One Network Bank has set aside P212 million in capital expenditure this year with half of it for its main center and another P35 million for electronic banking technology.
The bank said in a statement it has earmarked P120 million for a seven-story main corporate center, a 9,670-square meter building which will have a footprint of 1,182 square meters per floor and an additional of 1,296 square meters for its basement.
The new building will have a three state-of-the art training rooms, a 200-seater modern cafeteria, two executive dining lunges, a customer service call center, a modern data center, an executive committee conference room equipped with a videoconferencing facility and a roofdeck that can accommodate 1,000 people.
Aside from the multipurpose room for meetings and sports activities, the roofdeck will also have a chapel and a gym. The basement, on the other hand, will have 80 parking spaces, half of them for clients of the bank.
The bank will again set aside another P120 million for the furniture and other facilities for the centerm which is scheduled to be completed in March next year.
The building will house the 325-member head office unit of the bank, an indication of its “commitment to providing better and more streamlined services to its countryside clients.”
As part of its investment in technology, the bank is also setting up 36 automated teller machines this year to boost its fleet to 140 machines by the end of the year. This will cost the bank P17 million.
The bank is also unveiling an P11-million Online Bank, an electronic banking system that will allow its clients to do banking transactions through the Internet, pay their bills and transfer money to other bank accounts.
To strengthen its customer service, the bank is also investing P3 million for its call center facility which will have a call center number of (082)233-7777, while another P4 million for the acquisition of a software for its electronic banking technology.
The bank is also opening its branch in Makati City this year, part of its plan to open five branches within the year that will also include those in Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat, Sangali, Zamboanga City and a second branch in Butuan City. Another part of the plan is a branch in Baganga, Davao Oriental.
The bank has also allocated P14 million to buy sites for its branches in Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte; Surigao City; and Libungan, South Cotabato. It is also renovating its branches in Bansalan, Davao del Sur; Don Carlos, Bukidnon; Monkayo and Compostela, Compostela Valley.
