Robinsons Bank Corporation, also known as RBank, was a
Filipino commercial bank that provided banking services for retail and business customers.
History
The company was formerly known as Robinsons Savings Bank and changed its name to Robinsons Bank Corporation in May 2011. Robinsons Bank Corporation was founded in 1997 and is based in
Quezon City
Quezon City (, ; ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read and pronounced in Filipino language, Filipino as Kyusi), is the richest and List of cities in the Philippines, most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 c ...
with branches across the Philippines. Robinsons Bank Corporation operates as a subsidiary of
JG Summit Holdings
JG Summit Holdings, Inc. (JGSHI) is one of the largest conglomerates in the Philippines with business interests in air transportation, banking, food manufacturing, hotels, petrochemicals, power generation, publishing, real estate and property ...
, Inc.
In 2012, Robinsons Bank acquired majority ownership of the Legazpi Savings Bank based in
Legazpi, Albay
Legazpi (, American Spanish: , European Spanish: ), officially the City of Legazpi (; ), is a Component City, component city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Albay, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a ...
.
On September 30, 2022, Robinsons Bank together with the
Bank of the Philippine Islands
The Bank of the Philippine Islands ('';'' '','' commonly known as BPI; ) is a universal bank in the Philippines. It is the oldest bank in both the Philippines and Southeast Asia. It is the fourth largest bank in terms of assets, the second lar ...
disclosed their merger expected to complete by 2023, with BPI as the surviving entity.
The merger took effect on January 1, 2024, with BPI targeting to complete its integration with the remaining branches of Robinsons Bank by October 2025.
See also
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List of banks in the Philippines
The Philippines has a comprehensive banking system encompassing various types of banks, from large universal banks to small rural banks and even non-banks. As of September 30, 2022, there were 45 universal and commercial banks, 44 savings banks, ...
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BancNet
BancNet (also spelled Bancnet) is a Philippine-based interbank network connecting the ATM networks of local and offshore banks, and the country's single interbank network in the Philippines in terms of the number of member banks and annual tr ...
References
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Defunct banks of the Philippines
Banks established in 1997
Banks disestablished in 2024
Companies based in Quezon City
Former JG Summit Holdings subsidiaries