Finance

Peso weakens further; bearishness takes over bourse

MANILA -- The Philippine peso, hovering around a 12-year low, weakened further against the greenback, while the local stock market slipped deeper into bear-market territory on Wednesday. The local unit closed today's session...

Peso, local stocks plummet anew

MANILA – The Philippine peso extended its decline for the sixth consecutive trading day, while the local bourse continued its losing streak as it fell back to the 7,400-zone on Monday. The local...

Remittances rebound in April

MANILA -- As expected by the market, remittances in April made a positive turnaround after declining in March, when there were fewer banking days due to the Holy Week holidays. Bangko Sentral ng...

TRAIN 2 ‘pro-business, pro-investments, pro-incentives’

MANILA -- The Department of Finance on Tuesday branded the proposed second package of the Duterte administration’s Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion program or TRAIN 2 as "pro-business, pro-investments, and...

DOF eyeing rural banking reforms to lessen ‘unbanked’ Filipinos

DAVAO CITY—The Department of Finance (DOF) is pushing a trio of initiatives to enable the rural banking system to meet the challenge of reducing the number of "unbanked" Filipinos, given that...

BSP approves IRR of credit card law

MANILA – The Monetary Board, the policy-making body of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), has approved the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the law regulating the Philippine credit card...

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