MALAYAN BANK is a savings and mortgage bank which was granted authority to operate by the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (the central monetary authority of the Philippines) in June 1996, pursuant to the Monetary Board Resolution No. 1201 dated October 18, 1995.  It formally joined forces with the banking industry as it opened its doors on July 1, 1996, offering a wide array of product lines and services that cater to the rising needs of the banking public. MB will be a consistently stable and highly innovative financial services institution, providing quality service to traditional and non-traditional markets in the Philippines with priorities on mortgage banking, strategic customers, and micro, small and medium enterprises.

The bank is a joint undertaking of the principal shareholders of GMA Network, Inc., LINQ Information Entertainment Quadrant Corp., Majalco Inc., and Liberty Flourmills.