INIHAYAG ni Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno ang nakatakdang merger ng Land Bank of the Philippines at Development Bank of the Philippines.
Bagamat makatitipid ang gobyerno ng P5 bilyon sa unang taon nang gagawing merger, sinabi ni Diokno na hindi maiiwasan na may ilang mga empleyado ng dalawang bangko ang mawawalan ng trabaho.
Sinabi ni Diokno inaprubahan na ni Pangulong Bongbong Marcos ang pagsasama ng dalawang bangkong pag-aari ng pamahalaan.
“By merging the two, it will now become the number one bank in the Philippines, okay, ahead of Banco De Oro in terms of asset. Now, the President expressed the desire to merge the two to make it the biggest bank in the country because of the recent financial developments abroad ‘no. And that’s really the best practice – the biggest bank usually is owned by the state globally,” sabi ni Diokno.
Ayon kay Diokno, sa kasalukuyan, may 752 sangay ang LandBank at 147 naman ang DBP.
“Now, we mapped them and maybe as a result of the merger, only 22 branches of DBP will be retained and that the plan is that Landbank will have a branch in all LGUs in the Philippines,” dagdag pa ni Diokno.
