- CEO
- Jacob Kam Chak-pui
- Full Time Employees
- 15,910
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks
- Address
- GT Tower International Ayala Avenue Makati City MM Philippines 1200
- IPO Date
- Sep 12, 2013
- Business
- Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company (Metrobank) (Ticker: MTPOY) operates as the premier universal bank in the Philippines, offering a comprehensive range of commercial, consumer, corporate, and investment banking products and services; deposit-taking and current accounts; consumer loans including auto loans, home mortgages, and credit cards; corporate and commercial lending facilities; investment banking encompassing structured finance, mergers and acquisitions advisory, initial public offerings, debt and equity underwriting, loan syndication, and project finance; treasury services including money market operations, foreign exchange trading, and liquidity management; trust and asset management for high net-worth individuals; remittances, leasing, bancassurance, stock brokering, trade finance, cash management, payroll processing, and digital payment solutions; as well as transaction banking products such as fund transfers, bill payments, and manager's checks.
Founded in 1962 and headquartered in Makati City, Philippines, Metrobank serves large local and multinational corporations, middle-market enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses, high net-worth individuals, and retail customers primarily in the Philippines through over 960 domestic branches and more than 2,200 ATMs, with additional operations across Asia including branches in China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and the United States, as well as representative offices in Europe.
Metrobank's subsidiaries and affiliates include Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) for thrift banking, First Metro Investment Corporation (FMIC) for investment banking, ORIX Metro Leasing and Finance Corporation for leasing services, Metrobank Card Corporation for credit cards, and AXA Philippines for bancassurance, with significant ownership by GT Capital Holdings, Inc. (37.2%), the Ty family (14.8%), and public shareholders (47.9%).
In recent developments, Metrobank expanded its domestic footprint by opening four new branches in the first quarter of 2025 in key locations such as Power Plant Mall in Makati, Boni Avenue in Mandaluyong, Digos City, and Gingoog City, bringing its total to over 960 branches; issued the largest non-sovereign USD1 billion dual tranche bond in 2024, marking the first 10-year issuance by a private Philippine bank to diversify funding and support customer transactions; provided major loans including PHP10 billion to Maynilad Water Services for water infrastructure, PHP5 billion to ACEN for solar projects, and PHP4 billion green loan to PLDT for fiber expansion; grew trust assets under management by 16.6% to PHP565.9 billion with the launch of the UITF Online platform; and achieved 14.4% consumer loan growth with improved non-performing loan ratios.
The bank reported record net income of PHP48.1 billion in 2024, up 14%, with total assets reaching PHP3.5 trillion and strong momentum continuing into 2025 with PHP12.3 billion net income in Q1 driven by loan growth and trading gains; it also enhanced digital capabilities with PHP1.5 billion investment, boosting digital users to 1.65 million active accounts.