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    Global payments firm urges OFWs to welcome 2023 with better money habits

    For many Filipinos, 2023 is a new year faced with the same economic challenges from 2022. Sustained high inflation has unfortunately made many Filipinos...

    Lender cedes half of each peso transacted under its e-money platforms to scholars

    Robinsons Bank has donated half of what it generates from its e-money platforms for the benefit of academic scholars supported by the Gokongwei Brothers...

    Government organizing economic briefings in Frankfurt, London

    From January 23 to 27 the economic managers will again engage business leaders, bankers and investors from Frankfurt, Germany ,and London, United Kingdom, which are known as centers of trade and finance. 

    BSP allows credit card transaction charge to rise to 3 percent

    The policy making Monetary Board (MB) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Friday allowed the maximum interest on credit card transactions to rise a full percentage point to 3 percent a month from only 2 percent. 

    MB approved $2 billion public sector foreign borrowing in Q4 2022

    For the period October to December 2022, the Monetary Board (MB) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) approved one public sector foreign borrowing of $2 billion, which is lower by 32.95 percent compared to the $2.98 billion borrowings approved in the same period in 2021. 

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    PAL shifts turboprop routes to Clark, Cebu in strategic hub expansion

    Philippine Airlines (PAL) will begin transferring select domestic turboprop routes from Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to Clark International Airport (CRK) and Mactan-Cebu International Airport (CEB) starting 26 October 2025, in compliance with a government mandate to reduce turboprop operations at NAIA.

    DPWH targets 2028 start for second San Juanico Bridge construction

    The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Friday confirmed that construction of the second San Juanico Bridge (SSJB) is expected to begin in 2028, following key preparatory work supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which is funding the project.

    CIMB Bank PH offers up to 8.6% interest in August promo

    CIMB Bank Philippines, named Best Digital Bank in the Philippines by The Asian Banker, has rolled out a high-yield savings offer as part of its Earn More promo series, allowing depositors to earn up to 8.6 percent per annum on their savings throughout August this year.

    Converge ranks among ASEAN’s best-governed firms

    Leading Philippine broadband and technology company Converge ICT Solutions Inc. was named among the Top 5 Publicly Listed Companies (PLCs) in the Philippines and one of the Top 50 PLCs in ASEAN at the 2025 ASEAN Corporate Governance Awards held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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