Awards and Recognition

 

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Our Harvest of Awards and Citations For Development Finance and SME Advocacy

2007

  • Kabalikat SME Award for 10 Years Outstanding Performance in Wholesale SME Lending from the Small Business Corporation
  • Kabalikat SME Award for Individual Performance given to Assistant Vice President Rico Aloyon by the Small Business Corporation for record loan bookings of over P400 million in the Visayas-Mindanao region
  • Most Active Countryside Partner Award for SME and Micro Finance from the Land Bank of the Philippines
  • SSS Balikat ng Bayan – Best Participating Financial Institution from the Social Security System
  • Best Practices Award for Plantersbank SmallBiz Loan facility from the SME Development Council
  • 2nd Integrated Marketing Communications Effectiveness Award (IMCEA) Silver Trophy – Best Budget Service campaign for Plantersbank’s SME Community Philippines Advocacy Campaign
  • Anvil Award of Merit for Plantersbank’s SME Community Philippines magazine from the Public Relations Society of the Philippines
  • Anvil Award of Merit for Plantersbank’s affiliate website, SME.Com.Ph from the Public Relations Society of the Philippines

2006

  • Gawad SME Year 3 Hall of Fame Award from the Small Business Corporation
  • Most Valuable Partner in Housing Financing conferred by the Housing Guaranty Corporation
  • Social Security System Balikat ng Bayan Award - Best Participating Financial Institution for Volume and Quality of Loans
  • Social Security System Balikat ng Bayan Award - Best Collecting Participating Financial Institution for Amount, Transaction Volume and Remittance Coverage
  • Gold Quill Award of Merit from the International Association of Business Communicators/Philippines
  • Citation for Plantersbank and Bank chairman Ambassador Jesus P. Tambunting, for Achieving Double Bottom Line Objectives

2005

  • Asian Banking Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement conferred to Plantersbank chairman and CEO Ambassador Jesus P. Tambunting for contribution in defining a market-driven, sustainable and profitable model of SME-oriented banking
  • Asian Banking Award Most Outstanding Marketing, PR and Brand Management for Plantersbank’s For the Entrepreneur, For the Filipino SME Advocacy Campaign
  • Asian Banking Award Human Resource Management for Spirituality at Work corporate culture program
  • Hall of Fame Award for Countryside Lending from the Land Bank of the Philippines
  • Most Outstanding Countryside Partner in the Thrift Bank category from the Land Bank of the Philippines
  • Most Outstanding Participating Financial Institution under the Japan Bank for International Cooperation facilities from the Development Bank of the Philippines
  • Gawad SME Special Citation for outstanding participation under the Omnibus Programs of the Small Business Corporation
  • Balikat ng Bayan Award - Best Participating Financial Institution in Business Loans from the Social Security System
  • 1st Marketing Communications Effectiveness Award Gold Trophy - Budget Service campaign for Plantersbank’s For the Entrepreneur, For the Filipino SME Advocacy Campaign
  • Gold Quill Award of Merit in the publications division from the International Association of Business Communicators/Philippines for Plantersbank Business Line Magazine
  • BAIPHIL Web Award for Best Content and Visual Design from the Bankers Institute of the Philippines

2004

  • International Spirit at Work Award presented in Zurich, Switzerland in recognition of “great service to SMEs” and the Bank’s work environment and culture
  • Laureate Medal awarded by the ComputerWorld Honors program in San Francisco, California for pioneering application of fast Ethernet XRN technolgy in SME finance in the Philippines
  • Most Outstanding Participating Financial Institution under the Japan Bank for International Cooperation facilities from the Development Bank of the Philippines
  • Most Outstanding Countryside Partner Award (Thrift Bank category) from the Land Bank of the Philippines
  • 2004 Gawad SME for Bank Excellence from the Small Business Corporation
  • Special Citation under the Guarantee Program for SMEs from the Small Business Corporation
  • Balikat ng Bayan Award as Best Collecting Bank in the Thrfit Bank category from the Social Security System
  • 2004 Anvil Award of Merit from the Public Relations Society of the Philippines for the SME advocacy campaign The Filipino Entrepreneur–Our Priority, Our Passion
  • 2004 Gold Quill Award of Merit for Business Line Magazine given by the International Association of Business Communicators - Philippines.

2003

  • Most Outstanding Participating Financial Institution under the Japan Bank for International Cooperation facilities from the Development Bank of the Philippines
  • Most Outstanding Countryside Partner Award (Thrift Bank) under the Countryside Loan Fund and the Agricultural Loan Fund
  • Special Award for Consistent Bank Excellence under the omnibus credit programs for SMEs from the Small Business Corporation
  • Most Distinguished Partner Award under the Guarantee Program from the Small Business Corporation
  • Gawad Quedancor - Top Lending Bank

2002

  • Outstanding Countryside Partner Award (Thrift Bank) under CLF I and II from Land Bank of the Philippines
  • Balikat ng Bayan Award - Best Collecting Thrift Bank under the Social Security System
  • Special Citation for outstanding participation in Small Business Guarantee and Finance Corp. (SBCorp) lending and credit guarantee programs
  • SME Friendly Bank citation from the SME Development Council of Davao City
  • PANA Values Award for the Corporate Advocacy campaign World Class Filipino Entrepreneur from the Philippine Association of National Advertisers

2001

  • Asian Banking Award 2001 for the e-commerce service SME.com.ph
  • Most Outstanding Participating Financial Institution under the Japan Bank of International Cooperation Facilities for Small and Medium Scale Industries program
  • Outstanding Participating Financial Institution Award from Small Business Guarantee and Finance Corporation
  • SME Friendly Bank citation from the SME Development Council of Davao City

2000

  • Award of the Decade under the Industrial Guarantee and Loan Fund (IGLF) for being the Most Outstanding Participating Financial Institution, Thrift Bank category from the Development Bank of the Philippines
  • Hall of Fame Award for active participation under the Omnibus Credit Line from Small Business Guarantee and Finance Corporation
  • Most Outstanding Countryside Partner (Thrift Bank) Award - Countryside Loan Fund I and II programs of the Land Bank of the Philippines
  • Gawad Quedancor Top Lending Bank in Agri-Aqua Inventory Management from the Quedan Rural Credit and Finance Corporation
  • Active GFSME Accredited Financial Institution
  • Best Participating Financial Institution in Business Loans from the Social Security System

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