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Rural banks re-tool towards ‘community bank’ status

By Ted P. Torres | September 9, 2003 - 12:00am

If the Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines (RBAP) will be successful, the lowly countryside financial sector would soon resurrect to be known as the community bank, or the business center of the countryside...

Banking

‘Apex Bank’ opens in 2004

August 19, 2003 - 12:00am

A specialized financial corporation designed exclusively to service the rural banking system as well as countryside development will be in place next year. The proposed Apex Organization is a joint venture between...

Banking