EGI Taft Towers

by Janelisa G Tugcay

EGI Taft Towers is located between De La Salle University's Gokongwei Building and Velasco Building. It offers the public, mostly students, residency in hotel rooms or condominium units for lease and also houses a number of establishments on the Ground Floor of the building.

Netopia Internet Cafe

Yet another branch of one of the most popular internet shops in the Philippines found a good location at the Ground Floor of EGI Taft Towers in Taft Ave., Manila. Netopia Internet Cafe offers a wide selection of services which include internet surfing, web conferencing, internet & network gaming, international calls, and advanced printing services. The shop charges the customer per minute use of the computer and though the establishment does not have the cheapest prices when it comes to their products and services, they assure the public of excellent quality.

Speedbytes Internet Cafe

The two branches of Speedbytes Internet Cafe at the Ground Floor of EGI Taft Towers offers services such as printing, scanning, photocopy, cd/dvd burning, fax services, LAN and online games and desktop publishing. They currently offer a promo of a Php10 rate from 6pm to 12mn.

Microsmith Internet Cafe

Microsmith Internet Cafe has two shops at the Ground Floor of EGI Taft Towers to be able to attend to more customers. The computer shop offers different computer services and products and is well-known to the students for its Piso-printing promo for black & white text printing and a cheap Php5 up colored printing rate. The establishment charges Php25/hr to a customer for using the computer.

BPI Express Banking Center

Office hours : Monday - Friday 10 am - 6 pm

BPI Express Banking Center stands right on the Ground Floor of EGI Taft Towers. It provides financial services for the public and gives the costumers access to their bank accounts through the ATM located infront of the office.

Speak Up

For inquiries : Contact No. 303-1665 / (0920)4227273 / (0919)3516014

or Email at inquire.speakup@yahoo.com

Speak Up is one of the unique establishment located at the Ground Floor of EGI Taft Tower. The shop offers tutorials of different foreign languages including Nihongo,

Mandarin, Fookien, French, Spanish, Italian, English, Filipino, German and Korean. They also offer academic tutorials for subjects like Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Algebra, Calculus, Trigonometry and History and review classes for JLPT, IELTS, TOEFL and the like.

Lizmorasch Salon for Men & Women

Metrobank

by Erin Grace I. Yap


Open from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

In front of DLSU and beside Yellow Cab, this Metrobank does whatever normal bank does. This branch has one ATM on the left. You should be careful when withdrawing money during the night because there are already a lot of cases of people getting mugged right after.

Banco De Oro (BDO)

by Erin Grace I. Yap


Open from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Located in front of DLSU, this Banco De Oro (BDO) branch offers Express Padala and is a Philippine OFW Remittance Center. Express Padala is a way for BDO clients to send money directly to their homes and offices. This is useful for OFWs that send money to their families or companies that need to receive money straight to their offices to ensure that the money gets to the receiver's hands. This branch also handles OFW Remittance which means that clients also get to receive their remittance in the branch or have them delivered Express Padala.

You may contact BDO through:
BDO Call Center: 631-8000
Domestic Toll-free: 1-800-10-6318000
International Toll-free: (IAC)+800-8-6318000

Bank of the Philippine Islands, Family Savings Bank (BPI)

by Frederick Kenji K. See



BPI is beside the Burgundy Tower 2, it has its own parking space in front, and it is in front of the Torre Lorenzo, beside Taft Avenue. This branch of the BPI has 3 ATM machines beside it. As for its history, it’s a well-known bank, and it’s one of the oldest banks here in the Philippines right now. People can never be too cautious here when they are withdrawing because there are lots of “tambay” near this place and u can never know when holdapers and snatchers will strike.

International Exchange Bank

by Jan Michael Vincent R. Momongan



The International Exchange Bank is located along Taft Avenue and is right next to the Kassel Condominium. There is a big parking space at front which is shared for both Kassel and the International Exchange Bank. This is a place to go for students that need to deposit or withdraw money in their International Exchange Bank accounts. Its ATM machine is located inside the bank for safety. Students going to this bank must be careful and always look above because Kassel has a recent history of people committing suicide by jumping off the building and landing on the parking lot.

UCPB

by Jan Michael Vincent R. Momongan



UCPB or the United Coconut Planters Bank is located in Vito Cruz inside the Tore Lorenzo Building. It is between Starbucks and the convenience store 7-11. It has a small parking space for UCPB employees at front. This is a place to go for students that need to deposit or withdraw money in their UCPB accounts. Its ATM machine is located inside the bank for safety since Vito Cruz has a lot of snatchers running around so people need to be careful when going here.