Table of Contents
History of Global Business Bank.............................................................................................................. 2 History of Metropolitan Bank & Trust Corp............................................................................................. 3 History at the time of the Merger.............................................................................................................. 4 Reasons for Merger ................................................................................................................................... 6 Financial Statements before the Acquisition .......................................................................................... 7 Board of Directors .................................................................................................................................... 22 Approval by BSP ...................................................................................................................................... 25 Ranking Before & After the Acquisition ................................................................................................. 26 Current Status of the Surviving Bank .................................................................................................... 27 Major Financial Highlights: ...................................................................................................................... 28
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History of Global Business Bank
Globalbank, formely Philbank, traces its roots in Tanauan, Batangas where in 1935 a group of public school teachers formed a mutual savings and loan association to fight usury and promote the concept of savings. Soon after the creation of the Central Bank, the association was converted into a commercial bank, the first ever to be established outside Manila. In view of its fast growing clientele, the bank transferred its office to