The role of owner families in the Philippine rural banking (RB) system remains an important factor for the continued development of the rural communities, according to the Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines (RBAP).

“An unappreciated fact is that rural banks don't easily go away [from town to town] because the owner families actually live in the certain municipality. They are part of the community,” RBAP President Vittorio Almario.

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