Established in 1980, Cantilan Bank has helped improve the economy of many communities through its innovative products and services. With its network of 46 offices operating within 12 provinces in Mindanao and the Visayas, the Bank is able to provide financial access to people and deliver financial inclusion initiatives that aim to convert the unbanked into savings communities.
CANBNK is proud to become the first bank in the Philippines to use a cloud-based core banking technology. This new system will greatly create an impact in the efficiency of the Bank’s operation and will provide better services to its customers. CANBNK is regarded as one of the leading rural banks in the country with total resources of Php 2.4 billion as of December 2019.
CANBNK is regulated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and Securities and Exchange Commission. It is a proud member of the Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines, Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation, and BancNet powered by Nationlink.
Milestones
Cantilan Bank has been named as the country’s No. 1 Most Outstanding Countryside Financial Institution by Landbank. CANBNK also won the 2015 International Microfinance Best Practices Award from Fondazione Giordano dell’Amore in Milan, Italy. It was also one of the top ten semi-finalists in the European Microfinance Award on Microfinance and Access to Education. CANBNK has also been consistently recognized by the BIR as the top corporate taxpayer in Surigao del Sur since 2013. Its microsavings product for students was recognized as the best in the country by the Rafael B. Buenaventura Foundation.