UnionBank taps Globe unit for fleet management solutions

MANILA, Philippines — Union Bank of the Philippines has tapped a leading digital solutions platform for better efficiency and personnel productivity in the company’s managed vehicles.

As part of the partnership, UnionBank aims to utilize the wide range of fleet management solutions offered by Globe Business, which are powered by Globe’s next-generation connectivity and expansive nationwide coverage enabled by its thousands of cell towers located in strategic areas nationwide.

The partnership aims to improve correspondence between UnionBank’s vehicles and their communication centers, top-notch internet connectivity for each vehicle for better use of relevant in-vehicle tools and apps, and stronger security measures to protect the vehicles and their operators especially while on the road.

The tie up also aims to help UnionBank serve its customers across different segments better, while making it easier for its fleet personnel, as well as those who work in its bank branches being served by the vehicles, to perform their roles more effectively in line with bank’s goal of promoting inclusive prosperity in the country.

With the bank’s drive to Tech Up Pilipinas and be an enabler of the Philippines’ push to be a G20 country by 2050, UnionBank cash services group head Vincent Paul Castillo said it partnered with Globe Business to co-create innovations that are crucial to the success of its Digital Transformation Plan.

“Together, we innovated technology derived from our internal and external customers’ unique experiences and perspectives,” Castillo said.

Rommel Galang, chief security officer and head of security management group at UnionBank, said that the solution would ensure productivity, save fuel costs, and offer fleet management efficiency.

“In line with the desire to deliver innovative solutions, we stand firm with the Bank’s promises to power the future of banking through innovation,” Galang said.