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BSP Bank ATMs at Sigatoka Town Centre. BSP traces its history to 1 May 1957, when the National Bank of Australasia established a branch in Port Moresby.As independence approached for Papua New Guinea (PNG), the incoming government made known its desire that all banks in PNG be locally incorporated, rather than branches of a foreign parent.
The Reserve Bank of Fiji (RBF; Fijian: Maroroi Baqe ni Viti) is the central bank of the Pacific island country of Fiji. Its responsibilities include the issue of currency , control of the money supply , currency exchange , monetary stability, promotion of sound finances, and fostering economic development .
The Reserve Bank of Fiji Building is a high-rise office building in Suva, Fiji, standing at 65 metres (213 ft) tall with 17 floors, currently serving as the headquarters of the Reserve Bank of Fiji (RBF) since its completion in 1985. [2]
Colonial National Bank, was a Fiji bank that operated between 1976 and 2009 when it was purchased by the Bank South Pacific. The full name of the bank was National Bank of Fiji trading as Colonial National Bank. In December 2009 the bank was acquired by Bank South Pacific (BSP). This gave BSP the largest branch network in Fiji.
In 2003, widespread public unrest over the failure of a pyramid investment scheme forced ANZ to hire a charter jet to fly its expatriate bank officials to Melbourne. [citation needed] Westpac, National Bank of Solomon Islands, and the Solomon Islands central bank closed their branches. [citation needed] Eventually. all four reopened.
Rank Bank name Assets (millions of PHP) Asset change Rank change 1 BDO, Inc. 4,508,065.88: 2 Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) 3,325,085.09: 3 Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company (Metrobank)
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Suva Central Business District in the 1950s Suva, Fiji, c. 1920. In 1868, when Suva was still a small village, the Bauan chieftain, Seru Epenisa Cakobau, granted 5,000 km 2 (1,900 sq mi) of land to the Australian-based Polynesia Company, in exchange for the company's promise to pay off debts owed to the United States.