China Banking Corporation, known as Chinabank, is a leading private universal bank in the Philippines with over 100 years of banking experience and history. The bank provides a full range of banking products and services to individuals and businesses, serving retail banking, investment banking, and insurance needs through its subsidiaries China Bank Savings, Chinabank Capital, Chinabank Securities, Resurgent Capital, Chinabank Insurance Brokers, and affiliate Manulife China Bank Life Assurance.
Established in 1920, Chinabank was the first privately owned local commercial bank in the Philippines, initially catering to the banking needs of Chinese Filipino businesspeople. The bank offers various banking services and products related to deposit, investment, trust, cash management, remittance, and financing, as well as insurance brokerage, stock brokerage, capital markets, and bancassurance services.
Chinabank is the fourth largest private universal bank in the Philippines. The bank was named by The Asset as the Best Bank in the Philippines in 2021 and by the People Management Association of the Philippines as the 2023 Employer of the Year. Chinabank was recognized by the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum as among the Top 20 ASEAN Publicly Listed Companies and by the Institute of Corporate Directors as a Five-Golden Arrow awardee for corporate governance excellence.
In 1969, China Bank computerized its operations, becoming the first bank in Southeast Asia to process deposit accounts online. In 2025, the bank sustained strong growth with a consolidated net income of P20.2 billion for the first nine months, posting a return on equity of 15.3% and return on assets of 1.6%, among the highest in the industry. Chinabank has been recognized as one of Asia-Pacific’s Best Companies for the second consecutive year by TIME and Statista.
China Banking Corporation, which trades in the Philippine Stock Exchange under the stock symbol CBC, has announced that it will be giving out P7.5 billion
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