Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. secured the overall championship at the second annual FinTech Alliance PH pickleball tournament, finishing ahead of 41 other corporate teams at the Astra Pickleball Center.
The two-day tournament, held Oct. 24-25, drew 422 players representing traditional banks, digital lenders, payment providers and financial regulators. Digital bank Maya finished second in the overall standings, followed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas in third place, GCash in fourth and Land Bank of the Philippines in fifth.
The competition saw participation more than triple compared to the inaugural 2025 tournament, which logged 130 players across 21 organizations.
“That’s more than double the participating organizations and over 3x the number of organizations’ participation growth compared to last year,” FinTech Alliance PH Founding Chairman Lito Villanueva said. (Read More: SSS Names RCBC Best Digital Disbursement Partner for Fourth Consecutive Year)
The inter-industry tournament came amid continued transaction growth across domestic digital financial infrastructure. The central bank recently reported that combined electronic fund transfers via InstaPay and PESONet reached ₱25 trillion, with transaction volume up 124% year on year and transaction value rising 45%.
RCBC locked in the overall title after securing victories in several brackets, including gold medals in both the Novice Men’s Doubles and Low Intermediate Men’s Doubles divisions.
Category winners included:
- Novice Men’s Doubles: Clark Jordan Sison and Jan Ryon Gabrelle Binuluan (RCBC)
- Novice Women’s Doubles: Acie Prepuse and Jacquelyn Quilit (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas)
- Novice Mixed Doubles: Edson De Villa and Warna Tanjulin (Medicard Philippines)
- Low Intermediate Men’s Doubles: Jayson Tubid and Rennier Katigbak (RCBC)
- Low Intermediate Women’s Doubles: Ma. Rhijean Sarenas and Raven Ico (Maya)
- Low Intermediate Mixed Doubles: Christian Jay Tingcang and Abby Ingal (Pickle-boo)
- High Intermediate Men’s Doubles: Eevhan Antenorcruz and Jewel Arcega (Hawaii Barber)
- High Intermediate Women’s Doubles: Camille San Diego and Marjolaine De Castro (GCash)
- High Intermediate Mixed Doubles: Gabriel Rhobert Dy and Denise Bernardo (Maya)
RCBC executives Joey Flor and Lylah Ballaran also won the executive C-Suite division, an exhibition bracket excluded from the overall championship point calculation.
The tournament was held under FinTech Alliance PH’s “Sportstacular 2026” wellness initiative, which launched in September alongside an industry run in Pasig. The trade organization represents more than 170 corporate members across the Philippine digital financial ecosystem. (Read More: FinTech Alliance PH Launches Sportstacular 2026 Sports Initiative with BSP and Banking Partners)
GCash and SandBox Prime served as co-presenters, with backing from sponsors ATRAM Investments, Home Credit, JuanHand, Land Bank of the Philippines and Maya.
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