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LANDBANK President and CEO Cecilia Cayosa Borromeo (center) receives the Outstanding CEO Award 2023 from ADFIAP Chairman Mominul Islam (right) and Royal Government of Cambodia delegate and ARDB Bank CEO Dr. Kao Thach (left) at the ADFIAP Development Awards in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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LANDBANK President Receives Outstanding CEO of the Year Award

Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) President and CEO Cecilia Cayosa Borromeo was hailed as ‘Outstanding CEO for 2023’ during the annual Association of Development Financing...

Enterprise2 years ago

BDO Unveils Enhanced Website, Revolutionizing Everyday Banking Experience

BDO Unibank has refreshed its website (bdo.com.ph) with a new look and interface, giving its clients a new way to explore the bank’s financial solutions. With...

Enterprise2 years ago

British Council Expands IELTS Test Centers in the Philippines

This 2023, the British Council aims to make IELTS more accessible to Filipinos by opening new official test centres in different parts of the country. Through...

Philippines’ leading challenger bank, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), through its partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), successfully assisted hundreds of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)/Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) beneficiaries to easily and quickly cash out aid from the national government through RCBC ATM Go partner merchants in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, an identified geographically isolated and disadvantaged area (GIDA) by the DSWD. RCBC’s partner sari-sari stores - Ebanen, Sigfred, and Negros Rice - were able to facilitate over P2 million cash withdrawals by 4Ps/CCT houshold beneficiaries in three days. RCBC ATM Go is the country’s first grassroots-based, bank agnostic, and last mile handheld automated teller machine which utilizes mobile point-of-sale devices to dispense financial services in unbanked and underserved communities. RCBC is currently the only Philippine private universal bank that has the most extensive reach covering 100% of the country across all its 82 provinces with close to 2,000 terminals operated by thousands of its partner merchants. More than 65 percent of RCBC ATM Go’s financial transactions are social grant cash withdrawals by CCT/4Ps household beneficiaries of the national government mostly residing in remote communities. RCBC is also the only Philippine bank that has the most number of ATM Go terminals in excess of 100 units servicing all five provinces under the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao covering Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu, and Tawi Tawi. Under the RCBC-DSWD Memorandum of Agreement signed in December 2022, RCBC will provide alternative payout channels for 4Ps/CCT beneficiaries. Prior to this engagement, RCBC has already collaborated with DSWD during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, RCBC was able to assist the national government in distributing more than Php 21.3 billion through its social amelioration program to over 5.6 million household beneficiaries benefitting 28 million aggregate-covered individuals. “RCBC has been tirelessly working to make banking available and meaningful for all Filipinos through our RCBC Moneybela Barangayan Banking and RCBC ATM Go servicing millions of Filipinos in the countryside,” says RCBC Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation and Inclusion Officer Lito Villanueva. “RCBC’s mantra has always been innovations with empathy, and this is best relayed through digital-forward and frictionless banking services such as what RCBC ATM Go provides to those who live in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas such as Lake Sebu,” Villanueva added. As Lake Sebu is a remote community, there is a limited presence of financial institutions that can provide brick-and-mortar branches or ATM kiosks. Residents need an hour of travel and spend costly transportation of as much as P200 just to be able to withdraw financial aid given by the national government. There are more than 13,000 4Ps/CCT beneficiaries in Lake Sebu and not all can be served by existing financial service providers in the area. “The pilot testing conducted in the three (3) barangays of Lake Sebu, South Cotabato in partnership with RCBC has been truly successful. The 4Ps beneficiaries were able to withdraw their grants quicker and more efficiently - it only took them less than a minute receiving the money. We would like to extend our thanks to RCBC for this initiative,” says DSWD SOCCSKARGEN Regional Director Loreto Jr. V. Cabaya. SOCCSKARGEN covers the provinces of South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos in Region 12.. Aside from RCBC ATM Go, RCBC has effectively implemented other pioneering, high-impact, human-centric, and demand driven digital financial innovations such as the one-stop-shop digital banking app RCBC Digital; RCBC DiskarTech, the Philippines’ first multi-lingual financial inclusion super app for the Filipino mass market in the vernacular Tagalog-English or Taglish and Cebuano; and RCBC Moneybela Barangayan Banking, the Philippines’ first physical-digital or phygital banking services that use sustainable e-trikes to serve geographically distant and disadvantaged and conflict areas of the country. RCBC is one of the country's fastest-growing banks, and the most awarded for its banking innovations. It is now the Philippines’ 5th largest privately-owned universal bank that breached the P1-Trillion asset mark by the end of June 2022 despite the COVID-19 pandemic. RCBC's continuing digital and business transformation further enhanced its value and reach. With this, RCBC has become the most awarded bank in the Philippines. Among its global and local recognitions include a three-peat award as the Philippines’ Best Bank for Digital by Asiamoney, back-to-back wins for Best Financial Inclusion App by The Asian Banker's Financial Technology Innovations Awards, and the YouTube challenger award for its viral and out-of-the-box digital ad campaigns generating combined views of over 17 million. Just recently, RCBC was also hailed as Grand Champion for Digital Payments and Financial Inclusion by the Bankers Institute of the Philippines.

News2 years ago

RCBC Helps 4Ps/CCT Families Easily Access Government Aid in Lake Sebu

Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), a leading challenger bank in the Philippines, has partnered with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to assist hundreds...

Miming and Friends Teach Kids the Importance of Recycling with Mondelez Philippines Partnership

Lifestyle2 years ago

Miming and Friends Teach Kids the Importance of Recycling with Mondelez Philippines Partnership

Recycling is a word that Filipinos are familiar with. In keeping with local waste management needs, many recycling industries have been developing in the Philippines. In...

LBC, UnionBank, and Aboitiz arm ink deal to provide small business financing for LBC clients

Enterprise2 years ago

LBC Clients to Benefit from Small Business Financing through Partnership between LBC, UnionBank, and Aboitiz

LBC Express, Inc., Aboitiz Data Innovation (ADI), and Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) signed a tripartite agreement to champion financial sustainability at the inaugural AI...

Technology2 years ago

Selling Your Verified Digital Wallet? Think Again

The recent spate of selling and even rental of verified digital wallets in the country should not be taken lightly. It is, in fact, alarming because...

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Top 10 Errors in Picking Solar Contractors and How to Avoid Them

Are you looking to install a home solar power system? Solar energy supplies 4.4% of the world’s electricity, and it’s a great time to get one....

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WWF-Philippines Unveils 15 Cities Qualified for One Planet City Challenge 2023-2024

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines has revealed the 15 qualified cities for the One Planet City Challenge (OPCC) 2023-2024, which is the flagship...

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