20 January 2016
TO: All Rural Banks
SUBJECT: CIRCULAR NO. 900 – GUIDELINES ON OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT
Dear Rural Bankers,
The Monetary Board in its Resolution No. 2115 dated 18 December 2015, approved the following guidelines on operational risk management …
20 January 2016
TO: All Rural Banks
SUBJECT: CIRCULAR NO. 899 – AMENDMENTS TO THE GUIDELINES ON OUTSOURCING
Dear Rural Bankers,
The Monetary Board in its Resolution No. 2115 dated 18 December 2015, approved the following amendments in the Manual …
Rural banks already play a big role in small communities. They serve over one million low-income families who trust them for microinsurance, loans, savings and other crucial banking services that help them build a financial foundation to support themselves and …
CCLRB: A Brave New World
In its effort to promote awareness among rural bankers on the country’s changing financial landscape, the Confederation of Central Luzon Rural Banks (CCLRB) held the 2014 Annual Management Conference last February 27-28 at Forest Lodge …
Confederation of Southern Tagalog Rural Bankers
Plenary Address – “Back to Basics”
2014 Annual Management Conference
Forbes Ballroom, Baguio Country Club
March 3, 2014
When I was invited to speak at this Conference by your colleague – and my cousin, …
The government’s goal to achieve financial inclusion rests on the capability of the rural banking sector to spur countryside development.
Such holistic growth depends on rural banks’ continued dedication to invest in agriculture and agrarian reform projects. Thus, the recent …
Banking is a business of trust.
It involves money, which is important to practically everybody, and anything important ought to be protected and entrusted only to those worthy.
Among the poor, the trust in rural banks has always been there …
Our society tends to focus too much on size. “The bigger, the better,” they said. “Size matters!” others quipped. Often overlooked in our obsession with anything large is the quiet resiliency and efficiency of the little guys. While the big …
Poverty is a constant headache for every administration. It seems that no matter what the government does–whoever is at the helm of Malacanang at a particular time—there will always be poor people and their number will always be overwhelming.
One …
The spirit of “Bayanihan” was never more pronounced than the time the whole country bonded together in multi-pronged recovery and reconstruction efforts following the bout with super typhoon Yolanda. Political, religious, and ethnic differences were temporarily shelved in favor of …
In the face of the ever present stiff competition from bigger banking brethren, rural banks need to rapidly evolve and “be big enough” to remain efficient and profitable.
Rural banks will continue to have a niche market in the ultra-competitive …
The bullish outlook on remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) this year bodes well for businesses like rural banks which act as formal remittance channels and serve as an affordable conduit between OFWs and their beneficiaries here in the Philippines.…
For years, the agricultural sector has been the unheralded hero of the economy, often operating under the radar compared to the more celebrated services and industry sectors. Meanwhile, the rural banking industry has consistently been supportive of agri, also in …
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), with its mandate to ensure a safe and efficient payments system, will be implementing a standard transaction coding system in order to properly identify the nature of banks’ funds transfer and payment instructions that …
To: ALL BANKING INSTITUTION
Subject: National Banking Week 2014
Pursuant to Proclamation No. 2250 dated 10 December 1982 (copy attached) designating 1 to 7 January as National Banking Week, all banking institutions and their branches are enjoined to undertake during …
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