T-bill rates drop further on policy easing hopes
THE GOVERNMENT fully awarded the Treasury bills (T-bills) it offered on Monday as rates continued to go down across the board on expectations that...
Security Bank eyes at least P5B from bond offering
SECURITY BANK Corp. is looking to raise at least P5 billion from an offering of fixed-rate peso-denominated bonds, marking its return to the domestic...
Maya Bank to focus on underserved sectors, improving services amid growing competition
MAYA BANK, Inc. will focus on underserved sectors like small and medium enterprises (SME) and improving its product offerings and services to drive its...
Peso strengthens as market digests Fed guidance
THE PESO strengthened against the dollar on Monday as the market continued to digest the US Federal Reserve’s rate cut last week and policy...
Easing inflation, index inclusion hopes boost foreign flows into PHL gov’t bonds
SLOWING INFLATION and the country’s potential inclusion in the JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s emerging market government bond index have boosted foreign inflows into Philippine...
Asia-Pacific banks struggling to hyper-personalize — FICO
BANKS in Asia-Pacific are struggling to implement hyper-personalization strategies even as most of them already use predictive analytics as they look to deliver the...
Treasury bill, bond rates likely to decline further
RATES of the Treasury bill (T-bill) and Treasury bonds (T-bonds) to be offered this week may decline further as hopes for looser monetary conditions...
Peso may move sideways as market awaits more Fed hints
THE PESO could continue to sideways against the dollar this week as investors remain cautious as they await further policy guidance from US Federal...
Further BSP easing likely as growth outlook remains ‘delicate’
THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) may cut benchmark interest rates again in December to prop up the economy as consumer sentiment remains weak...
Yields go down as Fed resumes its easing cycle
YIELDS on government securities (GS) traded at the secondary market went down across all tenors last week as the market priced in the US Federal Reserve’s first rate cut for this year and expectations of further easing amid signs of weakness in the world’s largest economy.
BSP bills fetch mixed yields
YIELDS on the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) short-term securities were mixed on Friday, even as demand was strong as it offered a lower...
BDO dismisses ‘baseless’ viral claims on unauthorized transactions
BDO Unibank, Inc. said on Thursday that a viral social media post alleging there was system compromise and insider involvement in unauthorized transactions is...