More than 3,000 entrepreneurs from Benguet, Davao City, and Albay get microfinance assistance from the Adopt-a-Branch program of CARD, Inc. and Aboitiz Foundation. The Adopt-a-Branch program aims to provide easy, affordable access, and friendly experience to microfinance clients who come from rural and unbanked areas. In February 2016, the Aboitiz Foundation funded P10 million for […]
Supeña S. Solis, fondly called “Sophie”, 65, is the face and the brain behind the Sophie’s Gourmet that caters to both the demands for healthy options and convenience. In November 2015, with a P2,000 budget, Sophie and one of her children, Thea Larrah who is a food technologist, formulated recipes for gourmet sardines. They started […]
In pursuit of its mission and vision to help families become financially sustainable, CARD SME Bank opens a branch in Panabo City, Davao del Norte. This is the bank’s fourth branch in Mindanao after its branches in General Santos City, Zamboanga City, and Cagayan de Oro. The opening was held on September 24, 2018 led […]
Dreams can be achieved with a combination of determination, teamwork, and unending faith. This is the success story of Melody Capistrano, 49 years old, resident of Brgy. Sto. Angel, San Pablo City, Laguna. Melody is a loving wife to Ronilo and a supportive mother to Rommel and Marielle. A decade ago, when her husband Ronilo […]
“My dream is to become one of the teachers in our community to help the little children achieve their dreams, too, by getting good education.” These are the words that came out from Manilyn Namoc when asked about her dream profession. Manilyn is now on her 6th grade at Cansibao Elementary School. Her mother is […]
The three microfinance institutions (MFIs) of CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI) namely CARD Bank, Inc., Rizal Bank, Inc., and CARD SME Bank, Inc., through the Microfinance and Health Protection (MaHP) Unit simultaneously conducted Community Health Day (CHD) in Tibig, Tarlac; Binangonan, Rizal; and Agoncillo Batangas on October 3, 2018. More than 1,100 microfinance clients […]
In the photo are (L-R) Small Business Corporation Treasury Group Head Juliet Calimlim, VP of Small Business Corporation Melvin E. Abanto, DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez, CARD MRI Founder and Chairman Emeritus Dr. Jaime Aristotle B. Alip, CARD MRI Managing Director Flordeliza Sarmiento, CARD, Inc Executive Director Jocelyn Dequito, and CARD MRI Director for RMU, Partnerships, […]
The BotiCARD pharmacy and Microfinance and Health Protection (MaHP) unit of CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI) join force in promoting on air the advantages of generic medicine during the Kabalikat sa Pagbabago program of Radyo Pilipinas on Thursday, September 27, 2018. MaHP Deputy Director Dr. Roderick Belen (left) said that generic medicine, which is […]
Despite the preemptive and forced evacuations implemented in Luzon, Typhoon Ompong (international name Mangkhut), the strongest typhoon that made landfall in the Philippines since Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013, severely struck major parts of the region. An estimate of 5.7 million people nationwide was affected by the typhoon, which also caused around 33.7 billion pesos […]
The CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI) conducted a Lakbay Aral for its Luzon media partners in Tagkayawan, Quezon Province on September 20-22, 2018 to give them firsthand experience on the actual implementation of the microfinance programs and services of CARD MRI. “For these media practitioners to have a deeper understanding and wider perspective about […]