The Philippines has a comprehensive banking system encompassing various types of banks, from large universal banks to small rural banks and even non-banks. As of 17 October 2017, there were 36 universal and commercial banks, 57 thrift banks, 492 rural banks, 40 credit unions and 6,267 non-banks with quasi-banking functions, all licensed with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) under Republic Act No. 8791, also known as the General Banking Act of 2000.
On top of regular banking services offered by universal, commercial, thrift and rural banks, there are savings and loans association which are mainly based in communities and among retirees in the armed forces and the police organization and other employees of the government of the Philippines. Prominent among these small savings services is the Armed Forces of the Philippines Savings and Loans Association, Inc. (AFSLAI), which is exclusive to active servicemen and retirees of the armed forces in the Philippines.
10 largest banks in the Philippines
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*Change from December 2016 ranking
Source: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
List of major universal and commercial banks
- BDO Unibank (BDO; largest bank in the Philippines in terms of assets; 243rd largest bank globally)
- Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company (Metrobank)
- Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI; oldest bank in Southeast Asia)
- Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank; LBP, main government bank)
- Security Bank Corporation (Security Bank)
- Philippine National Bank (PNB)
- China Banking Corporation (Chinabank)
- Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP, secondary government bank)
- Union Bank of the Philippines (Unionbank)
- Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC)
- United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB)
- Citibank Philippines
- East West Banking Corporation (EastWest Bank)
- Asia United Bank Corporation (AUB)
- The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)
- Philippine Trust Company (Philtrust Bank)
- Bank of Commerce
- Maybank Philippines, Inc.
- Robinsons Bank Corporation
- Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCom)
- Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Manila Branch
- Deutsche Bank
- The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
- Standard Chartered Bank Philippines
- BDO Private Bank (subsidiary of BDO Unibank)
- Philippine Veterans Bank (Veterans Bank; PVB)
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ)
- CTBC Bank (Chinatrust)
- JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMorgan Chase)
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Manila Branch
- Bank of America, N.A.
- ING Group N.V.
- Mega International Commercial Bank Co. LTD
- Bank of China - Manila Branch
- KEB Hana Bank - Manila Branch
- Bangkok Bank Co. Ltd.
- Cathay United Bank Co. Ltd. - Manila Branch
- Industrial Bank of Korea Manila Branch
- United Overseas Bank Limited Manila Branch
- Shinhan Bank - Manila Branch
- Hua Nan Commercial Bank Ltd. Manila
- First Commercial Bank Manila Branch
- Al-Amanah Islamic Investment Bank of the Philippines
- The forty-three banks listed above are those with the biggest assets in the Philippine banking industry, listed at the BSP website as of September 30, 2017. The largest of these is BDO Unibank and the smallest is Al-Amanah Islamic Bank.
Powers of a universal bank
A universal bank has the same powers as a commercial bank, and also has the powers of an investment house as provided in existing laws and the power to invest in non-allied enterprises
Powers of a commercial bank
In addition to having the powers of a thrift bank, a commercial bank has the power to accept drafts and issue letters of credit; discount and negotiate promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt; accept or create demand deposits; receive other types of deposits and deposit substitutes; buy and sell foreign exchange and gold or silver bullion; acquire marketable bonds and other debt securities; and extend credit.
Powers of a thrift bank
A thrift bank has the power to accept savings and time deposits, act as a correspondent with other financial institutions and as a collection agent for government entities, issue mortgages, engage in real estate transactions and extend credit. Tthrift banks may also maintain checking accounts, act as a depository for government entities and local government units and engage in quasi-banking and money market operations subject to the approval of the Bangko Sentral. Thrift banks are generally smaller in scale than universal and commercial banks.
Powers of cooperative and rural banks
Rural and cooperative banks are the more popular type of banks in the rural communities. Their role is to promote and expand the rural economy in an orderly and effective manner by providing the people in the rural communities with basic financial services. Rural and cooperative banks help farmers through the stages of production, from buying seedlings to marketing of their produce. Rural banks and cooperative banks are differentiated from each other by ownership. While rural banks are privately owned and managed, cooperative banks are organized/owned by cooperatives or federation of cooperatives.
A rural bank has the power to provide adequate credit facilities to farmers and merchants or to cooperatives of such farmers and merchants and, in general, to the people of the rural communities in which the rural bank operates.
10 largest thrift banks in the Philippines
Source: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
List of savings banks
- BPI Family Savings Bank (a subsidiary of BPI)
- Philippine Savings Bank (PS Bank; a subsidiary of Metrobank)
- RCBC Savings Bank (a subsidiary of RCBC)
- China Bank Savings (a subsidiary of Chinabank)
- Philippine Business Bank
- CitySavings Bank (a subsidiary of Unionbank)
- PNB Savings Bank (a subsidiary of PNB)
- Sterling Bank of Asia
- Bank of Makati
- UCPB Savings Bank (a subsidiary of UCPB)
- First Consolidated Bank, Inc.
- HSBC Savings Bank Philippines Inc.
- BPI Direct BanKo, Inc. (a subsidiary of BPI)
- Producers Savings Bank Corporation (Producers Bank)
- Philippine Resources Savings Banking Corporation (PR Savings Bank; acquired by CitySavings Bank)
- Equicom Savings Bank (Equicom)
- Wealth Development Bank Corporation
- Malayan Savings Bank
- 1st Valley Bank, Inc. (a development bank)
- Luzon Development Bank
- CARD SME Bank, Inc. (a thrift bank)
- Citystate Savings Bank
- Bangko Kabayan (a private development bank)
- Pen Bank, Inc. (formerly Peninsula RB, Inc.)
- Yuanta Savings Bank Philippines, Inc.
- AllBank, Inc.
- Legazpi Savings Bank
- Enterprise Bank, Inc
- Queen City Development Bank
- Century Savings Bank Corporation
- Bank One Savings and Trust Corporation
- Dumaguete City Development Bank, Inc.
- Merchants Savings and Loan Association, Inc.
- Hiyas Banking Corporation
- Isla Bank (a thrift bank)
- Sun Savings Bank, Inc.
- University Savings Bank
- Village Bank, Inc.
- NorthPoint Development Bank, Inc.
- Farmers Savings and Loan Bank, Inc.
- Pampanga Development Bank
- Cordillera Savings Bank, Inc.
- Bataan Development Bank
- Business and Consumers Bank
- Inter-Asia Development Bank
- Life Savings Bank, Inc.
- Metro Cebu Public Savings Bank
- Bataan Savings and Loan Bank
- Pacific Ace Savings Bank, Inc.
- Lemery Savings and Loan Bank, Inc.
- Maritime Savings Bank Corporation
- Philippine Star Development Bank, Inc.
- Malasiqui Progressive SLB, Inc.
- Quezon Coconut Bank, Inc. (a thrift bank)
The banks listed above are those with the biggest assets in the Philippine Banking Industry as of September 30, 2017.
10 largest rural and cooperative banks in the Philippines
Source: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
List of rural and cooperative banks
- One Network Bank, Inc. (a subsidiary of BDO Unibank)
- EastWest Rural Bank, Inc. (a subsidiary of EastWest Bank)
- CARD Bank, Inc. (a MF RB)
- Guagua Rural Bank, Inc.
- First Isabela Cooperative Bank (FICO Bank)
- GM Bank of Luzon, Inc. (a rural bank)
- Quezon Capital Rural Bank, Inc.
- Metro South Cooperative Bank
- BOF, Inc. (a rural bank)
- AMA Rural Bank of Mandaluyong, Inc.
- Rang-ay Bank, Inc. (a rural bank)
- Katipunan Bank, Inc. (a rural bank)
- Cantilan Bank, Inc. (a rural bank)
- Rizal Bank (a MF RB)
- Banco Dipolog (a rural bank; subsidiary of the Philippine Bank of Communications)
- Country Builders Bank, Inc. (a rural bank)
- Summit Bank (rural bank of Tublay, Inc.)
- Rural Bank of Angeles, Inc.
- Banco Mabuhay (a rural bank)
- Marayo Bank, Inc. (a rural bank)
- Cooperative Bank of Cotabato
- Insular Savers Bank, Inc. (a rural bank)
- Rural Bank of Cauayan, Inc.
- New Rural Bank of San Leonardo (N.E.) Inc.
- Rural Bank of Pandi (Bulacan) Inc.
- People’s Rural Bank (Gen. Santos City) Inc.
- MVSM Bank (a rural bank since 1953) Inc.
- Camalig Bank, Inc. (a rural bank)
- Consolidated Cooperative Bank
- Rural Bank of Barili (Cebu) Inc.
- Imus Rural Bank, Inc.
- Bankways, Inc. (a rural bank)
- ASPAC Rural Bank, Inc.
- PlanBank (Rural Bank of Canlubang Planters, Inc.)
- Rural Bank of Central Pangasinan (Bayambang) Inc.
- Rural Bank of Digos, Inc.
- Rural Bank of Magdalena (Laguna) Inc.
- Mount Makiling Rural Bank, Inc.
- First Tagum Rural Bank, Inc.
- Valiant Bank, Inc. (a rural bank)
- Gateway Rural Bank, Inc.
- LifeBank (a rural bank)
- Malarayat Rural Bank, Inc.
- Rural Bank of San Mateo (Isabela) Inc.
- Mallig Plains Rural Bank (ISA) Inc.
- Highland Rural Bank, Inc.
- Cooperative Bank of Quezon Province
- Mactan Rural Bank (Lapu-Lapu City) Inc.
- Rural Bank of Bambang (Nueva Vizcaya) Inc.
- Ilocos Sur Cooperative Bank
- Rural Bank of Pola (Oriental Mindoro)
- Cooperative Bank of Ilocos Norte
- RBT Bank, Inc. (a rural bank)
- Rural Bank of Rizal (Zamboanga del Norte) Inc.
- Rural Bank of Gattaran (Cagayan) Inc.
- Laguna Prestige Banking Corporation (a rural bank)
- Rural Bank of Maria Aurora (Aurora) Inc.
- Rural Bank of Itogon (Benguet) Inc.
- Rural Bank of Pilar (Bataan) Inc.
- BHF Rural Bank, Inc.
- Network Consolidated Cooperative Bank
- Rural Bank of Sta. Ignacia, Inc.
- Entrepreneur Rural Bank, Inc.
- Rural Bank of Rosario (La Union) Inc.
- Saviour Rural Bank, Inc.
- Rural Bank of Tangub City (Misamis Occidental) Inc.
- Rural Bank of General Trias, Inc.
- D' Asian Hills Bank, Inc. (a rural bank)
- Community Rural Bank of Catmon (Cebu) Inc.
- Aliaga Farmers Rural Bank, Inc.
- Rural Bank of San Antonio, Inc.
- Rural Bank of Dumangas, Inc.
- Rural Bank of Bayombong, Inc.
- Rural Bank of San Pascual (Obando, Bulacan) Inc.
- Cooperative Bank of Nueva Vizcaya
- Rural Bank of Bagabag (N.V.) Inc.
- Rural Bank of Solano (Nueva Vizcaya) Inc.
- Sugbuanon Rural Bank, Inc.
- Rural Bank of Montalban, Inc.
- RBG Imperial Bank, Inc. (a rural bank)
- Banco Laguna, Inc. (a rural bank since 1965)
- Rural Bank of Dolores (Quezon) Inc.
- Cebuana Lhuillier Rural Bank, Inc.
- Rural Bank of Lebak (Sultan Kudarat) Inc.
- Rural Bank of Cardona (Rizal) Inc.
- Innovative Bank, Inc. (a rural bank)
- Common Wealth Rural Bank, Inc.
- Cooperative Bank of Bohol
- Liberty Bank (a rural bank)
- Sta. Maria Rural Bank, Inc.
- Rural Bank of Guinobatan, Inc.
- Balanga Rural Bank, Inc.
- Rural Bank of Maragondon, Inc.
- Rural Bank of Jaen, Inc.
- Rural Bank of Paracale (Camarines Norte) Inc.
- Community Rural Bank of Dapitan City, Inc.
- Cavite United Rural Bank Corporation
- Rural Bank of Mangaldan
- Rural Bank of Mabalacat, Inc.
- Opportunity Kauswagan Inc. (a microfinance rural bank)
The rural and cooperative banks listed above are the updated list from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas as of September 2017.
Defunct or merged banks
- Acme Savings Bank (acquired by the Sy Group of Companies and renamed Banco De Oro)
- Bank of Cebu
- International Exchange Bank (acquired by Union Bank of the Philippines)
- Insular Bank of Asia and America (merged with Philippine Commercial International Bank)
- Mindanao Development Bank (merged with Equitable PCI Bank)
- Ecology Bank (merged with Equitable PCI Bank)
- Family Savings Bank (acquired by BPI; renamed to BPI Family Savings Bank)
- AIG Philam Savings Bank (merged with East West Banking Corporation)
- Keppel Bank (acquired by GE Capital Finance)
- Equitable PCI Bank (merged with PCI Bank forming it and now merged with Banco de Oro)
- Philippine Commercial International Bank (merged with Equitable PCI Bank and now merged with Banco De Oro)
- Urban Bank (forced to close then merged with Export and Industry Bank)
- Allied Bank (merged with Philippine National Bank)
- Capitol Development Bank (acquired by RCBC and became RCBC Savings Bank)
- Banco Filipino
- Export and Industry Bank
- American Express Bank (renamed BDO Elite Savings Bank)
- Banco Santander Central Hispano (Philippine subsidiary acquired by Banco De Oro and renamed BDO Private Bank)
- Dao Heng Bank (acquired by Banco de Oro)
- 1st E Bank (Philippine Branches acquired by Banco de Oro)
- United Overseas Bank (66 out of 67 Branches merged with Banco De Oro)
- GE Money Bank (acquired by Banco de Oro)
- Green Bank of CARAGA (acquired by EastWest Banking Corporation alongside FinMan Rural Bank, Inc. in 2013 and became EastWest Rural Bank, Inc.)
- Orient Commercial Banking Corporation (forced to close; Allied Bank took over 52 branches)
- Standard Chartered Bank Philippines (Philippine retail banking business was acquired by East West Banking Corporation in 2016)
- Philippine Resources Savings Bank (PR Savings Bank; acquired by CitySavings Bank in 2018)
- Philippine Postal Savings Bank (PostBank; acquired by Landbank in 2018 and became Overseas Filipino Bank)
References
External links
- Media related to Banks in the Philippines at Wikimedia Commons