[Vantage Point] DBP’s bad loans: The failures behind the billions
The Commission on Audit has uncovered serious deficiencies in state-owned DBP’s lending practices, credit safeguards, and recovery procedures
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[Vantage Point] When a paycheck runs out before payday
True economic recovery means that families can reliably meet ordinary expenses, systematically repay their debts, and still retain something for unforeseen emergencies
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After the IPO party, GCash comes for 5-6 lending next
‘There’s money in serving them,’ says Mynt president and CEO Martha Sazon, as she and her team try to convince investors that lending to underserved Filipinos could fuel GCash’s next wave of growth
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[Vantage Point] Is Del Monte in default? The debt behind the label
The sheer consumer power of the Philippine franchise is precisely why nervous financiers continue to sit at the bargaining table
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[In This Economy] Cesar Virata, technocrat who helped finance a dictatorship
How should we remember a capable technocrat who helped keep such a government going?
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[Vantage Point] Landbank’s P182-million belated retreat
Prolonged financial paralysis is never a harmless administrative technicality
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[READOUT] What Philippine borrowing tells businesses ahead of 2027
Here are three credit insights to keep in mind, covering consumer borrowing trends, business lending, and the national debt
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[In This Economy] Should Filipinos’ ‘consumption culture’ be blamed for the weak peso?
BSP Governor Eli Remolona did not say that consumption is the enemy. Instead, the underlying message is that our country as a whole needs to find better ways to finance our investments.
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[Vantage Point] PNB Holdings is going public without asking for public money
Most companies arriving on the exchange effectively say: give us your money and we will show you what we can build. PNB Holdings is saying, here is the balance sheet and tell us what we are worth.
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[Vantage Point] The hidden losses inside Philippine banks
Why investors should start looking beyond bad loans and into the government bond portfolios quietly reshaping bank balance sheets
