In 2013 former ambassador Alfredo Yao, the major shareholder of the bank, was awarded the Grand MVP Bossing title (an annual nationwide search for top Filipino entrepreneurs organized by Manuel V. Pangilinan’s Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company and Go Negosyo) alongside Catherine Dizon-Posas of Dizon Farms, Dr. Mary Chan of Ideal Vision, Michael Deakin of Lifeline Ambulance Rescue Inc., Felix and Prudencio Garcia of Mekeni Food Corp., Glenn Yu of Seaoil Philippines Inc. and Dr. Genevieve Ledesma-Tan of Southville International School and Colleges.[4]