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Equitable PCI Bank (EPCIB) has started winding down its business with the planned sale of assets, termination of contracts and services, and disposal of equity assets in preparation for its merger with Banco de Oro Universal Bank (BDO).


EPCIB corporate secretary Sabino Acut Jr. said in a report to the regulators that the EPCIB board has ordered its management to sell the bank’s equity investments in both publicly-listed and non-listed corporations.


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The move is seen as a prelude to the SM Group’s acquisition of a family’s controlling block to eventually merge EPCIB with the SM family’s own Banco de Oro. 


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LTO chief charged with P1.1-B graft

By Reinir Padua | April 15, 2011 - 12:00am

Land Transportation Office chief Virginia Torres was charged yesterday with graft over her refusal to pay LTO information technology (IT) contractor Stradcom Corp. for its services, less than a year after she assumed...

Metro

EPCIB starts asset disposal ahead of merger with BDO

By Ted P. Torres | February 25, 2007 - 12:00am

Equitable PCI Bank (EPCIB) has started winding down its business with the planned sale of assets, termination of contracts and services, and disposal of equity assets in preparation for its merger with Banco...

Business

EBCII accepts SM offer to buy 10.8% stake in EPCIB

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | September 1, 2006 - 12:00am

EBC Investments Inc. (EBCII) said yesterday its board has accepted the Sy family’s offer to acquire its 10.8-percent stake in Equitable PCI Bank, which should raise the shareholdings of the SM Group in the country’s...

Business