Dr. Alip Meets Thailand’s Finance Minister

CARD MRI Managing Director, Dr. Jaime Aristotle Alip, had the opportunity to meet with Thailand’s Finance Minister, Korn Chatikavanij, at the House of Parliament of Thailand on April 27, 2011.  During the short meeting, Dr. Alip was able to give a quick orientation on the financial and non-financial services of CARD in the Philippines particularly its lending methodology and strategy. The Finance Minister, on the other hand, shared his desire to eliminate the reliance of Thai people to informal lenders in order to uplift their way of living. Further, he also articulated his interest on the use of mobile banking in offering financial services in Thailand.  Hearing the story of CARD, the Finance Minister mentioned that he is interested to pay a visit in CARD Philippines to see its actual operations.