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                    [Title] => Standard Chartered  bares expansion plans for RP
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By the start of the second semester, the bank will open a 1,500 to 2,000-seat call center in Ortigas as part of an aggressive direct selling thrust in the country.


At present, SCBP outsources its direct selling activities.


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"There are no plans of acquiring another bank," SCBP chief executive officer Simon Morris said.


Based on medium term target, the bank wants to grow organically, or without acquiring another financial institution, rather than take a huge risk to expand its assets, he said.


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                    [Title] => StanChart turns over Iloilo branch to Allied
                    [Summary] => Standard Chartered Bank of the Philippines (SCBP) has turned over the assets and liabilities of its 130-year old branch in Iloilo City to Allied Bank Corp. It is the second oldest branch of SCBP. The oldest is in Manila.


The new acquisition brings to six the number of Allied Bank branches in the provinces of Iloilo and to 284 nationwide.


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"We do not look at the short-term but the long-term, and that is what builds our confidence in the Philippines as our long-term projections are still extremely positive," said SCBP chief executive officer Annemarie Durbin during the formal presentation of their universal banking license last Tuesday.


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StanChart, Prulife seal deal

May 22, 2012 - 12:00am

Life insurer Pru Life UK and Standard Chartered Bank of the Philippines (SCBP) have signed an agreement for Assurance Solutions Insurance Agency Inc. (ASIA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SCBP that will exclusively...

Banking

Standard Chartered bares expansion plans for RP

By Ted P. Torres | March 16, 2007 - 12:00am

Standard Chartered Bank of the Philippines (SCBP) will be opening this year its own call center and put in place new automatic teller machines (ATM) as well as introduce Internet banking services. By the start of...

Business

StanChart junks plan to acquire smaller bank

By Ted P. Torres | March 6, 2004 - 12:00am

Standard Chartered Bank of the Philippines (SCBP) has junked plans of acquiring a commercial bank or establishing a thrift bank, a top bank official said yesterday. "There are no plans of acquiring another...

Business

StanChart turns over Iloilo branch to Allied

By Ted P. Torres | December 13, 2002 - 12:00am

Standard Chartered Bank of the Philippines (SCBP) has turned over the assets and liabilities of its 130-year old branch in Iloilo City to Allied Bank Corp. It is the second oldest branch of SCBP. The oldest is in...

Business

Standard Chartered still bullish on RP

By Ted P. Torres | July 18, 2001 - 12:00am

The Standard Chartered Bank of the Philippines (SCBP) remains bullish about the Philippine economy despite the continuing weakness of the peso against the dollar. "We do not look at the short-term but the long-term,...

Business