Security Bank Corp., the country’s 7th largest lender, delivered solid topline momentum in 2025, posting total revenues of P66.9 billion, up 22 percent year on year, as diversified income streams and steady core lending activity powered results.
Global financial institutions are deepening ties with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to accelerate Philippine startup growth and expand innovation links across ASEAN and Japan.
Security Bank Corp., the country’s seventh-largest lender by assets, said strong revenue growth and improved margins lifted its net income in the first half of the year by 8 percent to P5.9 billion.
Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC) secured a P4.4 billion project finance loan to support the development of its 125-megaWatt-hour Citicorp Solar Pangasinan project.
The government has secured sufficient funding to sustain President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s P20-per-kilo rice program through the end of his term in mid-2028, with most newly allocated funds remaining available for deployment, Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. confirmed.
Philippine exports surged to a record USD54.92 billion in the first seven months of 2026, up 12.9 percent year-on-year, prompting the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to widen its push for new markets and overseas buyers for local businesses.
The world could soon look different in classrooms, newsrooms, and digital platforms after the United Nations backed a push to replace the familiar Mercator map with projections that more accurately show the relative size of countries and continents.
The Board of Investments (BOI) is putting key government requirements for investors into a single digital platform, aiming to make it easier to navigate permits, regulations, and procedures and reduce uncertainty in setting up projects in the Philippines.