Overseas Filipino workers will get their own bank next month. Plans are underway to roll out the Overseas Filipino Bank (OFB) after the Landbank of the Philippines took over the Philippine Postal Savings Bank this week.
On Thursday, Arsenio M. Balisacan, the chairman of the Philippine Competition Commission, said the take over had been approved, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported.
Last October, President Rodrigo Duterte rubber-stamped an executive order to convert the Philippine Postal Savings Bank into the OFB, which will cater for overseas Filipino workers.
Carlos G. Dominguez III, the Philippine Finance Secretary, confirmed that the OFB will be launched on Jan. 18. Official operations will start next month, according to Alex V. Buenaventura, the president of Landbank.
What a good news for us.thank you Mr president
This is a very good News…
Thanks Land Bank….
Good news makaka ipon na ako pag balik ko pilitin ko mag savings
Wow mag bubukas na next month….
Thanks for the good news…. Thanks to our beloved president…
Thank you so much mr president duterte..how to get it?
Landbank of the Philippine mabuhay
Great news to all of us (ofw )..
Thank you so much President Rodrigo Duterte????
Love it ????
Good news..i’m lovin’ it????
I am here in Libya, how can i open account and what are the requirements to submit? Hindi kaya madaling mai-scam yan?
Paano po kame makap open ng bank account pag andto po kme sa ibang bansa.this is safer than other bank i guest
Sana my ilalabas din silang procedure kung paano tyo makapag open ng account nito kung wla tyo sa pinas..thanks po admin
Yes its GOOD at the beginning,but how about in the long run?…it can be like BDO?..WHAT GUARANTEES ?
Wow how it works ?
At last safe na ang ating savings kay sa big bank co.lalo na ang BDO ma withdraw ang pera mo kahit hawak mo ang atm at passbook mo. ·.
Maganda iyan huwag lang pasukan ng corruption,,,dapat mga ex OFW lang italaga na mangangasiwa hindi yung ga kakilala naman nila na walang alam sa trabaho.
No worries Shirley,pag nagbukas na joint accnt tau pra sa saving ntn dlwa kng gusto mo ????????????????luv u
Thank u tatay digong.
anong benepisyo ang makukuha dito sa OFB compared to other banks???
good question
Anong date kaya nxt mont? Saan dito sa Riyadh pwede mag open ng account dyan? Para doon ko na mailagak ang huling sahod ko nxt month.
good news kung madali makautang..pero kung for remittance purpose lang wala din ….
Wait and see pa din ako, di pa kasi malinaw kung tunay ngang makikinabang ang OFW dito maliban sa pangalan. Parang OFW ID lang yan nong nakaraan taon, inasam ng lahat pero pagbabayarin lang pala tayo ng 700 pesos kung maka lusot lang naman ba, buti nalang pinalagan, ayon binawi, okey sanang mag bayad kung may benepisyo ka din tulad ng parang senior citizen discount, discount sa hospital ng mga pamilya mo, or pensyong matatanggap pag tumada kahit maliit man lang pasalamatan, kaunting pagkilala ba sa kabayanihan daw ng OFW. Kung OFW ID lng naman kasi dami sa recto nyan mura pa. OWWA magbabayad ka para maka avail ka ng benefits, dapat libre na yan, parang "welfare" mo ikaw din nag bayad imbes na sagot na ng gobyerno kung hindi ka pala nakapagbayad ng membership at may mangyari sa iyo sa abroad ano di ka sasagipin ng gobyerno?
Ask lng po ano po ba advantage sa aming mga ofw?
salamat po sir,sa lahat ng ginagawa nyo para sa mga OFW…God bless po,panatiliin po sana ng DIYOS na kayo ay laging malakas at malayo sa karamdaman…