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Risk sharing pays dividends for RCBC’s new core banking system implementation programme

Date: Nov 01, 2012
Author: Carol Wheatcroft
Categories: Core Banking, Philippines, Technology & Operations
Keywords: RCBC, Dennis Bancod, Lorenzo Tan, Infosys, IBM, Oracle, Fiserv, Fidelity, Callatay & Wouters, Linux, Business Analytics

Dennis Bancod, CIO of RCBC discusses how his experience with two previous core banking system implementations influenced his most recent approach at RCBC.

Research Note

Partnerships key to success in the Philippines remittance market

Date: Sep 05, 2012
Author: Levina Lim
Categories: Philippines, Remittance, Retail Banking
Keywords: Philippines, Mobile Money, OFWs, Banco De Oro, Western Union, MoneyGram, Smart Communications, Globe Telecom, MTOs, GDP

Philippines’ remittance and mobile money market holds promise for both money transfer operators and domestic banks.

Opinion

Southeast Asian banks’ growth and profitability to take a hit from Basel III

Date: Aug 06, 2012
Author: Alec Kourloukov
Categories: Basel III, Philippines, Regulation, Risk and Regulation, Singapore
Keywords: BCBS, CAR, LCR, NSFR, Systemic Risk, MAS, BSP, Capital Conservation Buffer, ROE

Alec Kourloukov, director of enterprise risk services at Deloitte, feels banks need to focus on growth, ensure regulatory compliance, and develop robust liquidity and contingency funding plans.

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Asian intermediation trend report (2006-2011)

Date: Aug 01, 2012
Author: Doron Foo
Categories: Australia, China, Databook, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand
Keywords: Deposit Intermediation, Banking Institutions, Stock Market Capitalisation, Insurance Premiums, Mutual Funds, Assets Under Management, CPF, EPF

The global macroeconomic volatility has caused increasing financial disintermediation of capital markets in favour of banks, as a result of investors’ increased risk-aversion.

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Individual Country Profiles - Philippines

Date: Jul 20, 2012
Author: Doron Foo
Categories: Databook, Philippines,
Keywords: GDP per Capita, Public Finances, External Debt, Balance of Payments, Inflation, Unemployment Rate, Financial Intermediaries, Domestic Financing, Interest Rates, Deposit and Loan Accounts, Balance Sheet Growth, Asset Quality, Capital Adequacy Ratio, Bank Branches, ATMs, EFTPOS, Credit Card, Debit Card, Cheques

Each Individual Country Profile includes statistical tables encompassing information on macro environment, population and household demographics, financial service industry profile, banking industry profile, retail distribution, and payment system.

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Comparative Country Profiles

Date: Jul 20, 2012
Author: Doron Foo
Categories: Australia, China, Comparative Country Profile, Databook, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam,
Keywords: GDP per Capita, Public Finances, External Debt, Balance of Payments, Unemployment Rate, Financial Intermediaries, Domestic Financing, Interest Rates, Deposit and Loan Accounts, Balance Sheet Growth, Asset Quality, Capital Adequacy Ratio, Bank Branches, ATMs, EFTPOS, Credit Card, Debit Card, Cheques

The charts in this section are based on previous section and are divided in to six categories. These tables and graphs allow users to contrast and rank all the countries more clearly in many different ways.

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"It is always the top and the bottom lines that we look at"

Date: Apr 30, 2012
Author: Asian Banker Editorial
Categories: Customer Centricity, Internet Banking, Mergers and Acquisitions, Mobile Banking, Philippines, Retail Banking
Keywords: Teresita Sy-Coson, Capital Flow, Cash Flow, Customer Data, Customer Information, Banco De Oro

Teresita Sy-Coson, chairperson, BDO Unibank, discusses how banking became integral to SM Group, as well as the difficult years of banking mergers.

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Interview transcript: Teresita Sy-Coson, chairperson, BDO Unibank, 4th April 2012, Part 1

Date: Apr 19, 2012
Author: Teresita Sy-Coson
Categories: Customer Centricity, Internet Banking, Mergers and Acquisitions, Mobile Banking, Philippines, Retail Banking
Keywords: Capital and Cash Flow, Customer Data and Information, Banco De Oro

Teresita Sy-Coson, chairperson of BDO Unibank, discusses the difference retail and banking businesses, weathering the economic and merger storm, and the handling and deployment of capital.

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