The number of women holding executive positions in listed firms equals 40 percent of companies but they occupy only functional or support roles, a study conducted by Philippine Women’s Economic Network (PhilWEN) and the Philippine Business Coalition for Women Empowerment showed.
Security Bank Corp., the 10th largest lender in the country, said Tuesday it raised P20 billion through the issuance of Fixed-Rate Peso Corporate Bonds due in 2029 that carry an annual interest rate of 6.05 percent.
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) on Monday bared plans to spend up to P5 billion to build a new off-ramp at Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) from the NAIA Expressway to help ease traffic congestion in the area and improve accessibility to the country's main international gateway.
The Department of Agriculture on Saturday concluded a series of consultations in Calabarzon refining protocols that govern the movement of healthy hogs amid a resurgence of the dreaded African swine fever (ASF), particularly in Batangas.
ACEN Corp., the renewable energy arm of the Ayala Group., said Monday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with GenZero and Keppel Ltd. to jointly explore transition credits for accelerating the retirement of the South Luzon Thermal Energy Corp. coal-fired power plant in Batangas and replace it with a clean energy dispatch facility.
EastWest has rolled out its comprehensive "Banking Made Safer" initiative, a robust set of upgraded security and fraud prevention measures designed to safeguard customer accounts and savings while maintaining the ease and accessibility of digital banking.
Philippine companies swimming in unprecedented amounts of data should focus less on collecting more information and more on ensuring its reliability, depth, and context, business leaders said at a panel discussion organized by CIBI Information Inc.
BPI Wealth, the asset and wealth management division of the Bank of the Philippine Islands, has selected BlackRock’s Aladdin investment and wealth management platforms to modernize its operational ecosystem and future-proof its asset management infrastructure. This strategic technology adoption marks a major operational shift for the institution, unifying risk analytics, portfolio management, and daily workflows into a single institutional-grade system.
Consumer finance company Skyro is expanding support for Philippine small businesses beyond financing, offering merchant tools, account management, and marketing assistance as micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) contend with credit constraints and pressure on consumer spending.