The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has praised the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for its efforts to promote financial planning, savings, microinsurance, and the Personal Equity and Retirement Account (PERA) among private-sector employers and workers.
Ayala-led Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)’s wealth management arm, BPI Wealth, has introduced peso-denominated share classes for two of its established global investment funds. This development removes the need for investors to hold foreign currency to access international markets, making global investing more accessible to Filipino investors.
SM Offices is doubling down on Quezon City's emergence as a major business hub with the construction of North Tower 3, a 22-storey office building that will add about 31,000 square meters of PEZA-accredited office space to the SM North EDSA Complex.
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is looking beyond roads, factories, and industrial parks for its next growth story. This time, its sights are set on satellites.
For more than a decade, the South China Sea has been ASEAN's diplomatic traffic jam. Everyone knows there is a problem. Everyone agrees it matters. Yet the moment the conversation turns to China, the convoy grinds to a halt.
The country’s gross international reserves (GIR) stood at US$104 billion at the end of May 2026, remaining at a level that ensures the country has enough foreign currency to meet import requirements, pay external debt obligations, and as a safety net against global economic disruptions. This serves as a key indicator of the nation’s ability to fulfill its foreign currency commitments.
At the ASEAN RailCon 2026 held Thursday at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) headquarters, the Philippines appealed to ASEAN member states, investors, and development institutions to back its large-scale railway expansion program.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has adjusted rules raising the maximum repayment period for salary-based general purpose consumption loans (SBGPCLs) from the standard three years — extendable only to five years in special cases — to seven years.