Corporate Profile

The product of a merger heralded as unprecedented in size and scale in the Philippine banking industry, BDO Unibank, Inc. (BDO) today represents a firm consolidation of distinct strengths and advantages built over the years by the entities behind its history. BDO is an institution that honors its past, continues to improve on its present, and moves towards the future with confidence and strength.

BDO is a full-service universal bank. It has the ability to provide a complete array of industry-leading products and services to the retail and corporate markets including Lending (corporate, middle market, SME, and consumer), Deposit-taking, Foreign Exchange, Brokering, Trust and Investments, Credit Cards, Corporate Cash Management and Remittances. Through its subsidiaries, the Bank offers Leasing and Financing, Investment Banking, Private Banking, Bancassurance, Insurance Brokerage and Stock Brokerage services.

BDO’s institutional strengths and value-added products and services hold the key to its successful business relationships with customers. On the front line, its branches remain at the forefront of setting high standards as a sales and service-oriented, customerfocused force. BDO has one of the largest distribution networks, with more than 740 operating branches and over 1,600 ATMs nationwide.

Through selective acquisitions and organic growth, BDO has positioned itself for increased balance sheet strength and continuing expansion into new markets. As of 31 December 2011, BDO is the country’s largest bank in terms of total resources, customer loans, total deposits and assets under management.

BDO is a member of the SM Group, one of the country’s largest and most successful conglomerates with businesses spanning between retail, mall operations, property development (residential, commercial, resorts/hotel), and financial services. Although part of a family conglomerate, BDO’s day-to-day operations are handled by a team of professional managers and bank officers.

Awards and Citations

BDO is a recipient of multiple awards from various local and international award-giving bodies for both institutional and product excellence. A listing of these awards is detailed in the Bank’s website under “About Us - Awards and Citations”.

Corporate Social Responsibility

The Bank carries out its corporate social responsibility through the BDO Foundation, a non-stock, non-profit organization that promotes initiatives based on the Bank’s long standing record of support to social development. The Bank’s corporate social responsibility focuses on developing communities through advocacy programs focusing on three vital areas, namely, decent shelter, sustainable livelihood, and practical education for the marginalized sector of society. As well, the BDO Foundation actively promotes volunteerism among its employees who help out in the Foundation’s various activities that reinforce these programs and include, among others, community building, livelihood/skills training, fund raising, and environmental/green initiatives. Through these, the Bank hopes that it is able to give back to society and make a positive contribution to the broader community it serves.