BDO UNIBANK Inc.'s (BDO) significant improvements in the area of cash management which delivered an enhanced banking experience for its clients have won the Bank a country award at the recently concluded 15th Asian Banker Summit held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

The Asian Banker has recognized BDO as the Best Cash Management Bank in the Philippines for 2013 on the back of innovations beneficial to its varied customers.

"The Bank has the largest customer support team in the Philippines and adopts different strategies for different client segments. SMEs are served by relationship managers located within the branches and BDO is the only Bank which is open on weekends after 5pm. Corporates, on the other hand, are served by small mobile teams," The Asian Banker cited in an issued statement. It also gave credit to BDO's upgrade of its Internet banking platform to provide users greater convenience.

With 18 products offered in its suite of cash management solutions, BDO is meeting the needs of a growing client base that currently stands at over 7,000.

The Asian Banker Achievement Awards are widely acknowledged by the financial services industry as the highest possible accolade available to professionals and banks in the industry as recognized in the Asia Pacific region. 

In photo: Receiving the award for BDO is SVP and head of cash management services Jaime M. Nasol (center) with (from left) Lin Xiou Ann, senior editor of The Asian Banker, BDO FVP Edgardo R. Marcelo Jr., BDO VP Angela Veronica M. Dulalia, and James Cullen, former SVP, Global Financial Institutions, Wells Fargo.