DIGITAL payment transactions have markedly increased after banks waived or reduced fund transfer fees, a senior Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) official said on Tuesday ...Maya and Gcash, meanwhile, cut their fees to P10 from P15 ... ....
'Unpopular but protected, ahead but vulnerable, losing but no longer completely hopeless' There is a lot to unpack in the latest Resolve Political Monitor poll ....
PaulineHanson is no longer just a protest politician shouting from the sidelines. That might be the most important change in Australian politics right now ....
THE Social Security System (SSS) remains open to pension hikes beyond scheduled adjustments but these will depend on the fund’s performance ... The June to August rollout, de Claro said, will have a P6.5-billion impact ... ....
FORMER Budget secretary Amenah Pangandaman has pledged to expand Islamic banking and deepen financial inclusion after having been appointed to helm Al-Amanah Islamic Investment Bank of the Philippines... ....
STATE-RUN Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) could postpone plans of returning to the domestic debt market to next year or until economic and market conditions improve ... But we are keen. We will go back; it’s just timing.” ... ....
A RECORD Metro Manila minimum wage increase set to take effect next week will not lead to a substantial improvement in workers’ purchasing power, Metrobank said ... The pay hike will be delivered in two tranches ... 20, 2027.
The film critic Pauline Kael once said that a friendship cannot survive too many disagreements about movies ... “I think Pauline cooled on me after I told her I didn’t like [Barbra Streisand’s] Yentl.
SURGING inflation appears to have run its course, Nomura Global Research said, but underlying pressures are expected to keep the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on track for further interest rate hikes this year ... ....