SENATE Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies chairman Sen. Mark Villar was a guest speaker during the Chamber of Thrift Bank’s annual convention held recently at the Dusit Thani Manila in Makati City.
This year’s convention carried the theme “Thrift Banks 2023: Taking the Lead to Economic Recovery through Digitalization” as the CTB aligns with the drive of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for technological progress and digital transformation in the banking industry.
Sen. Villar presented his committee’s legislative initiatives to encourage digital banking while minimizing digital scams and frauds, particularly the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act.
In photo is Sen. Villar (center) receiving a token of appreciation from Chamber of Thrift Banks and Sterling Bank of Asia president Cecilio “Paul’ San Pedro (second from left). With them are (from left) CTB treasurer and trustee and Malayan Savings Bank president Alberto Emilio Ramos, CTB trustee and convention co-chair and First Consolidated Bank vice chairman Argeo Melisimo, and CTB trustee and convention co-chair and Bank of Makati president Luis Chua.