“I just sent money from my BDO account for Cash Pickup at Cebuana Lhuillier. I forgot to write the reference number. Where can I see my reference number?” Some people have been asking how they can get their reference number after sending money for Cash Pickup at BDO, SM Business Centers, or BDO remittance partners […]
Types of Philippine Banks Closed Down from 2000 to 2017
Which bank will be the first one to be closed down by the BSP in 2018? Or will 2018 be a rare year? With no bank failing this year. Let’s look back and see which year saw the most number of banks that failed: NUMBER OF CLOSED BANKS by YEAR YEAR RURAL COOPERATIVE THRIFT […]
How to Load Paymaya at a TouchPay machine
I was looking for drinks at the Alfamart convenience store at the ground floor of the Grace Residences in Taguig when I saw a TouchPay machine. I’ve read about it on the Paymaya website, so I decided to try to use it to load my Paymaya. It was easy, and the one-thousand peso bill that […]
Philippine National Bank in Qatar
Here are the offices of the Philippine National Bank in Qatar: Qatar Desk Office Doha Bank International Relations Center First Floor, Doha Bank D-Ring Road Branch D-Ring Road cor Al Mansour Street, Matar Qadeem, Doha PO Box 3818 Business Hours: Sunday to Thursday – 7:30AM to 3:30PM Landline (+974) 4445 6759 Mobile (+974) 5582 1049 […]
Send Money from Qatar via Landbank Remittance Partners
Here’s a list of Landbank remittance partner offices where you can send money from Qatar to the Philippines: Al Fardan Exchange Grand Hamad St., Doha Phones: 4463 0600 / 4440 8224 Al Fardan Exchange Najma St., behind Gulf St., Doha Phones: 4433 5107 / 4433 5132 Al Fardan Exchange Al Shafi Street, Near Al Shafi […]
Metrobank Remittance Partners in Qatar
Here’s a list of Metrobank remittance partners in Qatar: You can ask these remittance partners if they can help you open a Metrobank OFW account while in Qatar. Bring your IDs and money for processing. If they offer account opening, you will get your atm card and/or passbook after about one month. Al Dar for […]
Best Savings Account, Philippines
What’s the best savings account in the Philippines? We will have different answers and most of us will all be correct. It’s because “the best” means which savings account will fulfill our needs and which gives us the most convenience. For me, the best savings accounts are: BPI Family atm savings account and BDO atm […]
3 Thrift Banks are in TOP 20 Banks List
Three thrift banks are among the Top 20 banks in the Philippines, based on assets as of September 2017. Each of the three has more assets than several commercial/universal banks. BPI Family is No. 14, with total assets of more than 265 billion. PSBank is No. 15, with total assets of more than 221 billion. […]
Wells Fargo Bank Philippines
There’s a Wells Fargo Bank Philippines, but it’s not operating as a regular bank. It does not do banking transactions like accepting deposits, granting loans or making foreign exchanges. It’s a representative bank, doing only promotions and marketing work for the US-based Wells Fargo Bank. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 15th Floor Tower 1, Enterprise Center […]
US Banks in the Philippines
There are 3 US banks in the Philippines. All 3 are commercial banks and operating as overseas branches of the US banks. Citibank, N.A. Bank of America, N.A. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Of these 3 US banks, it’s only CITIBANK that offers consumer banking in the Philippines. It has 3 branches: Makati City, San […]