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BNP Paribas inks Vietnam bancassurance deal

October 15, 2013 - 12:00am

BNP Paribas Cardif and Vietcombank Cardif Life Insurance Co. (VCLI) have signed a bancassurance partnership agreement with Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB).

Banking

P-Noy to rise or fall on presidential pork

By Federico D. Pascual Jr. | October 15, 2013 - 12:00am

ACID TEST: President Noynoy Aquino appears to have decided to rise or fall on the pork barrel issue  but the people, if surveys are to be believed, have just cautioned him with a sharp drop in his net trust...

Opinion

DOJ indicts bank exec for perjury

By Edu Punay | October 7, 2013 - 12:00am

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted an executive of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) for lying under oath in a lawsuit filed by Philippine Investment Two Inc. (PI II), the former local unit of the defunct American...

Metro

SCB sees Phl as a positive outlier

By Boo Chanco | September 25, 2013 - 12:00am

Standard Chartered Bank had not always been top of mind among the foreign banks here. It isn’t as high up there with Citibank or even HSBC in terms of awareness for a lot of people.

Business

Makati court orders bank: Return P233 M to investment firm

By Jose Rodel Clapano | September 14, 2013 - 12:00am

A Makati regional trial court (RTC) has ordered an international bank to return P233.6 million it received from an investment firm as loan repayments after it was discovered that the loan had been settled in an agreement...

Metro

Post-SONA question:Where’s Noy taking us?

By Federico D. Pascual Jr. | July 25, 2013 - 12:00am

WHAT TO DO?: Mr. President, Sir, where are you taking us? What is the master plan?

Opinion

DOJ questioned for ‘dribbling’ case vs bank execs

By Edu Punay | July 21, 2013 - 12:00am

A litigant has questioned the Department of Justice (DOJ) for allegedly “dribbling” its P240-million criminal complaint against executives of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB).

Metro

Standard Chartered Bank pledges $1M to prevent blindness in Phl

April 9, 2012 - 12:00am

How do you make a lasting, possibly permanent change in developing communities? You can plant trees and refresh the environment, or educate the people so they can develop practical and technical skills for production...

Business As Usual

StanChart sees peso weakening in Q2

By Ted P. Torres | April 21, 2007 - 12:00am

Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) sees the peso weakening in the second quarter. SCB, one of the oldest banks operating in the country, is also forecasting a cut in interest rates and a slow down in gross domestic...

Business

Slower growth, weaker peso seen this year due to election-related risks

By Ted P. Torres | January 17, 2007 - 12:00am

The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is forecast to grow by a slower 4.7 percent this year and 4.5 percent in 2008 after an estimated 5.9-percent expansion in 2006, a leading global financial institution...

Business