List of Banks in the Philippines

Good news, everyone. Our friends from www.workingpinoy.com has provided you readers with a complete listing of the Banks in the Philippines today.

Enjoy!

List of Banks in the Philippines — Universal Banks, Commercial Banks

These are the 38 universal and commercial banks

earth hour

Earth hour observed today. See link.

My view:

Allow me to share with you a personal experience. Looking at the sin city, Las Vegas for the very first time from my vantage view in the airplane while approaching McCarran airport

Economic Survival Tips

Surviving the times: Tips for the young Filipino reader:

My personal idols and financial gurus, in all their books and speeches say it is when you need not work anymore (hence, no need for active income), and your passive income already suffices your daily expenses that you will be considered financially free and out of the rat race.

Wealth however, according to a lot of these gurus, “is a state of mind”. True happiness usually follows true wealth.

But we are in the Philippines, a third world country. What do the terms being wealthy and  financially free mean to someone with an empty stomach? 

I have been walking

saving for an emergency

For a lot of us in the Philippines, everyday is an emergency.

Let me relate that to this true story:

Just last Christmas, a generous kin handed me and my 2 brothers each a cash gift of P8,000. This amount in this country is equivalent to a minimum wage earner's one month salary, gross. So just imagine how we must have felt.

Almost immediately, i asked my brothers what they intend to do with the amount. Both said they're keeping it "for emergency".