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• Metrobank Partners With IBM to Enhance Online Banking Security

  - 2009-01-16

  Metrobank, one of the largest private banks in the Philippines, has selected IBM (NYSE: IBM) to integrate and implement an advanced security solution for its Metrobankdirect, an Internet banking facility. The agreement, signed in November 2008, will see IBM Internet Security Systems deploy the Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) security solution...

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• Globe Telecom signs P2.5 billion loan facility with Metrobank.(PHILIPPINES)

  - 2008-04-01

  Philippines-based telecommunications operator Globe Telecom Inc. has obtained a $60.88 million five-year loan from Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co, the biggest lender in the country. Metrobank said that this five-year loan would enable Globe Telecom to allocate capital expenditures for expanding its capacity to provide advanced...

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• Globe Telecom signs P2.5 billion loan facility with Metrobank.(PHILIPPINES)

  - 2008-04-01

  Philippines-based telecommunications operator Globe Telecom Inc. has obtained a $60.88 million five-year loan from Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co, the biggest lender in the country. Metrobank said that this five-year loan would enable Globe Telecom to allocate capital expenditures for expanding its capacity to provide advanced...

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• METROBANK INVESTS CNY500MN IN SHANGHAI REAL ESTATE MARKET

  - 2006-07-05

  AsiaInfo Services 07-05-2006 Metrobank Invests CNY500mn in Shanghai Real Estate Market SHANGHAI, Jul 05, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Recently, the edifice and apartment with an investment of CNY 500 million by Metropolitan Bank Metrobank, the biggest financial group under George...

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• Houston-based MetroBank acquires First United Bank of San Diego for $37m

  - 2005-07-11

  United Deal: MetroCorp Bancshares Inc., parent firm to Houston-based MetroBank, announced last month a definitive agreement to purchase First United Bank of San Diego, for $37.4 million, or $51.50 per share. Based on First United's trailing 12-month earnings of $2.53 per share from March 31, the price was 20.4...

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• ANZ acquires 40% stake in Metrobank

  - 2003-10-31

  ANZ BANK HAS FORMED A JOINT venture with and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company [Metrobank] creating a growth platform for credit cards business in the Philippines. ANZ has acquired a 40% stake in Metrobank Card Corporation [MCC], the credit card subsidiary of Metrobank-the Philippines' largest bank. Metrobank's local...

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• Details of Metrobank offer sought by officials.

  - 2002-09-20

  Sep 20, 2002 (The Asian Wall Street Journal - ABIX via COMTEX) Philippines' Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company Metrobank has received a request from the securities commission. The Securities and Exchange Commission has cited the Securities Regulation Code in asking Metrobank to give...

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• Metrobank: the most outstanding bank in the Philippines. (Corporate Statement).(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2002-09-01

  The Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company Metrobank is the largest bank in the Philippines with total consolidated resources amounting to more than P 444.30bn ($8.79bn) and capital of P49.40bn ($977.37m) as of June 30, 2002. Since 1995, Metrobank has been recognised as the number...

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• MetroBank completes an agreement to sell nonperforming loans.

  - 2002-08-28

  Aug 28, 2002 (The Asian Wall Street Journal - ABIX via COMTEX) Rabobank NV's Asia Recovery Fund has taken over Php16bn worth of Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company's non-performing loans. The Filipino bank has a total of Php470bn worth of foreclosed assets and ...

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• Metrobank Subsidiaries to Convert to ALLTEL Retail Banking Platform; Phillipines' Largest Financial Organization to Consolidate on Mainframe System

  - 2002-02-11

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