TOKYO -- Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group will invest around 27 billion Philippine pesos ($464 million) in Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. to raise its stake to 20%, in its latest grab for growth in Southeast Asia.
Fresh investment will gain a 20% share in country's sixth-largest lender

SMFG and RCBC will partner in digital banking and other areas. (Photo by Koji Uema)
TOKYO -- Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group will invest around 27 billion Philippine pesos ($464 million) in Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. to raise its stake to 20%, in its latest grab for growth in Southeast Asia.