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BancNet was founded on July 17, 1990, as the Philippines' second ATM consortium when the ATMs of eight banks, PCI Bank (later Equitable PCI Bank, now Banco de Oro), Security Bank, Chinabank, RCBC, Allied Bank (now part of PNB), Metrobank, International Exchange Bank (now part of UnionBank) and CityTrust Banking Corp. (now part of BPI) formed BancNet.
The terminal also connects to the member banks through the BancNet switch using the public phone system. The operation is rudimentary: the cashier swipes a customer's ATM card on the terminal and keys in payment amount. The cardholder then selects his bank account and keys in the ATM Personal identification number (PIN). If the requested amount ...
BancNet (also spelled Bancnet) is a Philippine-based interbank network connecting the ATM networks of local and offshore banks, and the largest interbank network in the Philippines in terms of the number of member banks and annual transactions.
MegaLink was formed in September 1989 by Equitable Banking Corporation (now merged with Banco de Oro), Far East Bank and Trust Company (now part of BPI), Philippine National Bank (currently a BancNet member), and United Coconut Planters Bank. MegaLink was launched on March 19, 1990. MegaLink was linked with both BancNet and Expressnet.
Expressnet is the primary network of the following banks listed below: Banco de Oro (formerly a member of MegaLink, now BancNet) - April 1995; Bank of the Philippine Islands and subsidiaries BPI Direct Savings Bank and BPI Family Savings Bank (also a member of BancNet) - February 14, 1986
The migration to BancNet allowed its over 200,000 cardholders 24/7 access to PVB through the network's over 4,000 ATMs nationwide as well as access to BancNet's multitude of services. PVB named former Finance Secretary Roberto De Ocampo , a son of a World War II veteran, as its new Chairman in July 2013. [ 6 ]
The Philippine Bank of Communications (PSE: PBC), more commonly known as PBCOM (Hokkien Chinese: 菲律賓交通銀行; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hui-li̍p-pin Kau-thong Gûn-hâng; & Mandarin simplified Chinese: 菲律宾交通银行; traditional Chinese: 菲律賓交通銀行; pinyin: Fēilǜbīn Jiāotōng Yínháng), is a universal bank [1] in the Philippines.
It has the distinction for being the first rural bank to join an interbank network, namely BancNet, and the rural bank with the largest branch network on the island of Luzon. The bank was founded in 1953. Prior to its acquisition, the bank has at least 30 branches in Metro Manila and Luzon. [1]