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The Philippines has a comprehensive banking system encompassing various types of banks, from large universal banks to small rural banks and even non-banks.As of September 30, 2022, [1] there were 45 universal and commercial banks, [2] 44 savings banks, [3] 400 rural and cooperative banks, [4] 40 credit unions and 6,267 non-banks with quasi-banking functions, all licensed by the Bangko Sentral ...
A DBP branch in San Fernando, La Union A DBP branch in Virac, Catanduanes. DBP's history can be traced back to the Commonwealth Era.In 1935, the National Loan and Investment Board (NLIB) was created to coordinate and manage various government trust funds such as the Postal Savings Fund and the Teacher's Retirement Fund.
' Central Bank of the Philippines '; commonly abbreviated as BSP in both Filipino and English) is the central bank of the Philippines. It was established on January 3, 1949, and then re-established on July 3, 1993 pursuant to the provision of Republic Act 7653 or the New Central Bank Act of 1993 [ 2 ] as amended by Republic Act 11211 or the New ...
Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP; often referred to simply as LandBank), is a government-owned bank in the Philippines with a special focus on serving the needs of farmers and fishermen. While it provides the services of a universal bank , it is officially classified as a "specialized government bank" with a universal banking license.
Rank Bank name Assets (millions of PHP) Asset change Rank change 1 BDO Unibank, Inc. 4,508,065.88: 2 Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) 3,325,085.09
The organization was originally created by Presidential Decree 1080 on January 31, 1977, [5] under the name Philippine Export and Foreign Loan Guarantee Corporation to provide guarantees and facilitate the entry of foreign loans for development projects. [6]
In 2002, it had nonperforming bad loans of 1.4 billion Philippine pesos, but for 2003 this had increased to 4.18 billion Philippine pesos. As of 2017, the last major loss it took was in 2006 when it lost 500 million Philippine pesos invested in the Centennial Savings Bank and Centennial Financing Corp [10] [11]
According to the ADB, the Philippines has heavily relied on the ADB for development assistance, borrowing a total of $19.3 billion in the last decade. [2] [failed verification] The Philippines has been commended by the ADB for being a fast-growing economy despite increasing inflation and a plummeting global economy. [3]