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                    [Title] => New BancNet officers
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BancNet, the country’s largest electronic banking consortium, has elected Manuel C. Tagaza and Daniel U. Yu as new chairman and vice chairman, respectively, and re-elected Robert P. Blas as president, Ismael R. Sandig as treasurer, Agnes H. Maranan as corporate secretary, and Elmarie S. Reyes as assistant corporate secretary.

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Electronic banking consortium BancNet has elected Abigail Del Rosario of Standard Chartered Bank as chairman of the board and Robert Blas of Citibank as president for 2013-2014.

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Electronic banking provider BancNet has elected Ricardo R. Chua as board chairman and Robert Blas as president. Chua is executive vice president and chief operating officer of China Banking Corp. while Blas is vice president and Country Technology head at Citibank.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Banking [SectionUrl] => banking [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img441/1290/bank3t.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 444365 [Title] => Metrobank inks remittance pact with New York bank [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - The Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank) has expanded its reach to overseas Filipinos, especially those residing in the United States, with an agreement with the Bank of New York Mellon (BNYM) for a retail remittance program.

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Remittances from Middle Eastern nations are done through banking correspondence or partnerships with foreign currency agencies and remittance centers.

Last year, the country’s largest commercial bank cornered a 22 percent share of the lucrative remittance business worth about $12 billion.
[DatePublished] => 2007-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 388095 [Title] => Metrobank launches remittance centers [Summary] => The Mertropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank) can now open remittance centers in California and Macau after it was granted permission by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

Metrobank executive vice president Carmelita R. Araneta said that the establishment of the two new remittance subsidiaries is in line with the bank’s thrust to increase its global presence and extend its remittance services to more OFW communities abroad.
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The bank said it coursed $2.7 billion in remittances during the first 10 months of 2006.

Assuming a minimum monthly remittance business of $270 million, Metrobank likely transacted business worth at least $540 million in the last two months of 2006, bringing its total 2006 remittances at over $3.25 billion.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 372159 [Title] => Metrobank makes remittance easy with World Cash Card [Summary] => The Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank) has launched a new product that will make remittance collection easier and convenient for families of overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs) and migrant Filipinos.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Banking [SectionUrl] => banking [URL] => ) ) )
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