Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co., the banking arm of the Ty Group, is widening access to investment products by bringing more wealth-management services into its mobile app, giving customers a simpler path from everyday banking to building investment portfolios.
Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. is strengthening its digital banking defenses with new security features designed to give customers greater control over their money as fraudsters become more adept at exploiting stolen credentials and human error.
There is something oddly satisfying about paying for your morning coffee without ever opening your wallet. No coins rattling in your pocket. No frantic search for a card. Just a quick double click, a glance at your iPhone and, before the espresso machine finishes steaming the milk, payment is done.
More young Filipinos are turning to digital banking not only for payments and fund transfers but also as their preferred tool for building savings, signaling a broader transformation in financial habits driven by mobile technology and greater financial inclusion.
Slower economic growth, elevated inflation, and softer consumer demand weighed on GT Capital Holdings Inc.’s businesses, pulling consolidated net income down 10 percent to P23.3 billion in the first nine months of 2026, even as its banking and automotive units continued to generate substantial earnings.
Strong investor demand enabled Bank of Commerce (BankCom), an affiliate of San Miguel Corp., to raise P17.4 billion from its latest bond offering, more than 3.4 times the minimum P5-billion issue size despite a challenging market environment.
The Board of Investments (BOI) remains confident of meeting its P1-trillion investment approvals target this year, but is shifting greater attention to the policy environment and industrial planning needed to sustain project inflows beyond its own investment pipeline.
ACEN is tightening its investment pipeline, preparing to surrender some renewable energy service contracts, and reshuffling its leadership as it shifts from rapid expansion to improving project returns, operating efficiency, and profitability.