{"id":23617,"date":"2017-11-29T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T00:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=23617"},"modified":"2017-11-29T15:06:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T07:06:31","slug":"the-ark-by-unionbank-phs-first-fully-digital-bank-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/11\/29\/the-ark-by-unionbank-phs-first-fully-digital-bank-branch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ark by UnionBank: PH\u2019s first fully digital bank branch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On November 27, UnionBank has launched their newest bank branch in Makati called <strong>The ARK<\/strong>, tagged as the \u201cfirst fully digital bank branch in the Philippines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23618\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub1-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Bank ambassadors at The ARK by UnionBank<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The ARK provides an interactive experience for all its clients, as they have created a space where digital technology is made use of. Simply put, The ARK is a new digital platform experience in banking; a concept branch that provides unparalleled service for all clients.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23620\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>From L-R: Ana Aboitiz-Delgado, Deputy Center Head and Chief User Experience Officer, Chuchi Fonacier, Deputy Governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, and UnionBank Chairman and CEO Justo Ortiz<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The ARK showcases spaces that anyone can use to comfortably do their transactions, without the hassle of queuing and hardly any forms that need to be filled in. Digital natives will love their touchscreen discovery zones where they can simply help themselves to look for their banking needs. For those who aren\u2019t into digital yet, they have bank ambassadors who will be there to assist you in your banking needs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23623\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub6.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub6-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub6-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23624\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub7.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub7-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub7-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ARK also houses conference rooms for transactions; it is also a third space where people can do their bank transactions, get their work done, use their high-speed WiFi, as you enjoy their coffee on the house.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23619\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub2-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As per UnionBank President and Chief Operations Officer (COO) Edwin Bautista, \u201cThe ARK was established by UnionBank to address the common pain points in banking. Every client here receives the proverbial VIP service. It is also meant to satisfy the diverse and changing needs of our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0The Ark by UnionBank is located at G\/F, Insular Life Building, Ayala Avenue cor. Paseo de Roxas, Makati City.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s to new concepts in the Philippine banking industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,94],"tags":[884,4628,4627,4626],"class_list":["post-23617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events","category-press-release","tag-banking","tag-digital-bank","tag-the-ark","tag-unionbank"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/ub3-e1511938523127.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23617"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23629,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23617\/revisions\/23629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}