The Tin Drum album itself peaked just outside the UK Top 10, and was the band's first record to be certified by the BPI, being awarded a Silver disc within a month of release, and reaching Gold status within four months.

* The first step in BPI is to define the existing structure and process at play ( AS-IS ).

The last BPI Awards show was the first of the ceremonies to be broadcast on television, by the BBC.

The last BPI Awards was the first of the ceremonies to be broadcast on live television, by the BBC in 1988.

Smart was one of the first Britpop albums to hit the charts and won the band a BPI gold disc for sales of over 100, 000 copies.

" Peters was the first beautiful music syndicator to sell out its library in the late 1980s to Broadcast Programming, Inc. -- known in the industry as BPI -- which snapped up several other syndicators within the next few years.

Her debut album sold 113, 000 copies in its first week and was eventually certified two times ( 2x ) platinum in October by the BPI.

The song became Williams ' first number-one single in the United Kingdom, shipping over 400, 000 copies and being certified gold by the BPI.

Their second album, The Bends, was released on 13 March 1995 and became the band's first album to peak in the top 10 with it also being awarded triple-platinum status by the BPI and the CRIA.

In 1982, BPI became a universal bank, and in 2000, became the Philippines ' first bancassurance firm, being the first Philippine bank to offer insurance services after acquiring the insurance companies of the Ayala Group, the parent company of the Ayala Corporation.

* BPI is the first bank in the Philippines, and in Southeast Asia.

* BPI is the first bank to issue the Philippine peso

* BPI established the Philippines ' first ATM system, with its ATMs being called Express Tellers.

* Expressnet is also known for its Express Payment System ( EPS ), which was at first the debit card system of the BPI Express Teller ATM card.

* The first local bank in the Philippines to introduce 24 hour branch banking called BPI Express.

* BPI is the first bank in the Philippines to make use of a call center and telephone banking, known as BPI Express Phone

* Launched BPI Express Credit Gold Mastercard with Paysafe System, the country's first EMV ( Europay, MasterCard, Visa ) compliant chip card.

* The first airline co-brand chip credit card issued in the Philippines-BPI SkyMiles MasterCard and BPI SkyMiles Platinum MasterCard with its partner Delta Air Lines.

* BPI issued its first Sustainability Report for 2008 along the Global Reporting Initiatives ( GRI ) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, the first in the banking industry.

* The first bank to introduced " Bank Anywhere " capability by allowing clients of the bank to transact at any of its more than 800 BPI branches ' free of charge '

Expressnet was founded on February 14, 1986, when the ATMs of Bank of the Philippine Islands ( BPI ) and its subsidiary, BPI Family Savings Bank, the founders of Expressnet, were connected for the first time.

Expressnet is also known for its Express Payment System ( EPS ), which was at first the debit card system of the BPI Express Teller ATM card.

Bank of the Philippine Islands ( Spanish: Banco de las Islas Filipinas, commonly known as BPI ; ) is the oldest bank in the Philippines still in operation and is the country's third largest bank in terms of assets, the country's largest bank in terms of market capitalization, and the country's most profitable bank.

BPI also pioneered rural banking in the Philippines, as its countryside banking operations preceded that of many other banks ' rural banking operations by many years.

Following World War II, BPI was actively involved in the post-war reconstruction of the Philippines.

In 1949, with the establishment of the Central Bank of the Philippines ( now the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas ), BPI ( and other banks issuing Philippine currency ) lost the right to issue Philippine pesos, a right it had since the Spanish colonial era and ( with competition from other banks ) during the American colonial period.

* BPI pioneered the concept of the banking kiosk in the Philippines, with its kiosks being called Express Banking Centers or EBCs or by its older name, the Convenience Banking Center.

BancNet was founded on July 17, 1990 as the Philippines ' second ATM consortium when the ATMs of eight banks, PCI Bank ( now Banco de Oro ), Security Bank, Chinabank, RCBC, Allied Bank, Metrobank, International Corporate Bank ( now part of UnionBank ), and Citytrust Savings Bank ( now part of BPI ), formed BancNet.

MegaLink was formed in September 1989 by Equitable Banking Corporation ( now merged with BDO ), Far East Bank and Trust Company ( now part of BPI ), Philippine National Bank, and United Coconut Planters Bank, MegaLink, with its fundamental belief in universal sharing, became the first operational shared ATM network in the Philippines.

In addition he was a patron of the young Ludwig van Beethoven, who was born in Bonn in 1770 ; the elector financed the composer's first journey to Vienna.

Baddeck would be the site of his experiments with hydrofoil technologies as well as the Aerial Experiment Association, financed by his wife, which saw the first powered flight in the British Empire when the AEA Silver Dart took off from the ice-covered waters of Bras d ' Or Lake.

In 1937, Armstrong financed construction of the first FM radio station, W2XMN, a 40 kilowatt broadcaster in Alpine, New Jersey.

The Z3, the first fully operational electromechanical computer, was partially financed by German government-supported DVL ( Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt, i. e. German Research Institute for Aviation ), which wanted their extensive calculations automated.

Although officially denied by the Nigerian government, Nigeria is known to have also provided secret military training at the Kaduna first mechanized army division and provided other material support to Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe's guerrilla forces during the Rhodesian Bush War ( Renamed Zimbabwe in 1979 ) of independence against white minority rule of Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith which was armed and financed by the regime in South Africa.

") He soon became the pastor and overseer of the Brethren meeting, at first over a stable but shortly, under Gosse's preaching and peacemaking, in finer quarters — which he perhaps financed himself.

Peckinpah's next film, Major Dundee ( 1965 ), was the first of Peckinpah's many unfortunate experiences with the major studios that financed his productions.

A team of Lillywhite, Alfred Shaw and Arthur Shrewsbury financed England's next tour to North America and Australia, in 1881 / 2, and it was during this tour that the first accusations of match fixing appeared, during England's match against a Victoria XI.

The Company financed the first permanent English settlement in the " New World ", Jamestown.

Robert Dudley financed the lifestyle expected of a royal favourite by large loans from City of London merchants until in April 1560 Elizabeth granted him his first export licence, worth £ 6, 000 p. a.

The construction of the accelerator HERA was one of the first really internationally financed projects of this magnitude.

Frances Perkins had first suggested a federally financed public works program, and the idea received considerable support from Harold L. Ickes, James Farley, and Henry Wallace.

Unlike other forms of conventional financed mortgage insurance, the UFMIP on an FHA loan is prorated over a three year period, meaning should the homeowner refinance or sell during the first three years of the loan, they are entitled to a partial refund of the UFMIP paid at loan inception.

The first Belmont Stakes was held at Jerome Park Racetrack in The Bronx, built in 1866 by stock market speculator Leonard Jerome ( 1817 – 1891 ) and financed by August Belmont, Sr. ( 1816 – 1890 ), for whom the race was named.

Anaïs Nin became his lover and financed the first printing of Tropic of Cancer in 1934 with money from Otto Rank.

At some time in the 1480s Christopher Columbus had his first meeting at the " Casa de la Entrevista " with the Reyes Católicos, Ferdinand and Isabella, who financed the travel for the Discovery of America.

Samuel W. Fordyce and two other entrepreneurs financed the construction of the first luxury hotel in the area, the first Arlington Hotel which opened in 1875.

The first wharf at Pismo was built in 1882, followed by a full length pier built in 1924 that was financed and constructed by William Woodrow Ward who allowed full use of it by the public.

The first silk mill in the United States was constructed in Mansfield and financed by pilgrim descendent, William Fisk.

Under a program managed by MSFC, ten Europeans nations jointly designed, built, and financed the first Spacelab through the European Space Research Organisation ( ESRO.

Blees was responsible for the construction of several of the town's commercial buildings and the town's first sewage system ; founded the local horseless carriage factory, the first theater, and the First National Bank of Macon, and he financed the paving of the town's streets on a 50-50 basis with the city.

The first land lot sale financed the new town's public buildings and paid some part of the elected official ’ s salaries.

Highway 70 was the first paved road to be built in the state and was financed by the first bonds sold by the state to build highways.