Awards and Citations
BDO Unibank, Inc. is the most awarded bank in the Philippines. Over the years, award-giving bodies and financial organizations in the Philippines, Asia, Europe, and other regions have recognized our efforts to find ways for our clients, the industry, and our community.
We are proud to be a consistent winner in domestic and international banking awards in the last two decades, continuously earning awards in categories like private banking, investment banking, asset and fund management, cash management, private wealth management, and bonds and equities. We have also been recognized for our environment, social, and governance initiatives.
Among our most recent banking awards in 2018 are:
● “2018 Best Bank in the Philippines” by Finance Asia and Alpha Southeast Asia
● “2018 Best Domestic Bank” by Euromoney’s Asiamoney Best Bank Awards
● “2018 Strongest Bank in the Philippines” by The Asian Banker Strongest Banks by Balance Sheet
● “2018 Best Domestic Bank” by The Asset Triple A Country Awards
● “Platinum Award” by The Asset Corporate Awards
At BDO, we are inspired to provide the best possible financial products and services because we believe our customers and the Filipino people deserve nothing less. We look forward to delivering many more years of excellent customer care, service upgrades, and new financial products and services that exceed expectations.
Below is a partial list of BDO’s awards and accolades since the early 2000s to the present.
Alpha Southeast Asia
| 11th Annual Best Deal & Solution Awards 2017 | Best Bond Deal for Retail Investors in Southeast Asia 2017 - Republic of the Philippines Bureau of the Treasury's Php181B (equivalent to USD2.3B) Retail treasury Bonds (BDO Capital as one of the Joint issue Managers) |
| Best Leveraged Finance Backed M&A Deal in Southeast Asia (Star Energy Consortium's M&A of Chevron's Geothermal Assets in Indonesia - BDO Unibank as one of the Lenders) | |
| Best Deal in Southeast Asia 2017 (Star Energy Consortium's M&A of Chevron's Geothermal Assets in Indonesia - BDO Unibank as one of the Lenders) | |
| 12th Annual Best FI Awards 2018 | |
| Best Investment Bank (BDO Capital & Investment) | |
| Best Cash Management Bank | |
| Best Private Wealth Management Bank: BDO Private Bank |
Asiamoney
| Asiamoney Cash Management Client Satisfaction Award 2017 | Best Bank in the Philippines |
| 2018 Asiamoney Best Bank Awards | Best Domestic Bank |
| 2018 Asiamoney Asia's Outstanding Companies Poll | Most Outstanding Company in the Philippines - Financials |
Asian Banking & Finance
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Domestic Cash Management Bank of the Year Philippine Domestic Trade Finance Bank of the Year |
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Corporate Social Responsibility of the Year – Gold (BDO Foundation) |
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Corporate & Investment Bank of the Year- Philippines Equity Deal of the Year, Philippines Syndicated Loan of the Year, Philippines |
Asian Investor
| Asian Investors Asset Management Awards 2018 | Onshore Fund House of the Year in the Philippines (2016 - 2018) |
Corporate Governance Asia
Enterprise Asia (AREA)
| Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Awards 2018 | BDO Foundation, Social Empowerment category for the program "Typhoon Haiyan" |
Euromoney
| Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2018 |
FinanceAsia
| FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2017 | Deal of the Year, Philippines ($1.2Billion rights Offering) |
| FinanceAsia 2018 Country Awards | Best Bank in the Philippines |
| Best Private Bank in the Philippines |
Forbes
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BDO Unibank, Rank 24, Top Company in the Philippines |
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BDO Unibank, Rank 1072, Second Company in the Philippines |
Global Finance
| Global Finance World Best Bank Awards 2016 | Best Private Bank in the Philippines |
| Global Finance Best Safest Bank 2018 | Best Safest Bank |
| Global Finance Best Foreign Exchange Providers 2018 | Best Foreign Exchange Provider |
| Global Finance Best Trade Finance Banks 2018 | Best Trade Finance Banks |
| Global Finance Best Private Banks 2018 | |
| Global Finance World's Best Bank Awards | Best Investment Bank |
Institutional Investor
| All Asia Executive Team 2018 |
IJ Global
| IJ Global Asia Pacific Awards 2017 | Asia Pacific M&A - Acquisition of Chevron's Indonesian Geothermal Assets |
Reader's Digest
| Reader's Digest Trusted Brands 2018 | Gold Trusted Brand Award - Bank category |
| Gold Trusted Brand Award - Credit Card Issuing Bank category | |
| Gold Trusted Brand Award - Investment Fund category | |
| Gold Trusted Brand Award - Personal Loans category |
The Asian Banker
| The Asian Banker Transaction Banking Awards | |
| The Asian Banker Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards 2018 | |
| The Asian Banker Excellence Strongest Banks 2018 | |
| The Asian Banker Philippine Country Awards 2016 | |
| The Asian Banker Excellence Strongest Banks 2018 | |
| The Asian Banker Excellence Strongest Banks 2018 |
The Asset
| The Asset Triple A Digital Awards | Best Retail Social - Media Banking Experience, Philippines |
| The Asset Triple A Treasury, Trade, Supply Chain & Risk Management Awards 2017 | Best in Treasury and Working Capital-SME's, Philippines |
| Best Service Provider - Cash Management, Philippines | |
| The Asset Triple A Asia Infrastructure Awards 2018 | Project Finance House of the Year, Philippines - BDO Capital |
| Energy / Renewable Energy Deal of the Year, Regional - BDO Capital | |
| Renewable Energy Deal of the Year, Philippines - BDO Capital | |
| Power Deal of the Year, Philippines - BDO Capital | |
| Most Innovative Deal of the Year, Philippines - BDO Capital | |
| The Asset Triple A Servicing, Institutional Investor and Insurance Award 2018 | Asset Management Company of the Year, Philippines |
| The Asset Triple A Private Banking, Wealth Management, Investment and ETF Awards 2018 | Best Private Bank, Philippines |
| The Asset Triple A Benchmark Research Awards 2018 : House and Astute Investor Awards | BDO Unibank, Top Investment House in Asian G3 Bond Benchmark Review 2018, Philippines Rank 1 (Rank 3 in 2017) |
| Tiffany Grace Lim, BDO Trust, Most Astute Investor in Asian Local Currency Bond Benchmark Review 2018 Philippines, Rank 6 (Rank 7 in 2017) | |
| Ryanna Berza-Talan, BDO Trust, Most Astute Investors in Asian Local Currency Bonds, Philippines, Highly Commended | |
| BDO Capital, Top Arranger in Asian Local Currency Bond Benchmark Review 2018, Rank 3 | |
| The Asset Corporate Awards 2018 | Platinum Award |
| BDO Foundation - Highly Commended Initiative in Social Responsibility | |
| The Asset Triple A Country Awards 2018 | Best Domestic Bank in the Philippines |
| Best Corporate and Institutional Adviser in the Philippines | |
| Best Equity Adviser | |
| Best Loan Adviser | |
| Best Acquisition Financing | |
| Best Syndicated Loan (BDO Unibank, BDO Capital & BDO Private Bank) | |
| Best Innovative Deal |
World Finance
| Investment Management Awards | Best Investment Management Company, Philippines (2016 - 2018) |
Yazhou Zhoukan
| 2017 Asian Banking 300 Award | BDO Unibank, recipient of the 2017 Asian Banking 300 Award |