MANILA — Over a third of Filipinos aged 15 and above owns a formal account, according to the 2017 Global Findex published by the World Bank, the...
WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank repeatedly warned at their meetings this week that intensifying trade tensions could jeopardize a healthy global economic expansion....
MANILA — The second package of the Duterte administration’s Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP), which is expected to lower corporate income tax rates and rationalize fiscal incentives...
MANILA — The World Bank (WB) expects the Philippines to sustain stable economic growth this year and the next, noting the country should invest more in infrastructure...
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Southeast Asian ride hailing app Grab is expanding into financial services in partnership with a Japanese credit card company, hoping to offer credit...
MANILA — Malacanang on Thursday welcomed the World Bank’s (WB) forecast that the Philippines would continue to be one of the fastest-growing economies among Southeast Asian countries...
LONDON — The World Bank (WB) warned on Tuesday that a failure to reach a “smooth” deal for Britain to leave the European Union (EU) could pose...
MANILA — The Philippines needs to create an integrated social protection policy to reduce poverty, according to a new World Bank (WB) report. The WB report, titled...
OTTAWA — The Trudeau Liberals are facing warnings to proceed cautiously and in as transparent a manner as possible as they weigh a Chinese state-owned company’s...
MANILA – – Banks have been given extra leeway to increase financing of high priority projects following the latest Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) directive excluding...