Former Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno has been appointed as a full-time member of the Monetary Board for a six-year term effective 15 January 2024, after having served as chief of the Department of Finance.
The new year has set CIMB Bank Philippines off to a good start having recently been cited as the Most Trusted Bank in the Philippines by the award-giving bodies Global Business & Finance Magazine and The Enterprise’s EPOCH Awards. The citations are testament to CIMB’s brand of service to its 7.5 million customers in the Philippines since 2018.
The various banks extended loans 7.4 percent higher in November last year aggregating P11.1 trillion, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said, citing preliminary data.