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BDO Unibank, Inc., commonly known as Banco de Oro (BDO), [a] is a Philippine banking company based in Mandaluyong, the Philippines. BDO Unibank is a member of the SM Group and so can be found at SM Malls throughout the country. BDO is the largest bank in the Philippines by total assets, and 15th largest in Southeast Asia by total assets, as of ...
BDO Unibank, an original MegaLink member bank, retains the use of MegaLink nomenclature and design in its software despite its mandated transfer to BancNet. MegaLink was formed in September 1989 by Equitable Banking Corporation (now merged with Banco de Oro), Far East Bank and Trust Company (now part of BPI), Philippine National Bank (currently ...
On August 5, 2005, the SM Group of Companies and Banco de Oro Universal Bank announced that they have purchased a 24.76% stake of Equitable PCI from the Go family (Equitable Banking Corporation), the family that founded the bank, along with a 10% stake in Equitable CardNetwork. Subsequent acquisitions by Banco de Oro enabled it to gain a 34% ...
The Banco de Oro-Equitable PCI Bank merger (2004–2006) was a plan by the SM Group of Companies and Banco de Oro Universal Bank, the then fifth-largest bank in the Philippines, to merge with Equitable PCI Bank, the third-largest bank. The merger was part of a long-term goal of Banco de Oro to become one of the largest names in the Philippine ...
Currently, there are more than 13,000 EPS merchants throughout the Philippines. [citation needed] In 2005, the EPS expanded to include the ATM cards of Banco de Oro and Land Bank of the Philippines, both Expressnet members. However, many EPS merchants claim that their EPS terminal works only with BPI ATM cards or do not know how to use Banco de ...
In 1999, both groups sold their shares in the bank to SSS and GSIS. The shares were later acquired by and merged with Equitable Bank and renamed Equitable PCI Bank. In 2005, the SM Group would acquire Equitable PCI Bank and merged in 2006 with Banco de Oro to be renamed BDO Unibank.
BancNet was founded on July 17, 1990, as the Philippines' second ATM consortium when the ATMs of eight banks, PCI Bank (later Equitable PCI Bank, now Banco de Oro), Security Bank, Chinabank, RCBC, Allied Bank (now part of PNB), Metrobank, International Exchange Bank (now part of UnionBank) and CityTrust Banking Corp. (now part of BPI) formed BancNet.
Banco de Oro: Financials Banks Makati: 1968 Universal bank P A Bank of Commerce: Financials Banks Mandaluyong: 1963 Commercial bank, part of San Miguel Corporation: P A Bank of the Philippine Islands: Financials Banks Manila: 1851 Universal bank, part of Ayala Corporation: P A Bayan Telecommunications: Telecommunications Fixed line ...