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                    [Summary] => The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) announced yesterday the election of Aurelio R. Montinola as the new president, to succeed Xavier P. Loinaz effective Jan. 1 next year.


Loinaz will remain as a member of the executive committee and a board director.


"This movement is in line with traditional retirement practices of BPI and forms part of the normal succession process," the bank said in a press statement.


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"We have two months before it is presented for public bidding," BPI president Xavier P. Loinaz said after the bank’s stockholders had their annual meeting yesterday.


The P5-billion foreclosed properties located in Metro Manila and Metro Cebu, form part of a basket of bad assets worth P15 billion held by the bank.


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                    [Title] => BPI sees 20% rise in income this year
                    [Summary] => The Bank of the Philippine Islands expects net income to grow or "do better than" 20 percent this year, bank president Xavier Loinaz said after yesterday’s annual stockholders meeting. 


The country’s second largest commercial bank on a consolidated basis registered a net income of P3.05 billion last year, 34.6 percent lower than the P4.67-billion income of 1999.


Loinaz said net income for the first three months of this year was "substantially higher" than last year’s first quarter but did not give details.


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The Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI) has expressed keen interest in bidding for
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BPI sources told The STAR that the bank is planning to participate in
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The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) expects earnings growth to continue to
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"Earnings growth is not going to be aggressive. Redundance are going to cost
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With BPI Direct, customers are provided a wide range of banking transactions
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The majority stockholders of the Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI) and Far East
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The merger catapulted BPI/FEBTC as the country's largest bank, accounting for
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Loinaz will remain as a member of the executive committee and a board director.


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"We have two months before it is presented for public bidding," BPI president Xavier P. Loinaz said after the bank’s stockholders had their annual meeting yesterday.


The P5-billion foreclosed properties located in Metro Manila and Metro Cebu, form part of a basket of bad assets worth P15 billion held by the bank.


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The country’s second largest commercial bank on a consolidated basis registered a net income of P3.05 billion last year, 34.6 percent lower than the P4.67-billion income of 1999.


Loinaz said net income for the first three months of this year was "substantially higher" than last year’s first quarter but did not give details.


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BPI sources told The STAR that the bank is planning to participate in
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"Earnings growth is not going to be aggressive. Redundance are going to cost
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making the combined entity the 10th largest financial institution in the region
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Montinola named new BPI head

By Ted P. Torres | September 16, 2004 - 12:00am

The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) announced yesterday the election of Aurelio R. Montinola as the new president, to succeed Xavier P. Loinaz effective Jan. 1 next year. Loinaz will remain as a member of the...

Business

BPI to sell P5-B foreclosed assets

By Ted P. Torres | April 4, 2003 - 12:00am

Ayala-owned Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) is talking with several foreign investors for the sale of some P5-billion worth of properties foreclosed by the bank. "We have two months before it is presented...

Business

BPI sees 20% rise in income this year

By Ted P. Torres | April 20, 2001 - 12:00am

The Bank of the Philippine Islands expects net income to grow or "do better than" 20 percent this year, bank president Xavier Loinaz said after yesterday’s annual...

Business

BPI eyes RPN 9, Channel 13

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | May 17, 2000 - 12:00am

The Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI) has expressed keen interest in bidding for the two government-owned television networks in line with its effort to intensify its online banking activities. BPI sources told...

Business

BPI net income to soften this year

By by Jun Ebias | May 16, 2000 - 12:00am

The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) expects earnings growth to continue to slow down this year because of the cost of integrating Far East Bank & Trust Co. into its operation, BPI president Xavier Loinaz...

Business

BPI launches new service

May 13, 2000 - 12:00am

The Bank of the Philippine Islands, a leader in consumer and electronic banking, breaks new ground with the opening of the country's first direct bank -- the BPI Direct. With BPI Direct, customers are provided...

Business

BPI, FEBTC stockholders OK merger

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | January 21, 2000 - 12:00am

The majority stockholders of the Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI) and Far East Bank and Trust Co. (FEBTC) approved yesterday the merger of the two banks, making the combined entity the 10th largest financial...

Business