Philippine Bank of Communications

The Philippine Bank of Communications, or PBCOM, is a commercial bank in the Philippines founded in 1939. It started life as the Philippine branch of the Chinese Bank of Communications, which makes it one of the first non-American foreign commercial banks to operate in the Philippines.

Lucio Co, founder of the Philippine supermarket chain Puregold, became the largest shareholder of the bank in 2014 and currently serves as the Executive Committee Chairman of the bank.