7 March, 2021

Diokno’s FIST law gives Philippine banks a boost, but do they need it?

March 7 2021 Benjamin Diokno, governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the central bank of the Philippines, […]
21 September, 2020

The Philippines: Covid-19 Helps a Digital Revolution

Asiamoney, September 21 2020 Many Filipinos switched to digital channels during lockdown. Bankers think customers are unlikely to […]
21 September, 2020

Finance and the Philippines: Diokno wants an A after Covid

Asiamoney, September 21 2020 There’s a team made up of staff from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the […]
9 July, 2020

Wirecard: Philippines’ Anti-Money Laundering Chief Explains the Investigation

Euromoney, July 9 2020 Attorney Mel Georgie Racela runs the Anti-Money Laundering Council Secretariat in the Philippines, one […]
9 May, 2019

50 Years of Asia: Nestor Tan, BDO Unibank

Euromoney, May 9 2019 Read the full article here: https://www.euromoney.com/article/b1f7q903xx4ryt/nestor-tan-move-fast “I’ll share with you something one of my mentors […]
1 November, 2018

Pernia: Philippines’ Infrastructure Build Won’t Depend on China

Euromoney, November 2018 The Philippines’ Build Build Build infrastructure drive is one of the most ambitious in the […]
20 June, 2018

Espenilla Befriends the Banks who Once Feared Him

Euromoney/Asiamoney, June 2018 Before taking the top job at the Philippine central bank, Nestor Espenilla Jr was known […]
1 June, 2018

Blue Finance: The Philippines Declares War on Waste

Euromoney, June 2018 In April Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte took a characteristically drastic step. He closed Boracay. It […]
21 December, 2009

IFR Asia: Southeast Asia debt capital markets guide – the Philippines

IFR Asia Southeast Asia debt capital markets report: Philippines December 2009 If you had to pick one local […]
15 July, 2008

IFR deal profiles: ANZ, Kexim, the Philippines, Vietnam

The following profiles appeared in IFR Asia’s Debt Capital Markets report, July 2008 VIETNAM  There was a time […]
1 June, 2008

Margarito Teves, Philippines finance minister: facing the hard work being undone

Euromoney, June 2008 It was all going so well. In the last three years the Philippines has been […]
5 May, 2008

Ministers and governors face the pain

Emerging Markets, ADB annual meeting, May 2008 Asian ministers and bank governors have described some of the toughest […]