Security Bank Corporation (SBC) took home international citations from the recently held Global Retail Banking Innovation Awards in Singapore.

Build A School, Build A Nation: The Classrooms Project, the flagship corporate social responsibility (CSR) program of the Security Bank Foundation, was hailed as the Best CSR Initiative. Meanwhile, SBC bank products and services were highly acclaimed in their respective categories: Salary Advance (Loan Offering of the Year), Gold Circle (Best Mass Affluent Banking Offering), Corporate Utility ePayments (Best Payments Innovation) and digital campaigns (Outstanding Digital Marketing Initiative).

“This award ceremony is particularly meaningful.  The outstanding and impactful work of Security Bank Foundation was recognized by an international award-giving body in addition to our excellent products and services.  These awards are a true reflection of BetterBanking.  BetterBanking is a promise to all our stakeholders – clients, employees and the communities we serve,” said Security Bank President & CEO Sanjiv Vohra.

The Global Retail Banking Innovation Awards program celebrates the world’s most cutting-edge retail banks that are pioneering unrivalled standards and capabilities – those that are transforming the industry by setting new benchmarks in service delivery, digital innovation, product development, payments, technology, customer experience and more. They are accolades of excellence and distinction, attributed to outstanding players; and aim to be unbiased objective benchmarks for the industry.

(in photo) Security Bank Foundation Chairman Rafael F. Simpao, Jr. and Security Bank EVP & Branch Banking Group Head Leslie Y. Cham received the awards.