NEWS/PRESS RELEASE
PR-081-19
Date of Release: June 11, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) announced that it started mailing Postal Money Orders (PMOs) to all depositors eligible for outright payment who maintained deposits with the closed East Coast Rural Bank of Hagonoy, Inc. on June 11, 2019, six working days after the bank’s takeover on May 31, 2019.

Eligible for outright payment of deposit insurance are individual depositors with valid deposit balances of PhP100,000 and below who have no outstanding loans with the closed bank, and have complete mailing address in the bank records or updated this information through the PDIC Mailing Address Update Form (MAUF).

PMOs amounting to PhP15,000 and below may be encashed either with the local post office or with the nearest branch of the Land Bank of the Philippines. Meanwhile, PMOs above PhP15,000 may be deposited to the depositor’s account in any local bank.

East Coast Rural Bank of Hagonoy was ordered closed by the Monetary Board through Resolution No. 802.B dated May 30, 2019. It is a single-unit rural bank located at HRBI Compound, G. Panganiban St., Brgy. Santo Niño (Pob.), Hagonoy, Bulacan.

Depositors who have not received their checks after two weeks are advised to contact the Public Assistance Department at telephone numbers (02) 841-4630, or e-mail PDIC at pad@pdic.gov.ph. Depositors outside Metro Manila may call the PDIC Toll Free Hotline at 1-800-1-888-PDIC (7342). Inquiries may also be sent to the official PDIC Facebook account at www.facebook.com/OfficialPDIC.

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The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) was established on June 22, 1963 by Republic Act 3591 to provide depositor protection and help maintain stability in the financial system by providing deposit insurance. Effective June 1, 2009, the maximum deposit insurance coverage is PhP500,000 per depositor. All deposit accounts by a depositor in a closed bank maintained in the same right and capacity shall be added together. A joint account shall be insured separately from any individually-owned deposit account.

PDIC news/press releases and other information are available at the website, www.pdic.gov.ph.

Corporate Communications Dept.
PHILIPPINE DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Tel: (02) 841-4637 / Fax (02) 841-4833
Trunkline: (02) 841-4000
Website: www.pdic.gov.ph.
Email: ccd@pdic.gov.ph
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