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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.
The Overseas Filipino Bank (OFBank) is the state-owned digital-only, branchless bank in the Philippines.Formerly known as the Philippine Postal Savings Bank (PPSB) or PostBank, it is the smallest of the Philippines' three state-owned banks (the others being Land Bank of the Philippines and Development Bank of the Philippines), and is the 16th largest thrift banks in terms of assets.
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 ...
Land bank may refer to: Land Bank of Taiwan, a wholly state-owned bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Land Bank of the Philippines, a bank in the Philippines with a special focus on serving the needs of farmers and fishermen; Land banking, the buying and holding (rather than developing) of land for future development or use
Effective March 1, 2022, UCPB merged with Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), with the latter as the surviving entity. As of February 1, 2024, UCPB Savings Bank still survives as a wholly-owned subsidiary of LBP as its thrift bank affiliate. It is however up for sale since October 2024 [5] [6].
EastWest Bank was created on August 14, 1988. It was on that date that the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas granted EastWest Bank its commercial banking license. Backed-up by the Filinvest Group of Companies, EastWest Bank opened to the public along Senator Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati on August 1, 1994.
The bank was established by Alfonso Yuchengco on September 23, 1960, as Rizal Development Bank, a small development bank in Rizal province. [13] It was later upgraded to a commercial bank upon the approval of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and, in 1963, began operation as such under its present name Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC).
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.