Philippines
Security Bank Corp's 9M14 net income jumps 54% YoY to PHP6.4b
Security Bank Corp's 9M14 net income jumps 54% YoY to PHP6.4b
																					
								Increase was across the board as well.
						
					
					
				Philippines' BPI pops the champagne on 28% loan growth
																					
								However, weak trading has been observed.
						
					
					
				Philippine Business Bank's 9M14 net earnings disappoint with PHP481m
																					
								It's 52% lower YoY.
						
					
					
				Union Bank of the Philippines eyes acquiring mid-size banks
																					
								In line with its reported planned expansion.
						
					
					
				Philippine banks' NPL ratio slightly climbs to 2.11% in July
																					
								It's apparently better than July last year.
						
					
					
				Philippine National Bank shares on collateral for PAL
																					
								Biggest shareholder to buy back airline stake.
						
					
					
				Philippine Business Bank's 1H14 earnings plunged 67% YoY to PHP258m
																					
								Weak trading is to blame.
						
					
					
				Philippine-based BDO's 1H14 net income slides 22% to PHP11.1b
																					
								Due to anticipated weakness in treasury income.
						
					
					
				Fitch awaits further Basel III Tier 2 Issues from Philippine Banks
																					
								Over USD1.15bn instruments issued to date.
						
					
					
				Fitch affirms four Philippine banks
																					
								Ratings reflect, among others, satisfactory core capitalization.
						
					
					
				Philippines-based Security Bank eases foreign ownership level
																					
								Indirectly improving its trading dynamics.
						
					
					
				Philippine central bank eyes uniform loan pricing benchmark in 2014
																					
								It’ll reportedly be similar to UK’s LIBOR.
						
					
					
				Philippines' China Banking Corp. wants to raise stake in bancassurance arm
																					
								Bancassurance partly contributed to miscellaneous income previously.
						
					
					
				Philippine central bank sets bank stress tests for real estate
																					
								This will help determine severe shock capacity.
						
					
					
				Philippine bank BDO acquires thrift bank The Real Bank
																					
								It’s its third consecutive year of acquisitions.
						
					
					
				Philippine banks record 21.1% increase in May lending
																					
								Various industry sectors reflected robust loan growth.
						
					
					
				Moratorium on branch-banking in the Philippines ends
																					
								The restrictions were partly for overcrowding control.