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The Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank) wants a bigger slice of the consumer market in the face of a bloated corporate sector.


Metrobank senior vice president Bernardito Lapuz said they will be giving more and more emphasis on the consumer market as the corporate sector keeps its expansion efforts on hold.


In fact, Lapuz ventured to say that should Metrobank consider taking an aggressive stance regarding acquisition, "it would be a bank that offers value-added to Metrobank and that is a bank with a strong consumer base."



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Metrobank senior vice president Bernardito Lapuz said the bank’s interest in International Bank of California based in Los Angeles was sold to First Banks Inc., a major regional US bank based in St. Louis, Missouri with 170 branches across the United States.


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Even as the surviving IT companies ponder their direction in this still uncertain global economic climate, the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank) launched last week its Internet banking service called "metrobankdirect."


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BERNARDITO LAPUZ

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Metrobank senior vice president Bernardito Lapuz said they will be giving more and more emphasis on the consumer market as the corporate sector keeps its expansion efforts on hold.


In fact, Lapuz ventured to say that should Metrobank consider taking an aggressive stance regarding acquisition, "it would be a bank that offers value-added to Metrobank and that is a bank with a strong consumer base."



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Metrobank senior vice president Bernardito Lapuz said the bank’s interest in International Bank of California based in Los Angeles was sold to First Banks Inc., a major regional US bank based in St. Louis, Missouri with 170 branches across the United States.


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Metrobank bullish over consumer market

By Ted P. Torres | May 8, 2007 - 12:00am

The Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank) wants a bigger slice of the consumer market in the face of a bloated corporate sector. Metrobank senior vice president Bernardito Lapuz said they will be...

Banking

Metrobank sells 41% stake in California bank for $14M

By Ted P. Torres | May 5, 2005 - 12:00am

Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank) has sold its 41-percent stake in a California Bank for $14 million, or roughly P756 million, a bank official said. Metrobank senior vice president Bernardito Lapuz said...

Business

Banking on IT

By Ibarra Mateo | May 17, 2002 - 12:00am

Not that Filipino bank consumers have become like the painfully fickle Japanese who want their imported mangoes from Cebu or tulips from Amsterdam in uniform sizes, but Filipino consumers are slowly and quietly transforming...

Technology