Homegrown multi-billionaire Tagum Coop renewed the A-one competitive Choice for Excellence in Service and Soundness (ACCESS) Silver brand from the Association of Asian Confederation of Credit Unions (ACCU) in 2016.
This was recently confirmed by Ms. Sylvia Paraguya, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Confederation of Cooperatives (NATCCO), the federation which sent the ACCESS validators at Tagum Coop from July 18 to 20.
The four-man validators led by Ms. Daisybelle Cabal noted improvement in the systems of the Cooperative based on the recommendations drawn last year.
First branded with bronze in 2014, Tagum Coop levelled up to Silver in 2015 and renewed such category this year.
Compared last year, Tagum Coop recorded an increase in three perspectives setting the mark to pass the standards of the ACCESS Silver Category.
ACCESS is an ACCU-developed quality assurance tool with preset 84 indicators of excellence guided by four key perspectives which are on Finance, Customer-member, Internal Business Process, and Learning and Growth.
With the brand, members are assured of financial soundness and excellent services of the Cooperative as it follows international standards.
The ACCESS Silver Certification will be formally awarded to Tagum Cooperative during the ACCU Forum on September 8, 2016 at Incheon, South Korea where thousands of cooperators in Asia gather to discuss cooperative matters in the region.
ACCU, according to its website, is a regional member based organization of credit unions and cooperatives in Asia envisioning to play a vital role in regional credit union development and to make credit unions more relevant community-based financial institutions. (Tagum Cooperative)