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img-welcome.jpgThe Bank Marketing Association of the Philippines or BMAP is an organization of banking institutions established last February 27, 1970 to continuously upgrade the practice of bank marketing in the country.

Message from the BSP Governor

photo-guinigundo.jpgDistinguished officers and members of the Bank Marketing Association of the Philippines led by its newly elected President Mr. Allan Tumbaga and outgoing President Mr. Ferdinand La Chica, distinguished officers of the Bankers Association of the Philippines, the Chamber of Thrift Banks and the Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines, friends from the media, guests, ladies and gentlemen: Good evening.

It gives me great pleasure to speak before you in tonight’s induction ceremony.

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Philippines Dictionary Project–Grant Request for P22,500

The Philippines Dictionary Project, founded by Ms. Nina Patawaran, a Filipina banker based in New York, aims to improve the academic performance of all underprivileged Filipino children in public elementary schools, by ensuring that they have access to well-designed children’s illustrated dictionary. This project is in partnership with De La Salle University with the appeal to each BMAP member-bank to sponsor one Metro Manila public elementary school via a one-time donation of P22,500.

If education is part of your Bank’s advocacy, you might want to consider the project or pass it on to your respective Foundation.

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Message from the BMAP President

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Good morning and welcome to the Bank Marketing Association of the Philippines Forum entitled: The Crisis in Perspective: Is There Really Cause for Alarm.

Since the so-called global financial crisis hit us last year, a number of large multinational financial institutions went on the brink of collapse and needed to be bailed out. These caused a certain level of alarm among our banking public particularly on the soundness of the local banking industry and its capacity to absorb the extent of its exposure to those bailed out multinational financial institutions.

In spite of numerous statements issued by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas assuring the public of the banking sector’s stability, concerns from some depositors continue to persist.

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Message from the Chamber of Thrift Banks President

Mr. Pascual M. Garcia III
President, Chamber of Thrift Banks
President, PSBank

President Ferdie La Chica, Distinguished Officers and Members of the Bank Marketing Association of the Philippines, Amb. Yao, Miss Ressa, Friends from the Phil. Media, Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, on behalf of the Officers and Members of the Chamber of Thrift Banks, I congratulate the Bank Marketing Association of the Philippines for holding a forum such as this.

This forum entitled “THE CRISIS IN PERSPECTIVE – IS THERE REALLY CAUSE FOR ALARM?” is timely and appropriate. For truly, the financial and economic crisis in the industrialized world is deepening. We see media and internet accounts of asset deflation, bank bailouts, business difficulties and job losses in major industrialized countries of the world. Consumer and Business confidence in the economic outlook has plunged to depths unseen in the post war era. Fear grips consumers. Even those unaffected directly have reduced their spending to save more.

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News & Events

BMAP June General Membership Meeting

The Bank Marketing Association of the Philippines (BMAP) held its June General Membership Meeting last June 25 with the theme on trends in Rewards and Loyalty programs.
Speaker and sponsor for the month, Sodexo Motivation Solutions, shared and discussed the added-value benefits of giving rewards and loyalty solutions both for the clients and employees of an [...]

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2010 BMAP Mini-Convention on Social and Media Networking

The Bank Marketing Association of the Philippines (BMAP) held this year’s mini-convention with the theme: “Social and Media Networking: The New Power Channel” last May 7 at Ascott Hotel, Makati.
Speakers from Yahoo!, Fast Track Solutions and Globe Business discussed digital and social media as a new marketing tool for banking institutions in the country. [...]

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The Crisis in Perspective Is there really cause for alarm?

The Bank Marketing Association of the Philippines (BMAP) is an association of marketing practitioners from the country’s top banks and financial institutions. BMAP recognizes that as a group of communicators, it plays a critical role in times of crisis.
With the ongoing global financial crisis and predictions for worse things to come, BMAP [...]

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