Banking & Insurance

Filipina Gen Z star Belle Mariano has publicly endorsed BDO Pay, positioning the digital wallet as her go-to payment solution amid a hectic travel and work schedule.

The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has disbursed a total of ₱413.4 billion across 1.9 million loan applications through its Ginhawa Flex and Ginhawa Lite programs, GSIS president and general manager Wick Veloso announced at a stakeholders’ dialogue held at the Sequoia Hotel Manila Bay.

The interagency Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) has revised the country's medium-term macroeconomic assumptions, growth projections, and fiscal program for 2025 to 2028 in light of mounting global risks, including geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and new U.S. tariffs.

BDO Unibank Inc. (BDO) has committed ₱12.04 billion in financing—35 percent of a ₱34.41 billion loan facility—for ACEN Corporation’s onshore wind power project, poised to become the largest wind facility in the Philippines. The financing is structured under a 15-year term.

Pru Life UK and the Prudence Foundation, in collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd) and Junior Achievement (JA) Philippines, announced the expansion of the Cha-Ching financial literacy program across the National Capital Region (NCR) and its full integration into the Bicol Region’s basic education curriculum—a national first.