Don't let the name fool you -- Metrobank is a global operation. The Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company provides a full range of banking services to individual and commercial clients through around 800 offices in the Philippines, Asia, Europe, and the US. Its services include deposits, savings, loans, credit, investment assistance, life insurance, trade finance, money transfer and remittance, and Internet banking. Its subsidiaries and affiliate companies can be found throughout Asia as well as several major cities in the US. Chairman and majority shareholder George Ty established the Metrobank in 1962 in Manila.