List of Popular Banks in Philippines.

BDO is a full-service universal bank in the Philippines. It provides a complete array of industry-leading products and services including Lending (corporate and consumer), Deposit-taking, Foreign Exchange, Brokering, Trust and Investments, Credit Cards, Retail Cash Cards, Corporate Cash Management, and Remittances in the Philippines. Through its local subsidiaries, the Bank offers Investment Banking, Private Banking, Leasing and Finance, Rural Banking, Life Insurance, Insurance Brokerage, and Online and Non-Online Brokerage services.

BDO’s institutional strengths and value-added products and services hold the key to its successful business relationships with customers. On the front line, its branches remain at the forefront of setting high standards as a sales and service-oriented, customer-focused force. The Bank has the largest distribution network with over 1,600 operating branches and offices, and more than 4,500 ATMs nationwide. BDO has 16 international offices (including full-service branches in Hong Kong and Singapore) spread across Asia, Europe, North America, and the Middle East.

As the first bank in Southeast Asia, it has established a history of client trust, financial strength, and innovation. Since 1851, business, products, and services have played a significant role in every Filipino’s daily life, as well as in the country’s increasingly expanding and evolving economy.

Over the years, BPI played a significant role in the development of the Philippine economy, financing key infrastructure projects, and serving as a financial partner to businesses and individuals. The bank offers a wide range of financial services, including personal banking, business banking, and wealth management. Personal banking services include savings and checking accounts, loans, credit cards, and insurance. Business banking services include loans, deposit accounts, and cash management solutions. Bank of the Philippine Islands is a leading financial institution in the Philippines, with a long history of serving the needs of individuals and businesses in the country.

Established in 1962, the Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company has become the premier universal bank and among the foremost financial institutions in the Philippines. With a history spanning more than 60 years, it aims to deliver meaningful banking to Filipinos everywhere.

It boasts a diverse product portfolio including investment banking, thrift banking, leasing and financing, bancassurance, and credit cards. It offers a full range of services to large local and multinational corporations, middle-market and SMEs, high net-worth individuals, and the retail segment.

The Philippine National Bank was established as a government-owned banking institution on July 22, 1916, with headquarters in the old Masonic Temple along Escolta, Manila. Its primary mandate was to provide financial services to the Philippine industry and agriculture and support the government’s economic development effort. World War I, then raging in Europe, generated huge demand for the country’s major exports namely: sugar, copra, coconut oil, Manila hemp, and tobacco.

However, not much was being done to develop the industries that produced these sought-after crops since access to credit facilities was limited then. To solve this problem, Henderson Martin, Vice Governor of the Philippines, together with Mr. Miguel Cuaderno (who later became Central Bank governor) drafted the charter for a national bank.

Security Bank Corporation has a proud history of financial management expertise, with a proven track record of stability and consistent profitability achieved through an efficient, perceptive, and forward-thinking management style.

The Bank stands firm as one of the Philippines’ top ten private domestic universal banks in terms of assets, deposits, capital, and return on equity.

China Banking Corporation (China Bank) is a leading private universal bank in the Philippines with over 100 years of banking experience and history. The bank provides a full range of banking products and services to individuals and businesses. It also serves the retail banking, investment banking, and insurance needs of diverse customers through subsidiaries of China Bank Savings, China Bank Capital, China Bank Securities, Resurgent Capital, China Bank Insurance Brokers, and affiliate Manulife China Bank Life Assurance.

China Bank has a nationwide network of branches and ATMs. As of September 2021, the bank has over 600 branches and more than 1,400 ATMs located in various parts of the country. Over the years, China Bank has received numerous awards and recognitions for its financial performance, corporate governance, and customer service. Some of the recent awards received by the bank include the Best Retail Bank in the Philippines award from The Asian Banker in 2021, and the Bank of the Year - Philippines award from The Banker in 2020.

UnionBank embraces the future of banking and is committed to being the Philippines’ leading digital bank to best serve the growing needs of Filipinos everywhere. The Bank has always been among the first to embrace technological innovations to empower its customers. With this, it has consistently been recognized as one of Asia’s leading companies, ranking among the country’s top universal banks in terms of profitability and efficiency. UnionBank’s Digital Transformation Strategy reinforced its commitment to delivering superior customer experiences and promoting inclusive prosperity in the country.

For several years, the Bank was renowned “Best Digital Bank” by prestigious institutions, and also recognized in areas of transformation, people, and culture. With its drive to “Tech Up Pilipinas” and be an enabler of the Philippines’ push to be a G20 country by 2050, UnionBank stands firm in its promise to power the future of banking by co-creating innovations for its customers and for a better world!

EastWest Bank was established in 1994 as the Filinvest Savings and Loan Bank. In 1999, it became EastWest Banking Corporation after a merger with the Banco de Oro subsidiary, Network Bank.

LANDBANK was established in 1963 as the Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Financing Administration. In 1972, it became the Agricultural Credit Administration, and in 1980, it was renamed the Philippine Countryside Rural Bank.

In 1985, it became the Land Bank of the Philippines and was tasked with providing financial services to farmers and other rural clients. Today, it also offers a wide range of banking services to corporate and retail clients.