List of Banks in the Philippines — Universal Banks, Commercial Banks

January 1, 2011 · Filed Under BDO, BPI, Banks 

These are the 38 universal and commercial banks in the Philippines, ranked according to number of offices, based on data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) or Central Bank of the Philippines.

Universal banks are bigger in scope than commercial banks. They are authorized to do all what commercial banks are authorized to do, in addition to all banking activities which investment banks are authorized to do.

Included are their telephone numbers and number of offices or full-service branches.

UNIVERSAL BANKS:

1.   Banco de Oro Unibank, Inc.
636-6060,  633-9842,  702-6001,  702-6000,  702-6242
746 offices

2.   Bank of the Philippine Islands
89-100 — 671 offices

3.   Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company
898-8000,  812-4341 — 576 offices

4.   Land Bank of the Philippines
522-0000 local 7388,  551-2200,  405-7388,  405-7649
338 offices

5.   Philippine National Bank
891-6258,  551-2950 — 338 offices

6.   Allied Banking Corporation
816-3311 to 99,  818-7961,  816-6891 — 287 offices

7.   China Banking Corporation
841-1101,  885-5555,  885-5402 — 243 offices

8.   Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation
894-9000,  894-9995 — 227 offices

9.   Union Bank of the Philippines
813-5715,  892-0011,  893-8613,  813-5715
180 offices

10.   United Coconut Planters Bank
811-9000,  841-0740 — 178 offices

11.   Security Bank Corporation
818-7677,  867-6733,  818-6788,  867-6788,  885-7065
125 offices

12.   Development Bank of the Philippines
818-9511 to 20 loc 3801 to 3802,  893-8958
78 offices

13.   Philippine Trust Company
524-9061 — 50 offices

14.   Al-Amanah Islamic Investment Bank of the Philippines
816-4258 to 62,  816-4267,  893-4350
9 offices

15.   Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
581-7700 — 8 offices

16.   Standard Chartered Bank
886-7888,  878-2855 — 6 offices

17.   ANZ Banking Group Ltd.
841-7777 — 1 office

18.   Deutsche Bank AG
894-6888,  894-6900 — 1 office

19.   Internationale Nederlanden Groep Bank N.V. – Manila Branch
840-8888,  840-8881,  479-8888,  479-8881,  479-8888
1 office

20.   Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. – Manila Branch
848-0001 to 10,  860-3558,  860-3500,  860-3556
1 office

COMMERCIAL BANKS:

1.   Bank of Commerce
810-0672,  812-0000,  817-4906,  817-4905
117 offices

2.   East West Banking Corporation
830-8999,  816-0603, 815-0233,  816-0609
94 offices

3.   Philippine Bank of Communications
830-7288,  830-7000,  893-3448
64 offices

4.   Philippine Veterans Bank
902-1700,  902-1708,  894-3919,  894-3919,  751-5000
60 offices

5.   Asia United Bank Corporation
636-6107,  636-6888,  631-3333
53 offices

6.   Export and Industry Bank, Inc.
878-0818,  878-0397,  878-0000,  878-9000,  887-9940,  878-9100
50 offices

Closed on April 26, 2012 by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Taken over by the PDIC on April 27, 2012
First commercial bank to fail since the year 2000 when Urban Bank failed. It acquired failed Urban Bank in 2001

7.   Maybank Philippines, Inc.
521-0096,  523-7777 — 50 offices

8.   Chinatrust (Phils.) Commercial Bank Corporation
811-8503,  848-5519,  811-8501
24 offices

9.   BDO Private Bank, Inc.
848-6300,  848-6555 — 6 offices

10.   Citibank, N.A.
894-7700,  894-9120,  894-6888
6 offices

11.   Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd.
752-0879 — 1 office

12.   Bank of America, N.A.
815-5600,  815-5000,  815-5800,  815-2217
1 office

13.   Bank of China Limited-Manila Branch
885-0111 — 1 office

14.  The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
886-7401,  886-7371 loc 110
1 office

15.   JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

878-1101,  885-7700 — 1 office

16.   Korea Exchange Bank
848-1775,  848-1988,  814-2178
1 office

17.   Mega International Commercial Bank Co., Ltd.
811-5807 to 14 loc. 10,  818-5807 to 13
1 office

18.   Robinsons Bank Corp.
884-3900,  884-3988,  884-2000,  884-3746
1 office

Note:  We moved Deutsche Bank from commercial to universal Oct 15, 2011 upon seeing change on BSP list.

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Comments

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16 Responses to “List of Banks in the Philippines — Universal Banks, Commercial Banks”

  1. ag on April 29th, 2011 5:01 pm

    may i ask for the citation or source of the data you have? the list of universal banks and commercial banks. thanks.

  2. Nors on April 29th, 2011 7:52 pm

    Hi, ag, I got the data from bsp.gov.ph, the website of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, as I stated in the blogpost. Thanks, ag.

  3. mwebembezi justus on August 3rd, 2011 12:09 am

    i recieved an email that i won funds in the shell email draw promotion 2010, iwas told to pay 100 USD in order for my prize to be transfer to my account in uganda. The COMMERCIAL BANK PHILIPINES
    CUSTOMERS SERVICES
    BANK MANAGER

    MR TITCHE, instructed me that i pay in reciever details of NAWCHUKWU CHIKA .
    should i make that payment or its fraudy.
    thanks reply

  4. Nors on August 3rd, 2011 11:03 pm

    Hi mwebembezi, this is plain FRAUD. Scam. Swindling. Never send money to claim a prize. A prize is a prize — given free. There’s no bank named The Commercial Bank Philipines in my country.

  5. mwebembezi justus on August 4th, 2011 4:13 am

    Dear sir/madam
    below are some of the mails they have been sending to mi. they also use the following contacts to directly call mi.+639238290239, +639153985655, is this information correct?

    AGRICULTURAL BANK TELEGRAFIC
    SECTION
    SIR

    WE HAVE CHECK ALL YOUR RECORD IS CORRECT BUT WE MUST PROVED TO OUT PARTNERS BANK YOU ARE OWNER OF THE FUND BY MAKE THE PAYMENT AND SEND THEM TO THERE ADDRESS ,
    _________________________________________________________________________
    YOU CAN USE THIS DATILS AS FOR TO DAY SO THAT PAYMENT CAN RECVIED IN THERE OFFICE DIRECTLY

    FIRST NAME __ NWACHUKWU
    SECORD NAME — CHIKA
    AMOUNT USD125
    DISTANATION __ PHILIPPINES
    AND SEND YOUR COPY TO customerservice@commercetelex.com

    THANKS

    NOTE YOU MUST SEND COPY OF PAYMENT TO THERE EMAIL WHICH THE ADDRESS IS SAME
    THIS MANAGER IN DUTY FOR THE WEEK

    DISCLAIMER: This email may contain privileged information and is intended solely
    for the addressee, and any disclosure of this information is strictly
    prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this mail by mistake,
    please inform the sender immediately and delete this mail. Any information
    expressed in this mail does not necessarily reflect the views of AGRICULTURAL BANK
    OR IT’S AFFILIATE EAST WEST BANK. Please note that any views or opinions
    presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily
    represent those of the Bank. The recipient should check this email and any
    attachments for the presence of viruses. The sender declares that no liability
    can be cast upon the sender for any error or omissions in the contents of the
    message that arise, as a result of e-mail transmission and further declares that
    the sender cannot be made liable for any loss on account of having acted upon

    From: mwebembezi justus
    Sent: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 02:25:55
    To: AGRIC BANK CHINA
    Subject: Re: Shell Prize
    sir/madam
    i have tried to raise the funds (USD 125) but have failed because am a university student.
    i request you to clear for mi then i will double refund you. your favor is highly appreciated.
    thanks
    Recievers NAME
    first name MWEBEMBEZI
    Second name JUSTUS
    email address mwebembezijs@yahoo.com
    CORRESPOND TO POST BANK UGANDA

    From: AGRIC BANK CHINA
    To: mwebembezi justus
    Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 5:12 PM
    Subject: Re: Shell Prize

    AGRICULTURAL BANK TELEX SECTION
    CYBER SECTION
    MR RICHARD WONG
    SIR
    YOUR PAYMENT SHOULD SEND DIRECTLY TO OUR CORRESPOND ET BANK ,(COMMERCE BANK OF PHILIPINES )

    IN NAME OF (TICHE RANDY )BY WESTERN UNION TODAY SO THAT YOUR FUND CAN BE TRANSFER ON MONDAY
    NOTE COPY OF YOUR PAYMENT YOU SEND TO THEM WHY YOU COPY US
    MAKE SURE YOU DID NOT CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS AND YOUR NAME IN YOUR ACCOUNT
    AND ALSO MAKE SURE THE SCANNING IS VERY CLEAR
    THIS CONTACT OF THE CORRESPOND ET BANK AND DETAILS OF PAYMENT

    NOTE YOUR PAYMENT WILL BE SEND WITH DETAILS
    RECEIVERS NAME
    FIRST NAME TICHE
    SECOND NAME RANDY
    ADDRESS MARKET AVENUE LASPILNAS MANILA (PHILIPPINES )
    EMAIL: customerservice@commercetelex.com
    FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US
    THANK
    MR RICHARD WONG
    FOR THE BANK

    DISCLAIMER: This email may contain privileged information and is intended solely
    for the addressee, and any disclosure of this information is strictly
    prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this mail by mistake,
    please inform the sender immediately and delete this mail. Any information
    expressed in this mail does not necessarily reflect the views of AGRICULTURAL BANK
    OR IT’S AFFILIATE EAST WEST BANK. Please note that any views or opinions
    presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily
    represent those of the Bank. The recipient should check this email and any
    attachments for the presence of viruses. The sender declares that no liability
    can be cast upon the sender for any error or omissions in the contents of the
    message that arise, as a result of e-mail transmission and further declares that
    the sender cannot be made liable for any loss on account of having acted upon

    From: mwebembezi justus
    Sent: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:51:04
    To: AGRIC BANK CHINA
    Subject: Re: Shell Prize
    To day i consulted my home bank and i was told that charges are to be met on recieving the money. the sender is responsible for any deduction from the funds as charges. shell prize is a prize so if i won the prize why do i need to pay in recieving it.
    as the bank use your terms and conditions to make effective transaction i will pay charges on recieving the money.
    my home bank(post bank uganda) has a correspondent bank.that is
    citibank London
    swift:CITIGB2L
    address:citigroup centre wharf
    London, United Kingdom
    postbank Account number:0012567989

    From: AGRIC BANK CHINA
    To: mwebembezi justus
    Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 2:19 AM
    Subject: Re: Shell Prize

    AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA
    SIR
    YOU NEED TO CONTACT THE UNITED NATION OFFICE TO GET THE CLEARANCE , IF YOU WANT US HELP YOU IT WILL COST YOU USD125
    SO LET ME KNOW SO WE GIVE DETAILS HOW YOU CAN SEND IT TO THEM ,
    THANKS

    DISCLAIMER: This email may contain privileged information and is intended solely
    for the addressee, and any disclosure of this information is strictly
    prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this mail by mistake,
    please inform the sender immediately and delete this mail. Any information
    expressed in this mail does not necessarily reflect the views of AGRICULTURAL BANK
    OR IT’S AFFILIATE EAST WEST BANK. Please note that any views or opinions
    presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily
    represent those of the Bank. The recipient should check this email and any
    attachments for the presence of viruses. The sender declares that no liability
    can be cast upon the sender for any error or omissions in the contents of the
    message that arise, as a result of e-mail transmission and further declares that
    the sender cannot be made liable for any loss on account of having acted upon

    From: mwebembezi justus
    Sent: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:23:19
    To: “richardwong@agricbkcn.net”
    Subject: Re: Shell Prize
    Dear sir/madam
    i have been checking on my bank account ,the funds i won in the shell prize have not been transferred.
    the AGRIC BANK CHINA did not receive clearance note from the united nations to transfer my funds
    i therefore seek for your assistance on this matter.
    thank you and may God bless you

    From: Mr James
    To: mwebembezi justus
    Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 4:57 PM
    Subject: Re: Shell Prize

    Shell Prize Redemption Centre
    208 Stockpot Road, Longsighted,
    London M60 2DB – United Kingdom
    Sir/Madam
    Your Payment Has being Release Today,To The Asian Redemption Centre We Have Forward Your Name For Payment,Please Contact Agricultural bank of china paying officer
    Mr Richard Wong
    Email :richardwong@agricbkcn.net

    due let us know as soon as you receive your payment so i we reconcile your file and close it. chose one the payment terms confidence and the bank will contact you with other requirements ,as soon your email received in there transfer ,if your email do not reply in 48 hours please feel free to contact us by email (info@shellspdc.biz’);” >info@shellspdc.biz)
    The terms of payments are
    1.telegraphic telex transfer
    2.swift card payment system
    3.draft payment system
    Yours Agent
    Mrs Alice Chan
    Claims Manager Asian pacific Region
    E-Mail: alicchan@shellspdc.biz‘);” >alicchan@shellspdc.biz
    Tel: 00 86 134 500 46557

    For more inquiry or delay of payment call our public relation officer Mike Norman { + 1 -315-294-3040
    mwebembezi justus mwebembezi justus
    Re: Shell Prize
    mrxang4@yahoo.cn
    201112:19
    Dear Manager.
    below are my details.
    NAME:MWEBEMBEZI JUSTUS
    AGE: 25 YEARS
    SEX: MALE
    ADDRESS: MAKERERE UNIVERSITY KAMPALA
    MITCHELL HALL P.O.BOX. 7062 KAMPALA.
    COUNTRY: UGANDA
    MOBILE: +256774553595 /+256701670709
    OCCUPATION: STUDENT/ INTERN
    COMPANY: MAKERERE UNIVERSITY KAMPALA-UGANDA
    EMAIL ADDRESS: mwebembezijs@yahoo.com
    TICKET NUMBER:085-MXW9
    ACCOUNT NUMBER: 1040800000125
    BANK NAME: POST BANK- UGANDA
    OR USE WESTERN UNION PLEASE.

    —– Original Message —–
    From: mark harris
    To:
    Cc:
    Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:01 AM
    Subject: Shell Prize

    Shell Prize Redemption Centre
    208 Stock port Road,
    Long sight, London
    M60 2DB – United Kingdom

    BATCH REF: /2010/YY
    This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of USDA{$500,000,00}United State dollars} for the 2010 International E-mail Draw which is Organized by Shell Company of Asian and Europe,
    Shell Company collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, AOL, Walla, Gmail, American Mail, Russian Mail, Indian Mail, Arabic Mail, Hot mail and few from other e-mail providers. Six people are selected yearly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners. your ballot number fell in Asian pacific region as a second category winner

    PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
    Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Shell Award must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification. Any Prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
    Stated below is your ticket number:
    TICKET NUMBER: 085-MXW9

    This numbers fall within the Asian Location File [ALF], kindly fill the verification form below and send it to the Claims Manager Asian pacific Region {Mr Abebi William ] with the details below and send your winning identification numbers to him; note your winning will be paid by [ATM MASTER CARD TO AVOID FRAUD} so contact us as soon as you receive this letter to do so click to reply
    1. FULL NAME:
    2. AGE:
    3.SEX.:
    4.ADDRESS
    5.COUNTRY.:
    6. MOBILE:
    8. OCCUPATION/POSITION
    9. COMPANY:
    10.EMAIL ADDRESS:
    11. TICKET NUMBER
    AGENT NAME
    Mr, Abebi William
    ASIAN AND EUROPE PROMOTION
    AGENT
    SINCERELY
    AIDA ISMAIL

  6. mwebembezi justus on August 4th, 2011 4:17 am

    is there any bank called AGRIC BANK CHINA.
    when it is to transfer funds does it need the recipient to clear with the united nations.
    thank you

  7. Nors on August 4th, 2011 7:07 am

    Hi mwebembezi,yes there’s an Agricultural Bank of China. No, the recipient does NOT need to clear with the United Nations to receive money.

  8. Nors on August 4th, 2011 7:27 am

    hi mwebembezijs, I will display this comment of yours here, but later on, I will take it down. This is just to tell you that THIS IS FRAUD. If there’s a contest like this, it will be broadcast on TV, newspapers, etc. And the basic test of this is YOU DO NOT send money to claim a prize. That’s basic, simple and clear. They said they’re giving you half a million dollars, but you need to send them $125? Can you believe that?
    For example, I tell you now that I’m going to give you one million dollars because I saw your name somewhere, but first, send me one thousand dollars, will you believe me?

  9. utti on August 21st, 2011 12:09 pm

    They are black monkeys from Nigeria whose source of income for their daily food is by stealing, fraud, and scam. Don’t be so stupid to send any amount to these scalawags. They are evil by nature, BEWARE!!

  10. johnrod on August 23rd, 2011 7:33 pm

    hindi ba commercial bank ang Bangco de oro?

  11. Nors on August 23rd, 2011 10:18 pm

    Hi johnrod, commercial bank din ang BDO, pero more than that pa siya. Yong term na universal kasi, sakop niya ang commercial. Ang commercial bank, deposits by and loans to corporations lang. Ang universal bank = commercial banking plus sales of securities, plus investment and merger advice to corporations.

  12. johnrod on August 29th, 2011 8:57 pm

    thanks po,,,nga po pala where i can find the history
    of commercial banking industry in the philippines?

  13. Nors on August 30th, 2011 1:32 pm

    Hi johnrod, palagay ko you need to look at several websites, kasi parang wala pang nagsulat ng comprehensive history pa. Surf ka lang online. Itong mga links: Palagay ko BPI ang first commercial bank http://www.mybpimag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=279&Itemid=320 and http://www.mybpimag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=280&Itemid=321#firstbank

  14. johnrod on August 31st, 2011 8:53 pm

    nga po pala, what are the problems that significantly affects the operation of commercial banking? and specific actions done or doing by the industry to address or remedy the problem?, thanks

  15. Nors on September 2nd, 2011 2:48 am

    Hi johnrod, right off the bat lang ito ha. yong nasa isip ko na lang as of this moment. Further research mo na lang. Problems: too much bad debts or delinquent debts, overregulation by the central bank, global or domestic financial crisis, failed investments. Remedies: stricter loan underwriting, dialogue with central bank, compliance with banking laws, moderate-risk investments. Hope it helped a bit. Sleepy na ako. Mag-3 am na.

  16. johnrod on September 3rd, 2011 4:26 pm

    Thanks po,,, God Bless po,,,=D

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