Business

By Riza Lozada and Jerry Maglunog The series of cases of breach in the security of bank accounts has alarmed banks and their depositors, prompting top lender Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank) to issue an assurance and advisory to its clients and shareholders that the bank has “sufficient maker-checker controls in place.”

By Jerry Maglunog  The Philippines has only 7 million credit-card holders, almost a third of whom own cards issued by the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank).

Standing under the scorching heat, the 57-year-old Mang Kikoy looks afar, wondering if he still has crops to harvest this season.

Opol, Misamis Oriental—A simple yet historic groundbreaking ceremony for the P500-million investment for the bulk water supply project of Opol was held last April 20 by the Lumayagan River in Barangay Tingalan.

By Riza Lozada  Listed mass-housing developer 8990 Holdings Inc. has tapped China Bank Capital Corp. to arrange and underwrite the securitization of up to P5 billion of contract to sell (CTS) receivables of its property development subsidiaries.

Gaming firm Leisure and Resorts World Corp. (LRWC) reported a consolidated net income of P1.03 billion last year or a 37-percent increase from a P750-million profit in 2014 despite a substantial drop in its junket casino business.

The country’s top corporations are now more conscious about online security and are starting to invest heavily on information-technology (IT) products and services to address business disruptions from cyberattacks like those from computer viruses. 

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) maintained its key policy rates, saying last Friday that economic indicators continue to remain appropriate, even as average inflation in the first quarter of 2016 remains below the government’s target of two percent to four percent growth. 

Sy-led Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. (BDO) is targeting a 4 percent rise in net income this year to P26 billion, to be buoyed by the strength of the domestic economy, as well as core businesses, namely deposits and loans. 

By Riza Lozada Utility firm Manila Water Co. Inc. is alloting P4.2 billion for capital expenditures to expand its water service and network reliability in the Metro Manila East Zone, in which it has a concession with the government, said Fernando Zobel de Ayala, the firm’s chairman.