Rizal Bank, Inc. (RBI), a microfinance-oriented rural bank, opened its 23rd branch in Baligatan, Ilagan City, Isabella on September 24, 2018 to further provide microfinance and community development services to the socio-economically challenged women and families in the province. The branch provides micro loans, SME such as SME-Working Capital and SME-Investment, and other development-oriented loan […]
The Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD), Inc. (A Microfinance NGO) was named the Best Servicing and Collecting Partner Agent of Social Security System (SSS) during the 2018 Balikat ng Bayan Awards on September 21, 2018. CARD, Inc. started as a Partner Agent of SSS in 2013 that offers non-collection services to its microfinance […]
CARD Bank, Inc. is now ready to serve its growing microfinance clients in San Pablo as it opened its 89th branch in Barleta St., San Pablo City, Laguna on September 3, 2018. This is the third branch opened by the bank in the city, which also coincides to its 21st anniversary celebration. “Since 1997, CARD […]
The CARD Mutual Benefit Association (CARD MBA), Inc. elected new set of Board of Trustees (BOTs) during the Association’s 19th Annual General Membership Meeting (AGMM) held at CMDI Bay Campus, Brgy. Tranca, Bay, Laguna on September 9, 2018. CARD MBA is a microinsurance institution fully owned and managed by the members of the Association, who […]
We all have that free-will to change our social standing especially when it seems to be unfavorable. This is the story of Fatima Managat, who grew up in a family that is economically and financially challenged. Fatima is the third youngest among her seven siblings. Her mother is a housewife and her father is a […]
The book review of the first local history book of CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI), the History of San Pablo: Reviewed, Rewritten, and Retold, is now available in the Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints journal published by the Ateneo de Manila University. The history book, which was launched in July 2016, was reviewed […]
Growing and glowing businesses. The founder and chairman emeritus of CARD MRI, Dr. Jaime Aristotle B. Alip, together with field staff were welcomed in the growing and glowing businesses of their CARD, Inc. clients in Tagum City and Koronadal City on September 3, 2018. These clients are among the beneficiaries of CARD, Inc. in its […]
The local communities of Tuguegarao City can now enjoy the microfinance services and development-oriented programs of Rizal Bank, Inc. (RBI) as the bank opened its 22nd branch at Provincial Road, Balzain, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan Valley on August 23, 2018. “Every branch we open is an opportunity for us to reach and touch the lives of […]
Armed with passion and dedication to build a financially inclusive country, CARD MRI braved the seas of the south in 2006 to establish its microfinance NGO operation. CARD, Inc. first started its operations in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi providing local communities with various financial services and community-based development programs. In 2014, CARD MRI saw the potential of […]
A total of PHP9.2 million worth of relief assistance was released by CARD Mutual Benefit Association (CARD MBA) to 30,874 affected microfinance clients of CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI) due to southwest monsoon (hanging habagat), which was strengthened by Typhoon Karding (Yagi). These affected families are the clients of the four financial institutions of […]