Philippine Business Bank Inc. has appointed Maria Lourdes Trinidad as its Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective 16 July 2026, as reported by Asian Banking & Finance.

Trinidad will also hold the rank of Executive Vice President, the bank said in a bourse filing.

Trinidad most recently served as Senior Vice President and Head of Enterprise Risk at Philippine Business Bank.

Before that, she held chief risk officer roles at RCBC Savings Bank and Sterling Bank of Asia.

Philippine Business Bank is a thrift bank focused on small and medium enterprises, or businesses with assets between PHP 3 million and PHP 100 million.

SMEs account for 99.6% of all registered enterprises in the Philippines, according to the Department of Trade and Industry.

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