Press Release

-  Cantilan Bank receives
   distinguished partner award

-  Cantilan Bank enhances 
   network reach

- Tanya Hotchkiss honored as
   global development leader

- CBI opens 22 MBOs in 2012 and
   4 branches in Q1 2013

- Send remittances from HK

- CBI Loan Portfolio grew 22%

- Productive Recruitment and
   Hiring in 2012

- CBI embarks on a
   modernization program

- CBI steps up in banking
   technology

- New ATM savings account
   launched

- SSC savings consciousness
   and environmental awareness

- New Building for Alegria Branch

- CBI hosts educational tours

2011's Most Outstanding Rural Bank in Caraga Region

LandBank of the Philippines held its Annual National Convention at the LandBank Plaza, Malate, Manila on August 28, 2012.  During the affair, LBP paid tribute to its outstanding partner countryside financial institutions (CFIs) for their valuable support to the Bank’s various credit programs aimed at promoting countryside development. 

Being one of LBP’s most effective and active partners in advancing best practices in countryside credit delivery, Cantilan Bank,   represented by its Chairman Lt. Gen. William K. Hotchkiss III (Ret.) and Executive Vice President Brig. Charles Y. Hotchkisss (Ret.) received these three prestigious awards:
 
•  MOST OUTSTANDING CFI - Second Place (National Level) for the Bank’s accomplishment and lasting contributions to countryside development;   
   
•  MOST OUTSTANDING CFI - Region XIII for the Bank’s outstanding accomplishment and lasting contributions in its area of operations;
 
•  BEST IN CAPITAL BUILD-UP (National Level) - for the success of its continuing efforts to strengthen its capital base; 

“We give premium to our partner CFIs and to their contribution in effectively bringing financial assistance to small borrowers even in far-flung areas,” said Landbank President and CEO Gilda E. Pico in her speech. For 14 years now, LBP has been recognizing its CFI partneres which serve as models of excellence in rural financial services. 

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