ADQ-backed consumer fintech startup Salmon set to acquire Philippine rural bank

ADQ-backed consumer fintech startup Salmon set to acquire Philippine rural bank

Manila, Philippines. Photo: David Milmont/unsplash

Salmon, a Philippines-based consumer fintech startup backed by Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ, announced that it has secured approval to acquire a controlling stake in Rural Bank of Sta. Rosa (Laguna).

The regulatory approval was issued by the Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the central bank of the Philippines.