The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is urging businesses to offer the Personal Equity and Retirement Account (PERA) program to employees, highlighting major tax incentives and wider economic benefits.
Filinvest Land Inc., the property development arm of the Gotianun Group, reported a 62 percent surge in March sales reservations to P2.7 billion, compared to the same month last year.
GoTyme Bank, a partnership between the Gokongwei Group and Tyme Bank, announced on Thursday that it will broaden its share ownership program to include all eligible employees in good standing. This move marks a major shift in the local banking industry, where such benefits are traditionally limited only to top executives.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping financial system security—both as a defense tool and a growing threat, according to analysis from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Advanced AI now lets attackers find and exploit digital vulnerabilities faster and cheaper, raising risks of widespread, simultaneous breaches across interconnected financial systems.
AdventEnergy, the retail arm of Aboitiz Power Corporation, has secured an 896-kilowatt power supply contract with Viking Cold Storage Inc., strengthening its presence in Mindanao’s fast-growing cold chain industry.
Thailand’s Gunkul Engineering has partnered with local developer SunAsia Energy for a $1-billion floating solar project at Laguna Lake, set to deliver 1,000 MW capacity as Southeast Asia’s biggest of its kind.
The Department of Energy (DOE) is moving forward with plans to bring electricity to more than 100,000 currently unenergized households across the Philippines, through an upcoming competitive bidding process for microgrid services.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is leading a major drive to expand the palm oil industry, aiming to cut the country’s heavy reliance on imports and build a local supply base that can also serve as feedstock for cleaner fuels.
The National Dairy Authority (NDA) and Central Philippines State University (CPSU) have partnered to develop a 50-hectare dairy stock farm in Barangay Camingawan here, aiming to strengthen production, breeding, research and training across the Negros Island Region.