CALASIAO, Pangasinan – Senatorial candidate Luis "Chavit" Singson stressed the need for every Filipino to have their own bank account to enable them to save and avoid vices.  

SINGSON

"Ang pagkakaroon ng bank account ay para makapag-impok ang isang mamamayan at makaiwas sa bisyo. Dahil kung ano man ang sobra sa kayang kinikita, nauuwi minsan sa bisyo," he said in an ambush interview at the Monarch Hotel in this town on Saturday night.

(A bank account will enable the people to save money and avoid vices. People’s extra money sometimes go to vices)

“Andiyan ang sabong, sugal, alak, at iba pang bisyo na puwede nila gamitin sa sobra nilang pera. Kaysa gamitin sa bisyo, mas maganda itabi na lang ito sa bangko."

(Better save your money in a bank instead of spending it on cockfighting, gambling, liquor)  

"Kailangan ng bawat Pilipino ang magkaroon ng sariling bank account," the former Ilocos Sur governor said.

(Every Filipino must have their own bank account)

Singson has introduced VBank.PH online banking to provide Filipinos with a bank account without the hassle of ever going to the bank.

"You usually go to the bank and present various identification cards and documents before they could process your account. Dito sa VBank, selfie mo lang eh sapat na," he said.

(You usually go to the bank and present various identification cards and documents before they could process your account. In VBank, a selfie is enough)

Singson said that VBank aims to provide a platform for Filipinos that even minimum wage earners can save their money there.

"This allows them to save their excess money and use it for a rainy day. Iba kasi pag may hawak na sobra, sa bisyo kagad napupunta," he said.

(This allows them to save their excess money and use it for a rainy day. If you have extra money, it goes to vices)

Singson will launch the VBank app, a digital banking platform designed to improve financial inclusion in the Philippines, on Sunday, Dec. 15, during the Blackout Festival in Quezon City.