Insular Savers Bank (A Rural Bank) or ISB was chosen as this year’s recipient of Pagtugon Award for Rural Banks by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) during the 2016 Awards Ceremony and Appreciation Lunch for BSP Stakeholders held on July 13, 2016. Present during the awarding ceremony were Rodel P. Geneblazo, ISB President, and …
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FOR : ALL PARTICIPATING RURAL BANKS SUBJECT : BASIC COURSE ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FOR BANK DIRECTORS The Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines (RBAP), through the Rural Bankers’ Research and Development Foundation, Inc. (RBRDFI) is pleased to announce that it will conduct the seminar-workshop described below as part of its continuing strategy to strengthen the …
Posted on July 26, 2016 THE CREDIT Information Corp. (CIC) has granted full accreditation to three credit bureaus to offer rating services using information from a national registry that is expected to come online by yearend. In a Subscription Agreement signed yesterday, the CIC formally accredited local firm Credit Information Bureau, Inc., as its special …
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TO : CFRBI MEMBERS SUBJECT : Corporate Governance Course for RB Directors & Officers The Cebu Federation of Rural Banks, Inc. in coordination Rural Bankers Research & Development Foundation, Inc. is pleased to offer a seminar-workshop described below: Course Title : Corporate Governance Course for RB Directors & Officers Resource Speaker : Ms. Ma. Dolores …
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July 20th, 2016 IF INVESTORS and businesses were to take their cue from the new administration’s planned economic agenda, then the logical move is to invest outside Metro Manila and the bustling business centers of Cebu and Davao. Based on the recent pronouncements by President Rodrigo Duterte and his Cabinet, there will be an …
ONLY RURAL and cooperative banks met the required amount of credit extended to micro-, small- and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) during the first quarter, central bank data showed, despite an overall increase in total loans from a year ago. Universal, commercial, and thrift banks failed to comply with the required level of lending to small …
TRADE Secretary Ramon Lopez plans to push for the establishment of a P1-billion regional credit access for micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) to help address one of the biggest hurdles faced by local firms. This was one of the poverty-alleviation measures proposed by President Duterte during his campaign earlier this year. “I will …
The new system will ‘eliminate transport risks on the physical checks,’ said Tetangco. It will also address consumer protection issues that may come about from stolen or otherwise altered checks. MANILA, Philippines – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Tuesday, July 12, that it was going to use a new electronic system to …
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Real sector Real GDP for Q1 2016 grew by 6.9%, higher than the 6.5% growth in Q4 2015 and the 5.0% growth in Q1 2015. Supply side: Both the services and industry sectors continued to support domestic growth which expanded by 7.9% from 5.5% and to 8.7% from 5.3% a year ago, respectively. Meanwhile, …
The mission of the Rural Bankers Association is to support the ability of its members to offer quality banking services to all their constituencies, comply with regulatory requirements, and to promote the welfare of the communities in which they operate.
