- CEO
- Fabian S. Dee
- Full Time Employees
- 16,080
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Regional
- Address
- Metrobank Plaza Makati City MM Philippines 1200
- IPO Date
- Mar 15, 2013
- Business
- Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company (Metrobank) operates as the Philippines' premier universal bank, providing a comprehensive range of commercial, retail, consumer, corporate, and investment banking products and services; these include deposit accounts, consumer loans (such as auto and mortgage financing), credit cards, trade finance, remittances, treasury operations, structured finance, initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions advisory, wealth management, unit investment trust funds (including Metro Money Market, Metro Max Bond Funds, and Metro$ China Equity Feeder Fund), leasing, bancassurance, and stock brokering through subsidiaries like First Metro Investment Corp., ORIX METRO Leasing and Financing Corporation, Philippine Savings Bank, and AXA Philippines.
Founded on April 6, 1962, and headquartered in Makati City, Philippines, Metrobank serves large local and multinational corporations, middle-market enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises, high-net-worth individuals, and retail customers primarily within the Philippines; it maintains a nationwide network of nearly 950 branches and over 1,400 ATMs, with international expansion across Asia and select U.S. cities.
In recent developments, Metrobank extended a landmark $750-million loan to International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) and financed major green energy projects for ACEN Corporation, Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation, NLEX Corporation, and Vivant Group; First Metro Investment Corp. participated in 78% of 2023 capital-raising deals, including Upson International Corp.'s PHP1.7 billion IPO and Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc.'s PHP17.5 billion bond issuance, while ORIX METRO doubled its net income through electric vehicle leases and risk management.
The bank reported record nine-month net income of PHP37.3 billion in 2025, driven by 10.8% loan growth to PHP1.9 trillion (led by consumer lending), 7.6% deposit expansion to PHP2.5 trillion, and initiatives like the upgraded Metrobank App for digital banking, alongside awards from the Bureau of the Treasury for trading and wealth management excellence.
Metrobank functions within the consumer banking, corporate banking, investment banking, treasury, branch banking, and other segments, with 47.9% public ownership, 37.2% held by GT Capital Holdings, Inc., and 14.8% by the Ty family; it emphasizes sustainable growth, digital innovation, and community development as part of the Metrobank Group.