Members of the Bulacan business community, government officials and SME advocates saluted Plantersbank’s role in promoting development in this province during the recent GoNegosyo roadshow in Malolos City.
The Bulacan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and GoNegosyo Caravan organizers hailed Plantersbank among Bulacan’s most inspiring homegrown companies, citing its contribution to the emergence of a thriving SME community in the province.
Plantersbank traces its roots to Bulacan where, 36 years ago, the bank started making formal credit available to small farmers and family-owned businesses.
Receiving the award recognizing Plantersbank’s role in development of Bulacan SMEs is Bank president Maria Flordelis F. Aguenza (center). With Mrs. Aguenza (left to right) are Bulacan Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Teofilo Rivero Jr., Bulacan Governor Joselito Mendoza, Cabinet oversight officer for Micro and SMEs Secretary Cerge M. Remonde and Jose A. Concepcion III, presidential consultant for entrepreneurship.