Palawan Group wins Marketech awards for data-driven customer engagement

October 27, 2025
2:36PM PHT

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  • Palawan Group wins Silver and Bronze at MarkeTech Asia Awards 2025.
  • Recognized for marketing automation and omni-channel innovation.
  • Data-driven campaigns enhance personalized customer engagement.
  • Bricktech approach fuses digital and human touch in financial services.

The Palawan Group of Companies has clinched its first-ever technology honors at the Marketing Technologies (MarkeTech) Asia Awards 2025, earning Silver for Best Use of Marketing Automation Platform and Bronze for Best Use of Omni-Channel Marketing Platform.

 The recognition underscores how the company’s data-driven automation is redefining customer connection for millions of Filipinos.

Why it matters

Palawan’s award-winning automation campaigns leverage advanced data analytics to deliver personalized updates and timely financial insights to its sukis. This strategy not only boosts engagement but strengthens customer trust—a critical differentiator in an increasingly digital financial landscape.

“These awards are a testament to how innovation and empathy can go hand in hand. By combining data-driven strategies with our bricktech approach, we continue to strengthen our connection with our sukis,” said Bernard Kaibigan, Palawan Group chief marketing officer. “Every day, we ensure that each interaction, whether online or offline, carries the same trust and malasakit that the Palawan Group is known for.”

(From left): Palawan Group executives Jeff Dimaano, head of Integrated Marketing Communication; Gelain Ramos, head of Customer Relations Management; and Bernard Kaibigan, chief marketing officer, with Siddharth Swamy, regional director of Hansa Marketing Services, celebrate the company’s global recognition./Contributed Photo

Driving tech with purpose

For Gelain Ramos, head of customer relations management, the recognition celebrates collaboration and creativity: “This achievement is a proof to the creativity and dedication of our Palawan marketing and product teams, whose data-driven strategies and customer-first innovations continue to strengthen our brand’s connection with Filipinos.”

She also credited marketing consultancies Hansa Cequity and CleverTap for enabling the company’s automation success.

The big picture

Palawan’s twin wins mark a major milestone in its digital transformation, validating its bricktech vision—blending high-tech systems with human-centric service.

As the company expands its digital ecosystem through PalawanPay and nationwide branches, its focus remains clear: using technology not merely for efficiency, but to deepen relationships and drive financial inclusion across the Philippines.

Vanessa Hidalgo/Ed: Daxim L. Lucas

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