Albino SyCip

Albino Z. SyCip (last name also spelled as Sycip[1]) (Chinese: 薛敏佬[2]; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sih Bín-láu; pinyin: Xuē Mǐnlǎo; c. 1888 – May 2, 1978[3]) was a Chinese Filipino financier of Fujianese origin.

He earned his law degree from the University of Michigan School of Law in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The son of immigrants from Fujian province, China, SyCip co-founded Chinabank, establishing branches in Amoy and Shanghai, China.

He was also one of the original incorporators of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement.

This business-related biographical article from the Philippines is a stub.

Photo of SyCip published in 1930