Philippine National Bank (PNB) celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2016, marking a century of serving Filipinos. PNB opened in 1916 and served as the Philippines' de facto central bank until 1949. Over the decades, PNB expanded its operations, launched new programs to serve farmers, became a universal bank in 1980, and began privatization in 1989 through an initial public offering. In 2013, PNB merged with Allied Banking Corporation to become the fourth largest domestic bank. As part of its rebranding for its 100th anniversary, PNB launched the new tagline "You First" to emphasize putting customers first.
Philippine National Bank (PNB) celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2016, marking a century of serving Filipinos. PNB opened in 1916 and served as the Philippines' de facto central bank until 1949. Over the decades, PNB expanded its operations, launched new programs to serve farmers, became a universal bank in 1980, and began privatization in 1989 through an initial public offering. In 2013, PNB merged with Allied Banking Corporation to become the fourth largest domestic bank. As part of its rebranding for its 100th anniversary, PNB launched the new tagline "You First" to emphasize putting customers first.
Philippine National Bank (PNB) celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2016, marking a century of serving Filipinos. PNB opened in 1916 and served as the Philippines' de facto central bank until 1949. Over the decades, PNB expanded its operations, launched new programs to serve farmers, became a universal bank in 1980, and began privatization in 1989 through an initial public offering. In 2013, PNB merged with Allied Banking Corporation to become the fourth largest domestic bank. As part of its rebranding for its 100th anniversary, PNB launched the new tagline "You First" to emphasize putting customers first.
Philippine National Bank (PNB) celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2016, marking a century of serving Filipinos. PNB opened in 1916 and served as the Philippines' de facto central bank until 1949. Over the decades, PNB expanded its operations, launched new programs to serve farmers, became a universal bank in 1980, and began privatization in 1989 through an initial public offering. In 2013, PNB merged with Allied Banking Corporation to become the fourth largest domestic bank. As part of its rebranding for its 100th anniversary, PNB launched the new tagline "You First" to emphasize putting customers first.
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PNB
Philippine National Bank
100-YEAR MILESTONES “A Century of Excellence”
1916. On July 22, 1916, Philippine National Bank
opened its doors to the public. The event was hailed as “the beginning of the new financial life in the country”. PNB served as the country’s de facto Central Bank and was the issuer of Philippine currency notes from 1916 to 1949.
1966. On the commemoration of PNB’S Golden
Anniversary, the bank took great stride to expand business operations. At the of 1966, PNB expanded its gross earnings to P160 million, translating to a high P17.7 million in net operating profit. It was also this year that PNB unveiled its modernized headquarters along Escolta, Manila.
1970. PNB organized the Bank on Wheels and Bank on
Wings programs that featured Philnabankers journeying to the province in Toyota Land Rovers and helicopters in an effort to promptly and ingeniously service Bank’s . The Bank also made history as it launched the Masagana 99 Financing Program. The programs provided loan assistance to more than 260,000 farmers across the country.
1980. In 1980, PNB became the first universal bank. PNB
also embarked on a campaign that highlighted its pledge of being “the Bank that every Filipino can lean on”. This was highlighted in the tagline, “Sa PNB, Para Kang Nakasandal sa Pader”.
1989. PNB’S privatization began with the highly
successful initial public offering of its stock. The listing of the PNB stock will always be remembered in history of the stock market as an issuer’s dream.
2005. In August 2005, the government, as part of its
privatization program, sold its 32.45% stake on the bank via an auction. The private stockholders represented by the Lucio Tan Group exercised their right of first refusal, reducing the Government’s share to 12.5%, and raising the Lucio Tan Group’s total share to 77.43%.
2007. The complete divestment of Government’s
remaining 12% stake in PNB ushered the Bank’s transition into a fully private bank. PNB’s growth performance in 2007 affirmed its objective of strengthening the Bank’s core business and increasing its profitability. 2010. An integral part of PNB’s transformation program in 2010 was its rebranding initiative. The Bank’s rejuvenated logo was introduced in the new branch signage which sports a new color palette that retained the original blue corporate color side by side with new colors: silver and aquamarine.
2013. PNB merged with Allied Banking Corporation on
February 9, 2013 and became the fourth largest domestic banks in terms of total resources.
2016. PNB commemorated its 100th Anniversary with a
theme “ A Century Of Excellence”, signifying the meaningful milestone for an institution that has served generations of Filipinos here and abroad. As part of its rebranding strategy, PNB also launched its new tagline “You First”, which speaks of the Banks renewed promise to always put its customer’s first.