Banking & Insurance

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co., the country’s second largest lender by assets, has launched an offering of peso-denominated sustainability bonds, seeking to raise at least P5 billion as the bank deepens its funding base while riding growing investor demand for environmental, social and governance (ESG) assets.

Treasury bill yields climbed further at Monday’s auction as investors demanded higher returns amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East—conflict that has already pushed global oil prices upward and raised fresh concerns about inflation.

Cash remittances sent by Overseas Filipinos (OFs) rose to US$3.02 billion in January 2026, up 3.5 percent from US$2.92 billion in the same month last year.

BDO Unibank has partnered with the Palawan Group of Companies to expand access to payment and collection services nationwide, leveraging the pawnshop giant’s physical footprint and growing digital ecosystem.

The Asian Development Bank is preparing an indicative USD280-million loan to support a Philippine program designed to turn university research into commercially viable technologies. In...