Banco de Oro Un-WPS Office
Banco de Oro Un-WPS Office
Banco de Oro Un-WPS Office
Insurance industry and provides financial services that extends not only to personal banking, but
also corporate banking. It is owned by the SM Group of Companies – one of the country’s
largest conglomerates, which is in turn owned by Henry Sy. BDO is now the largest bank in the
Philippines in terms of assets, loans and deposits. Its market niche touches the corporate
market, the middle market banking segment and the retail or consumer market.
In the conducted external analysis of BDO (4.3.1.) and its competitor analysis (4.2.2.), it
is shown that BDO’s is equipped in taking effective advantage of opportunities and minimizing
threats. The analysis show that there are opportunities present for BDO to take, such that of the
rise in demand for mobile banking applications, increase in automotive loans and the unification
into a single market come the 2015 ASEAN Economic Integration which pose as challenges that
BDO should overcome. However, there are also threats that BDO should minimize. In the
internal analysis (5.8) and the financial analysis (5.3), it was shown that BDO is in a position that
is proactively upgrading and striving to cater to its clients and providing quality services. It
shows the strengths of BDO as a business, which should be utilized more in answer to
opportunities. Meanwhile, such analysis also showed BDO’s weaknesses that should be
mitigated. it was also found that BDO is in a position to aggressively take on the challenges
posed by the opportunities stated. In doing so, the objectives for BDO formulated were to
increase in net income while maintaining expense, increase in market share, increase in
presence in rural areas and to invest more in technology. In order to achieve such, based on the
strategy formulation matrices (6.1. to 6.7.), it was recommended for BDO to pursue intensive
strategies which are that of product development and market penetration and also horizontal
integration.
I. INTRODUCTION
1. Nature of Business
Banco de Oro Unibank, Inc. or BDO is a universal bank that is involved in providing
financials services to individuals and corporate markets and specializes in lending, deposit-
taking, Foreign, Exchange, brokering, trust and investments, credit cards, corporate cash
management and remittances in the Philippines. BDO belongs to the SM Group of Companies,
one of the country's largest conglomerates, with businesses spanning between retail, mall
operations, property development, and financial services owned by tycoon Henry Sy.
BDO provides services for both individuals and corporations. As for individuals or also
called as personal banking, it offers eBanking; with services such as phone banking, ATM
banking, online banking and mobile banking, trust and investments, account management,
credit card management, loans, remittances and insurance. BDO also offers services to
corporations such as cash management services, trade facilities, investment banking, treasury,
foreign exchange, investment advisory services, insurance, leasing and financing, trust and