Over 133-B Cash Aids Disbursed by LANDBANK and DSWD

The Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have disbursed a total of P133.61 billion to more than seven million beneficiaries of the government’s Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) and Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) programs in 2021.

Of this amount, LANDBANK released a total of P123.74 billion under the CCT program that benefitted 4.4 million low-income families, for the education and health needs of their children and financial support for households.

Meanwhile, a total of P9.86 billion was delivered to 2.8 million UCT beneficiaries, as part of support interventions in line with the implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law.

“LANDBANK remains steadfast in the timely delivery of social protection interventions to the most vulnerable sectors. We will continue to work closely with the DSWD to contribute to the National Government’s inclusive development agenda,” said LANDBANK President and CEO Cecilia C. Borromeo.

As of 28 February 2022, the state-run Bank has provided LANDBANK Cash Cards to a total of 9.8 million CCT and UCT beneficiaries to facilitate more convenient withdrawals of social pension and grants in future payouts.

LANDBANK also upgraded the Cash Cards of all CCT and UCT beneficiaries into transaction accounts, to provide the beneficiaries wider access to an array of banking services. Beneficiaries can now perform cash card loading via LANDBANK branches, receive funds through the LANDBANK Mobile Banking App, and cash in via LANDBANK Cash Deposit Machines, among others.

Previously, the CCT and UCT beneficiaries can only do limited transactions with their cash cards, such as withdraw cash from LANDBANK Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and Agent Banking Partners (ABPs) nationwide.