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Mynt won Philippine Stock Exchange approval for an offering of up to 8.03 billion shares at a maximum price of P10 each, with the International Finance Corp. disclosing a planned P4.4-billion cornerstone stake. The central bank separately required thrift, rural and cooperative banks moving to digital models to hold P1 billion in capital.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas may close its tightening cycle with one last quarter-point increase, ANZ Research said, as the peso stays weak and inflation runs above target. The same day, ICTSI locked in a $1-billion loan from BDO Unibank and the Treasury shelved a five-year bond sale.
The peso is testing a record low against the dollar while UnionBank and ANZ expect the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to raise its policy rate to 5.25 percent by year-end. Mitsubishi's P44.5-billion investment in Ayala and Mynt's record P92.32-billion IPO approval also drew heavy coverage.
Filipinos moved a record P22.1 trillion through InstaPay and PESONet in eight months as fees fell, while the country's balance-of-payments deficit for January to August exceeded the whole of 2025 and borrowing costs rose faster than anywhere else in Asia.
The peso closed the week at 62.749 to the dollar after touching a record low of 62.86, while Philippine banks' total assets grew 10.7 percent year-on-year to P30.72 trillion in July. Coverage also tracked a wider current account deficit, a proposed central bank penalty schedule for erring bank officials, and a P25.8-billion block sale of First Gen shares.
The Philippine Stock Exchange approved Mynt Inc.'s record P92.32-billion listing, the largest in its history, on the same day the benchmark index fell 1.72 percent to 5,855.91 on oil and peso pressure. Coverage also tracked digital banks widening credit and insurance access, and Aznar Shipping's reversal into a P670-million IPO.
The US Federal Reserve's first rate increase since 2023 narrowed the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' room to cut, while analysts projected slower remittance growth and a rebound in Philippine shares. The captured coverage also included a House vote on anti-espionage legislation and Manila's housing trust fund deal with LandBank.
A ₱92.32-billion GCash parent IPO and a proposed sin-tax hike that could lift 2027 inflation to 4.5% dominated Philippine business coverage, while Grab agreed to buy control of buy-now-pay-later lender Atome for $1.49 billion.
Prosecutors said they will match Vice President Sara Duterte's declared wealth against tax, bank and Anti-Money Laundering Council records, a story that drew the day's heaviest coverage and the most social attention. Separately, the central bank reported July remittances at a seven-month high and flagged geopolitical and cyber risks to financial stability.
The peso closed at a record low of ₱62.86 to the dollar while overseas Filipino remittances rose to $3.24 billion in July, their highest in seven months. GCash's planned ₱92.3-billion listing and a central bank warning on impersonation scams also drew attention.
The Anti-Money Laundering Council is expected to present its report on P6.7 billion in transactions linked to Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband to the Senate impeachment court, drawing heavy engagement on Facebook and sustained discussion on Reddit. The same day, the central bank reported a wider current account deficit and record external debt.
Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei called for a global slowdown in artificial intelligence development in a 3,800-word essay, drawing coverage across at least ten outlets. In the Philippines, transport group Manibela announced a two-day nationwide strike over fuel price increases, and the central bank asked lenders to help prepare for a 2027 anti-money laundering review.
