THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has ordered a Lipa City-based Empire Rural bank closed and placed under receivership, state-run Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) announced on Friday.

The rural bank, which is headquartered at in 154 C.M. Recto Avenue, Poblacion Barangay 4, Lipa City, Batangas, has been prohibited from doing business and its assets and affairs placed under the control of the PDIC.

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