Banco San Juan, formally known as the Rural Bank of San Juan, is one of the largest rural bank

Bank

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s in the Philippines

Philippines

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, ranking second in terms of resources. The bank is headquartered in San Juan City, Metro Manila

Metro Manila

Metropolitan Manila , the National Capital Region , or simply Metro Manila, is the metropolitan region encompassing the City of Manila and its surrounding areas in the Philippines...

. It has the distinction for being the first rural bank to join an interbank network

Interbank network

An interbank network, also known as an ATM consortium or ATM network, is a computer network that connects the ATMs of different banks and permits these ATMs to interact with the ATM cards of non-native banks....

, namely BancNet

BancNet

Bancnet, Inc. is a Philippine-based interbank network connecting the ATM networks of more than forty local banks. It is considered the largest interbank network in the Philippines in terms of the number of member banks and annual transactions...

, and the rural bank with the largest branch network on the island of Luzon

Luzon

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. The bank was founded in 1953.

External links

• Banco San Juan
• BancNet