RBAP-MABS, together with GXI (G-Xchange, Inc.) conducted the 4th Mobile Phone Banking Services (MPBS) Accreditation and Refresher Training Course this year at the Cebu City Marriott Hotel on August 6. The training was for all interested member rural banks from the Visayas and Mindanao.

Also serving as a refresher course for accredited rural banks, the training featured comprehensive discussion and workshop on mobile phone banking services utilizing the GCASH platform. It covered topics such as MPBS implementation procedures, expansion strategies, key success factors, and lessons learned from early rural bank offerings of MPBS. The workshop also oriented the participants on the various technical and regulatory requirements needed to manage mobile phone banking.

The fourteen participants represented seven banks from Visayas and Mindanao, which included Asian Hills, Inc.; Bangko Carrascal, Inc.; First State Rural Bank; Rural Bank of Maigo, Inc; Rural Bank of Medina, Inc.; Lapu-Lapu Rural Bank, Inc.; and Salug Valley RB, Inc.