Land Bank of the Philippines ( Filipino: Bangko sa Lupa ng Pilipinas ), also known as LANDBANK or by its initials, LBP, is a bank in the Philippines owned by the Philippine government with a special focus on serving the needs of farmers and fishermen.

LANDBANK was also required by the decree to provide timely and adequate support in all phases involved in the execution of agrarian reform and also increased its authorized capital to 3 billion pesos.

LANDBANK became the financial intermediary for the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program ( CARP ) in 1988.

Unlike most Philippine banks, LANDBANK has an extensive rural branch network.

LANDBANK is the fourth largest bank in the Philippines in terms of assets and is the largest government-owned bank.

LANDBANK was established on August 8, 1963 as part of the Agricultural Land Reform Code, or Republic Act No. 3844 to help with land reform, especially the purchase of agricultural estates for division and resale to small landholders and the purchase of land by the agricultural lessee.

By 1973, LANDBANK was in financial distress.

The decree granted LANDBANK a universal banking license ( the first bank in the Philippines to be issued such a license ) with a social mission to spur countryside development.

LANDBANK was reorganized in 1977 when it was divided into three sectors to better assess the needs of its customers.

Also in this year, Union Bank of the Philippines ( UnionBank ) was formed, with LANDBANK having a 40-percent stake in the government-owned commercial bank.

LANDBANK competes against the major banks such as Metrobank, BPI, Banco de Oro and Philippine National Bank.

On the other end of the spectrum, LANDBANK takes on a dual role with the Development Bank of the Philippines, which is another government-owned bank.

* LANDBANK has a total of 324 branches nationwide.

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