Business

Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) recently made the Personal Equity and Retirement Account (PERA) available to a limited number of existing BPI clients.

Higher revenues and reduced expenses boosted the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) net income to P15.26 billion in 2016 as of last October.

Economic managers have revised the government’s foreign exchange target for 2017-18 in response to the prevailing weakness of the peso as a result of overseas developments.

By Riza Lozada BDO Unibank Inc. (BDO) seeks to raise up to P60 billion in additional core capital through a stock rights offer to finance the bank’s medium-term growth plans and provide a buffer on higher capital requirements imposed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

Pizza chain Shakey’s Pizza Asia Ventures Inc. (Spavi), which is seeking to raise P3.96 billion through an initial public offer (IPO), targets to put up 20 new stores next year, as it embarks on an ambitious expansion plan.

Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp (PSPC) will pursue its $13-mil­lion (P624-million) upgrade of the Tabangao Refinery to pro­duce bitumen.

Last Dec. 15, Jollibee opened its first store in Winnipeg, Canada, home to over 70,000 Filipinos. The pioneer location was chosen as Winnipeg is home for several Filipinos with Ta­galog being the second-most common language spoken. In typical Jollibee fashion, the store was welcomed by long queues with people lining up as early as 10:30 PM the night before the …

New generation cur­rency (NGC) bank notes that have the signature of Presi­dent Duterte will start circulat­ing this week.

By Riza Lozada The Bangko Sentral ng Pili­pinas (BSP) recently revised foreign exchange regulations amid the entry of more foreign banks in the country includ­ing a requirement that foreign currency capital of a foreign bank’s branch be converted to pesos at the prevailing ex­change rate at the time of the remittance.

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez, acting on separate rulings of the Office of the Om­budsman, had dismissed a Bu­reau of Customs (BOC) officer and two municipal treasurers.