Shanghai, 14 September 2021 – Executives of Metrobank China’s Representative Office in Shanghai paid an introductory call on Consul General Josel F. Ignacio today.

Accompanied by Economic Officer Consul Conrado B. Demdem, Jr., the Consul General welcomed Deputy General Manager and First Vice President Wendy WU, Corporate Banking Department Deputy Head Terry YANG, and Remittance Officer Annie YAP at the Consulate General.

Consul General Ignacio lauded Metrobank’s role as one of the Philippine pioneer companies to establish operations in Shanghai in the 1990s, in the early days of China’s opening up and reform. “Metrobank helped lay a crucial foundation for the cultivation of the Philippines’ engagement with Shanghai and our economic diplomacy here”, said the Consul General. “We continue to reap the fruits of goodwill with China that Metrobank and its peer Philippine companies have sown”.

The Consulate General has a close relationship with Metrobank-Shanghai, as the towering Metrobank Plaza in Changning District has been the home and “physical face” of the mission since 2010.

Metrobank provided an overview of its operations and its services in China. Both sides then discussed future cooperative engagements, Apart from synergies in the economic area and networking, the Consulate and Metrobank also discussed the revival of their jointly organized financial literacy seminar for the Filipino Community in Shanghai.

Metrobank China established its Head Office in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province in April 2010, becoming the first foreign bank to do so in the province. Its Representative Office in Shanghai’s Changning District was established much earlier in 1992, with a Marketing branch in Pudong. Metrobank China has five Filipino employees---three in Nanjing and two in Shanghai, including Remittance Officer Ms. YAP. END