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                    [Title] => Exporters, OFWs to benefit from removal of RP from US money-laundering watchlist
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The US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced earlier this week that it was withdrawing an advisory it had issued against the Philippines in 2000 when the country was first tagged as a money-laundering haven.


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                    [Title] => CTB urges BSP to lift moratorium
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In a letter to BSP Deputy Governor Alberto Reyes, CTB president Benjamin Yambao also requested that branching rules be liberalized for banks that have maintained lending to SMEs equivalent to at least 60 percent of their portfolio for the last two years. 


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                    [Title] => PDIC takes over First Savings Bank
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), in its Resolution No. 1265, ordered the bank’s closure and placed it under PDIC receivership due to its inability to pay liabilities as they become due in the ordinary course of business, insufficient realizable assets to cover liabilities and  inability to continue its business without involving probable losses to its depositors or creditors.


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                    [Summary] => It looks like Globe Telecom, which is headed by Gerardo Ablaza Jr., is going into direct selling. But just to be on the safe side – and not be accused of pyramiding and other nonsense – Globe has asked the opinion of the Department of Trade and Industry.


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                    [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey 
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                    [Title] => PNB receives highest Megalink network performance award
                    [Summary] => The Philippine National Bank (PNB) received the Highest Network Performance Award for 2003 from Megalink, a consortium of 17 commercial banks with a combined network of 1,500 ATMs nationwide, during its 14th anniversary celebration held last March 24.


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                    [Title] => BSP raises single borrower’s limit to 25%
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                    [Title] => BSP to further tighten banks’ dollar deals
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                    [Title] => Peso closes at new record low of 56.20
                    [Summary] => The peso plumbed new depths against the dollar yesterday  due to  rising political concerns and low dollar inflows from both foreign investors and  overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
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DEPUTY GOVERNOR ALBERTO REYES

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The US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced earlier this week that it was withdrawing an advisory it had issued against the Philippines in 2000 when the country was first tagged as a money-laundering haven.


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