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EastWest Bank net profit rises to P6.6B
Business World Philippines
|November 04, 2025
EAST WEST Banking Corp’s (EastWest Bank) net income climbed by 14% year on year to P6.6 billion in the first nine months on higher revenues from its core businesses.
This translated to a return on equity of 11.6%, the bank said in a disclosure to the stock exchange on Monday.
Its financial statement was unavailable as of press time.
This story is from the November 04, 2025 edition of Business World Philippines.
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