2019
																					
							Strong capital buffers can help weather volatile currency risks.
						
					
					
				Will Philippine banks' rapid lending activities drain capital?
																					
							Funding will also tighten as banks ramp up credit extensions.
						
					
					
				Philippine thrift banks reverse loss with Q3 $235.64m profit gain
																					
							Net interest income hit $890.79m.
						
					
					
				Only a fifth of Philippine rural and thrift banks ready to digitise
																					
							They still need to make heavy investment in foundational technologies.
						
					
					
				Philippine bank lending to small enterprises misses target in H1
																					
							Legislative requirements were not met despite recording 10.4% growth.
						
					
					
				Korea's Kookmin Bank ties up with the Philippines' RCBC
																					
							The partnership aims to provide financial services to corporate customers in both countries.
						
					
					
				Philippine National Bank fully acquires thrift bank subsidiary
																					
							The move adds 63 branches to its domestic retail network.
						
					
					
				Philippine infrastructure campaign lifts dismal lending prospects
																					
							Loan growth is poised to settle in mid-teens by year end.
						
					
					
				Chart of the Week: Telcos are devouring the Philippine e-payments market
																					
							Banks are losing market share as a result.
						
					
					
				Philippine banks to roll out electronic fund transfer by end-November
																					
							The government aims to boost cashless transactions from 1% to 20% by 2020.
						
					
					
				Union Bank of the Philippines' Edwin R. Bautista discusses their massive API sandbox
																					
							With the number of API calls ballooning twentyfold in 2017, could it be the biggest API platform in Asia?
						
					
					
				Philippine rural banks remain flush with money despite back-to-back branch closures
																					
							The sector’s assets rose 8.3% to $4.02b as of end-March.
						
					
					
				Philippine Veterans Bank moves to digitise consumer operations
																					
							It has tapped on solutions provider Fiserv Inc.
						
					
					
				The ARK: UnionBank's take on the future of branch banking
																					
							A branch with no bank tellers, no long lines, and completely paperless, The ARK pushes the frontiers of digitalising the country’s banking industry.
						
					
					
				Former HSBC Philippines CEO Jose Arnulfo Veloso to be appointed as PNB chief
																					
							He will replace Reynaldo Maclang who’s retiring by November.
						
					
					
				Philippine big banks half-year profits up 7.7% to $1.45b
																					
							The combined assets of the banking sector also hit $301.58b.
						
					
					
				The Philippines steps up rural bank shutdowns
																					
							A total of 10 smaller banks were closed in 2018 alone.
						
					
					
				 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
						 
								 
						 
								 
								 
						 
						 
								 
								 
																					
											
																			 
																					
											
																			 
																					
											
																			 
																					
											
																			 
                