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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 ...
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 current bank is the product of the Banco de Oro–Equitable PCI Bank merger.The boards of both banks agreed to merge on December 27, 2006. The new BDO Unibank retained the ticker symbol of the old Banco de Oro, and 1.3 billion BDO shares were issued in exchange for 727 million Equitable PCI Bank shares.
On June 17, 1950, Equitable Banking Corporation was founded by Go Kim Pah [1] as the first commercial bank in the Philippines, licensed by the newly formed Central Bank of the Philippines (now Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas). Other commercial banks like Bank of the Philippine Islands were formed and licensed during the Spanish or American regimes ...
LifeBank is a rural bank based in Iloilo, Philippines.It started operations on March 21, 1970 in Maasin, Iloilo as Rural Bank of Maasin. It is divided into two corporate arms each with its own designated finance and banking services functions: the LifeBank RB (LifeBank - A Rural Bank) and LifeBank MFI (LifeBank Microfinance Foundation Inc.).
BDO Network Bank (BDO NB), formerly known as One Network Bank (ONB), is a rural bank in the Philippines.Established in 2004 through the consolidation of Network Rural Bank of Davao del Sur, the Rural Bank of Panabo of Davao del Norte, and the Provident Rural Bank of Cotabato, ONB is the largest rural bank in the Philippines in terms of assets, with a network of 96 branches in Mindanao, 1 ...
It was the only existing universal bank not listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange. The bank, owing to its name, catered heavily to coconut farmers, but also served a wide-ranging clientele. In July 2020, the Philippine government raised its stake with the bank to 97%, thus resulting for its conversion to a government controlled bank. [1] [4]
The Banco de Oro-Equitable PCI Bank merger (2004–2006) was a plan by the SM Group of Companies and Banco de Oro Universal Bank, the then fifth-largest bank in the Philippines, to merge with Equitable PCI Bank, the third-largest bank. The merger was part of a long-term goal of Banco de Oro to become one of the largest names in the Philippine ...