June 25, 2026 — First Standard Finance Corporation was honored at the Grand Ballroom of the Conrad Hong Kong with two international awards from FinanceAsia:
- Best Strategic Initiative – Nonbank Financial Institutions (Domestic)
- Most Innovative Use of Technology – Nonbank Financial Institutions (Domestic)
Accepting the awards were Jacqueline Tan-Sainz, CEO and President of First Standard; and Essa Santos-Gogna, Corporate Marketing Head.
About FinanceAsia Awards 2026
Now in its 30th edition, the FinanceAsia Awards is one of the most respected names in financial recognition across Asia. This year’s edition celebrated institutions that showed determination to deliver exceptional outcomes throughout 2025, through commercial and technical innovations.
Recognition of this kind is rarely owed to a company alone. We see these two awards as testaments to every team member, across its 80 locations throughout the Philippines, who always choose to make the work better for the people we’re serving.
Our Mission Continues
These two wins speak to something specific, and that’s how we work, instead of just what we do.
Best Strategic Initiative recognizes the company’s decisions behind the scenes that will always reflect how Filipinos’ financing needs are changing. Most Innovative Use of Technology highlights how the company continues to build and develop systems that let us move faster and serve clients better; whether it’s through real-time expert advice through social platforms or alternative digital touchpoints for client support.
Our tagline, “The Smart Move,” applies to our own decisions as much as our clients’. Every process we’ve streamlined and every platform we’ve built has been in service of one outcome: helping Filipinos access better opportunities through entrepreneurship and personal investments that will lead to more stable financial futures, with less hurdles along the way.
These awards affirm that our strategy and our technology are working together the way we intended. That’s worth more to us than the recognition itself.
First Standard’s Updated List of International Awards
Here is our full list of international honors, in addition to our latest recognitions:
- Best Property Finance Company Philippines 2026 (Non-banking financial institution category), Global Banking & Finance Awards®
- Fastest Growing Business Funding Company Philippines 2026 (Non-banking financial institution category), Global Banking & Finance Awards®
- Best Property Finance Company Philippines 2025 (Non-banking financial institution category), Global Banking & Finance Awards®
- Fastest Growing Business Funding Company Philippines 2025 (Non-banking financial institution category), Global Banking & Finance Awards®
- Best Business Funding Company Philippines 2022 (Non-banking financial institution category), Global Banking & Finance Awards®
- Best Mortgage Financing Company Philippines 2022 (Non-banking financial institution category), Global Banking & Finance Awards®
Looking back at this list, what stands out for us is trust—the trust our partners and clients have placed in us, again and again.
