The national award was presented by Dept. of Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez and SSS President Emilio de Quiros, Jr. to Rang-ay Bank Vice-President Ives Jesus Nisce II at the national awarding ceremonies held at the SSS Main Office, East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City on September 2, 2016.
The 2016 Balikat ng Bayan Best Collecting Partner Bank (rural bank category) was awarded to Rang-ay Bank, for consistently being among the nation’s top institutions with the highest collections and processing a large volume of transactions with its wide coverage. Rang-ay Bank was the only rural bank national awardee of the Social Security System for the year.