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The notes issuance is being arranged by First Metro Investment Corp., the investment house of banking giant Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.


PCFC is a government-owned microfinance corporation under the supervision of the Land Bank of the Philippines. It finances 16 of more than 20 microfinance institutions in Cebu composed of cooperatives, rural banks and non-government organizations. 


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This time again, the company is trailblazing in the industry, pumping in  P20 million to build the country’s first fully operational computerized glasshouse. In the next five years, PCFC will be replacing its existing greenhouses and installing new seven computerized glasshouses. 


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That is because under the Arroyo administration six-year development program, the country wants to be servicing an additional six million microentrepreneurs. Of that total, the PCFC has been tasked to account for two million.


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The tremendous growth rate has prompted the PCFC hierarchy to target a P3.17-billion loan portfolio for next year.


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                    [Summary] => The People’s Credit and Finance Corp. (PCFC) nationwide network of partner-conduits provided microfinance services to 312,129 poor individuals, mostly women from July 2001 to June 2002.


PCFC president and chief executive officer Iluminada L.E. Cabigas reported that 621,349 poor borrowers have already availed of microfinance loans amounting to P3.6 billion from the start of operations of PCFC in mid 1996 up to the end of June, 2002.


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PCFC president Iluminada L. E. Cabigas, in a statement reiterated her deep commitment to the poverty eradication program of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo during the Urban Poor Solidarity Week Celebration at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City recently.


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The notes issuance is being arranged by First Metro Investment Corp., the investment house of banking giant Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.


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PCFC president and chief executive officer Iluminada L.E. Cabigas reported that 621,349 poor borrowers have already availed of microfinance loans amounting to P3.6 billion from the start of operations of PCFC in mid 1996 up to the end of June, 2002.


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PCFC president Iluminada L. E. Cabigas, in a statement reiterated her deep commitment to the poverty eradication program of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo during the Urban Poor Solidarity Week Celebration at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City recently.


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People’s Credit and Finance Corp to issue P1-B notes for microfinancing program

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | July 4, 2006 - 12:00am

The state-run People’s Credit and Finance Corp. (PCFC) will issue up to P1-billion worth of five-year corporate notes to finance its microfinancing program. The notes issuance is being arranged by First Metro...

Business

Island Rose conquers the world

By Rocel Felix | October 24, 2005 - 12:00am

Growing European roses under tropical conditions has made Philippine Cut Flower Corp. (PCFC) the country’s first successful large-scale producer of roses for export by using greenhouse technology in the 1980s....

Business As Usual

PCFC needs P4B in next five years

September 13, 2005 - 12:00am

By 2010, the People’s Credit and Finance Corp. (PCFC) must have over 3.6 million microentrepreneurs under its microfinance program. That is because under the Arroyo administration six-year development program,...

Banking

PCFC loan portfolio hits P2.4-B

By Ted P. Torres | November 25, 2003 - 12:00am

DAVAO CITY – The Peoples Credit and Finance Corp. (PCFC), the country’s main conduit for microfinance lending, has registered a total loan portfolio of P2.35 billion in end September this year, or 17 percent...

Banking

PCFC extends microcredit to 312,000 poor families

July 23, 2002 - 12:00am

The People’s Credit and Finance Corp. (PCFC) nationwide network of partner-conduits provided microfinance services to 312,129 poor individuals, mostly women from July 2001 to June 2002. PCFC president and chief...

Banking

PCFC extends credit to 420,000 beneficiaries

December 18, 2001 - 12:00am

The People’s Credit & Finance Corp. (PCFC) reported that its total end-borrowers reached 418,567 in October this year since it started extending microcredit to the poor sector of the country about five years...

Banking