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Banco de Oro

BDO Unibank, Inc., commonly known as Banco de Oro (BDO), is a Philippine banking company based in Makati City, Philippines. BDO Unibank is a member of the SM Group and can be found at SM Malls throughout the country.
BDO is the largest bank in the Philippines by total assets, and 15th largest in Southeast Asia by total assets, as of March 31, 2016. It is the largest bank in the country by market capitalization, and has the largest distribution network with over 1,300 operating branches and more than 4,000 ATMs nationwide.
BDO is a full-service universal bank. It provides products and services to the retail and corporate markets, including lending (corporate, middle market, SME, and consumer), deposit-taking, foreign exchange, brokering, trust and investments, , corporate cash management and remittances. Through its subsidiaries, the bank offers leasing and financing, investment banking, private banking, bancassurance, insurance brokerage and stockbrokerage services.
BDO, in its present form, is a result of a merger between the original Banco de Oro Universal Bank and the Equitable PCI Bank in 2007. BDO's main competitors are major Philippine banks like state-ownedLand Bank of the Philippines, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company and Bank of the Philippine Islands.