Bank lending continued to expand in August but at a slower rate of 7.2 percent, significantly less than lending growth averaging 7.7 percent in July, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Wednesday, citing preliminary data.
Meta Platforms is exploring a plan that could make users in the European Union shell out as much as $14 to access ad-free versions of Instagram or Facebook or agree to personalized ads for the free versions, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
An interagency committee has laid the predicate—declining prices and increasing supply--for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to lift the price cap on rice he implemented last month to curb inflation and buy time to go after grain smuggler and hoarders.
An increasing number of companies are paying bonuses to executives in the pursuit of sustainability. Driven by an ever-growing focus on global issues, more than three-quarters of large, publicly traded companies in Europe and North America now use environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) metrics when determining executive bonuses.
Filinvest Land, Inc. (FLI) has rolled out its Kaya-Sulit Ready-for-Occupancy (RFO) Promo to make buying homes more affordable and easier for Filipinos. The program is offered in partnership with EastWest Bank and the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI).
A senior lawmaker has warned that removing the value-added tax (VAT) on fuel could do more harm than good to the Philippine economy, even as public pressure grows to ease rising fuel prices.
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will roll out a P1 billion service contracting program to support public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators starting April 15, 2026. The program will run for two weeks.