2009 RBAP-MABS National Roundtable Conference

Outlook and Initiatives for Rural Banks amidst the Global Financial Crisis
Joseph Omar Andaya, President, Green Bank

The Global Crisis and Microfinance:
A Rural Bank’s Perspective
Brig. Gen. Charles Y. Hotchkiss, Chair – Executive Committee

Surviving Microfinance in these trying times
Atty. Nicolas J. Lim, President/CEO, First Valley Bank, Inc.

Assessment of Participating Banks Microfinance Performance based on MABS – EAGLE Standards
Eulogio Martin O. Masilungan, Monitoring & Research Coordinator, MABS

Organizational Structure Options
Jove Tapiador, Regional Manager for Luzon, MABS

Finding the Right People:
Tools for Screening, Hiring, and Retaining Staff
Vivian V. Lim, HRD, First Valley Bank

Best Practices in Supervision: Experiences from the Field
Emelita B. Rocero, Microfinance Specialist, MABS
(With inputs from Eddie Revilla and Edwin Verona)

Turning Around: Licking the PAR Problem
Experience of the Rural Bank of Digos, Inc.
Giovanni D. Gabriento, Manager, Human Resource & Administration, Rural Bank of Digos, Inc.

Rule of Procedure for Small Claims Cases
(A.M. No. 08-8-7-SC)
Judge Monette Singh, Regional Trial Court Judge, Quezon City
Supreme Court Technical Working Group for Small Claims Court

Small Claims Court: View from the Field
Green Bank Experience
Rey Anthony Ladroma, Branch Manager, Green Bank

Small Claims Court: View from the Field
GM Bank Experience
Odelon Alpindo, Head – MF Individual Lending, GM Bank

Life after a Bank Run: The Bangko Kabayan Experience
Atty. Francis Ganzon, President, Bangko Kabayan

Housing Microfinance (HMF):
For the Filipino Micro-entrepreneurs
Meliza H. Agabin, Deputy Chief of Party, MABS
(With thanks to colleagues Anthony Petalcorin and Mark Guillermo)

Nokia Phone Financing Program
John Quimbo, President, Altus Communications

Nokia Cellphone Financing Program
Frances G. Costa, Operations Manager, Bangko Kabayan

GCASH Text-A-Bills Payment
Paolo Baltao, Head Product Group, G-Xchange Inc.

Customer Relationship Management via SMS
Mel Yuson, President, myClick Technologies, Inc.

Using SMS Technology to encourage Savings and Loan Repayments
Tomoko Harigaya, Philippine Country Director, Innovations for Poverty Actions (IPA)