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Duterte taps local businesses to fulfil infrastructure promise

Duterte is giving businesses a bigger share of projects, after earlier shying away from privately led projects due to financing risks and delays.

Asia’s newest millionaires switch out basket-case economy for fine art

While the Philippines still lags the likes of S Korea and Taiwan in dollar millionaires, rapid wealth creation is prompting finance firms such as Cred

Philippine central bank supervisor takes aim at male-dominated boards

In the Philippines, men hold 82% of the 265 board seats at the nation’s biggest lenders and some banks have no women on their boards at all.

Philippines mulls ICO regulations as bitcoin use surges

Bangko Sentral estimates remittance transactions using bitcoin are now worth about $6 million a month.

Philippines considering digital currency regulations as remittance use increases

Philippines lifts 17-year ban on new bank licences

Foreign banks including Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. and Singapore’s United Overseas Bank Ltd. have received approval to open bran