Month: January 2012

December 3, 2011– A special award in honor of the country’s number one pawnshop, Cebuana Lhuillier, was given to the Vivian Valiry Vispo from Tanauan in the Mutya ng Batangan 2011 in Calaca, Batangas. Vivian was also awarded 1st runner-up and Ms. Tourism. The Cebuana Lhuillier team offered 24k Cebuana Cards and Alagang Cebuana Plus certificates during the event.

Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop has been the leading pawnshop chain in the Philippines with over 1,500 branches across the country—from Aparri to Tawi-Tawi. For 25 years now, Cebuana has been true to its slogan “Walang Kapantay Magpahalaga” through the incomparable services that the company offers to its customers- this includes — pawning, local and international remittance, insurance, bills payment, e-load, collection, and foreign exchange. Founded in 1987 by the current Philippine envoy to Portugal, Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier is currently managed by its President and CEO, Jean Henri Lhuillier.

With health as one of its thrusts, the PJ Lhuillier Foundation, Inc. (PJLFI) in partnership with the Mary Mother of the Poor Foundation (MMPF), held a medical and dental Mission on November 20, 2011 at the Shrine of Monte Maria in Alfonso, Cavite. More than 100 patients were given free medical consultations and medicine and 28 patients were given free dental check-ups and tooth extractions.

The Mary Mother of the Poor Foundation, a charitable group headed by the healing priest, Father Fernando Suarez, regularly conducts medical and dental mission for the benefit of its pilgrims. This year, the PJLFI co-sponsored the event in support of MMPF’s advocacy to help the disadvantaged especially its religious devotees who need health attention.

Together with volunteers from Cebuana Lhuillier in Southern Luzon, the team assisted the medical and dental group who conducted the medical check-ups for poor residents of Brgy. Amuyong, Alfonso, Cavite. Services provided were blood pressure checking, blood sugar test, medical consultation, basic dental check-up and tooth extraction. Medicine for common ailments and vitamins prescribed by the medical professionals were also provided to the patients by United Laboratories, Inc. (UNILAB).

In photo: Ergilio Ong, PJ Lhuillier Incorporated chief information officer; James Velasquez, IBM Philippines country general manager; Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier, PJ Lhuillier Inc. chairman; and Jean Henri Lhuillier, PJ Lhuillier, Inc. president and chief executive officer.

Makati City, November 28, 2011: PJ Lhuillier Incorporated (PJLI) recently strengthened its IT infrastructure with IBM BladeCentre servers and IBM’s latest eX5 systems to support the company’s continuous growth nationwide. The new IBM systems will also help PJLI address increasing customer demands and better prepare for the anticipated surge of business transactions in the last quarter of the year.

The IBM Blade Centre server is a highly integrated system comprising of blade servers, storage, management and networking options which help reduce management complexity, increase performance and energy-efficiency. It also significantly reduces costs with a highly reliable and flexible design that deters the need for "rip and replace" as capacity needs change.

As part of the solution, IBM BladeCentre HS22 blade servers will provide hot-swap drives and integrated systems management tools, common across all new x86 servers, to help improve the economics of PJLI’s current infrastructure, including fueling faster performance to a reduction in IT footprint, energy and connectivity costs.

In addition, the IBM BladeCenter HX5 server will deliver innovation with enhanced scalability, reliability, and availability features, to enable optimal performance for PJLI’s enterprise applications. The extended memory capabilities offered by IBM eX5 Systems enables the x3850 X5 to achieve new levels of productivity and will help PJLI to double their virtualization capacity, and assist in their most data-demanding applications. The combination of these capabilities will power PJLI’s production and back up systems to create a positive impact on all of the other key components of IT cost — space, power, labor, maintenance.

About PJLI

PJLI manages and operates over 1,500 Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop (CLP) branches nationwide led by Current Philippine Ambassador to Portugal Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier. CLP continues to be the leading pawnshop company in the Philippines. PJLI also makes its mark in other industries such as international and local remittance, non-life insurance, rural banking, retail (jewelry and health and wellness products), hotel management, information technology management, sports, and real estate/property management.

About IBM

As IBM celebrates its centennial in 2011, it continues to increase clients’ innovativeness, efficiency and competitiveness through business insights and information technology solutions. Through its Smarter Planet strategy, IBM helps companies, governments and cities infuse intelligence into the systems and processes that make the world work smarter— from power grids, buildings and roadways to agriculture and waterways. IBM's clients consist of many different kinds of enterprises and represent every major industry and endeavor.

Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop has been the leading pawnshop chain in the Philippines with over 1,500 branches across the country—from Aparri to Tawi-Tawi. For 25 years now, Cebuana has been true to its slogan “Walang Kapantay Magpahalaga” through the incomparable services that the company offers to its customers- this includes — pawning, local and international remittance, insurance, bills payment, e-load, collection, and foreign exchange. Founded in 1987 by the current Philippine envoy to Portugal, Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier is currently managed by its President and CEO, Jean Henri Lhuillier.

In photo are Dr. Fermin D. Adriano, Madre De Amor Hospice Foundation president; Manuel C. Lozano, MADHF chairman; Ambassador Philippe Lhuillier, PJ Lhuillier Foundation, Inc. chairman of the board; Jean Henri Lhuillier, PJ Lhuillier, Inc. president and chief executive officer; and Atty. Cesar Vidal, PJ Lhuillier Foundation, Inc. executive trustee.

"The PJ Lhuillier Foundation, Inc. recently turned over a trust fund worth one million pesos to Madre de Amor Hospice Foundation, Inc. (MDAHFI).

"The trust fund, named Ambassador Philippe J Lhuillier Family Perpetual Trust Fund, will provide funds for MDAHFI’s various projects and will be invested in the Cebuana Lhuillier Bank.

"The Perpetual Trust Fund is given by the Lhuillier family in loving memory of the father and two siblings of Ambassador Lhuillier’s spouse, Mrs. Edna Diago Lhuillier, who all suffered from cancer.

"MDAHFI is a non-stock, non-profit organization which has been caring for the terminally ill since 1994."

Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop has been the leading pawnshop chain in the Philippines with over 1,500 branches across the country—from Aparri to Tawi-Tawi. For 25 years now, Cebuana has been true to its slogan “Walang Kapantay Magpahalaga” through the incomparable services that the company offers to its customers- this includes — pawning, local and international remittance, insurance, bills payment, e-load, collection, and foreign exchange. Founded in 1987 by the current Philippine envoy to Portugal, Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier is currently managed by its President and CEO, Jean Henri Lhuillier.

Cebuana Lhuillier Livelihood Program goes to Butuan City and Dumaguete to teach loyal Cebuana clients helpful livelihood skills.

Livelihood seminars in Dumaguete and Butuan marked the successful close of Cebuana Lhuillier’s Livelihood Program this year.

Featuring peanut butter-making for Dumaguete and meat-processing for Butuan, the two seminars invited loyal Cebuana Lhuillier clients who were interested in starting their own businesses.

The two seminars are the last of eight runs nationwide, which taught clients dimsum-making, peanut butter-making, meat-processing, and beads & crafts.

Cebuana Lhuillier has made your online shopping experience easier and more convenient. You can now pay your online bills for Anti-Fit, Groupon Beeconomics, and Travel Online in any of our over 1,500 branches nationwide.

Anti-Fit, a sister company of Jag, is an online selling site of ready-to-wear tops, exclusive jeans and denims, and custom-made jeans. To pay your Anti-Fit bills, just fill out a Pera Padala form, present your Anti-Fit reference number, indicate Anti-Fit as the recipient of your payment, and pay the amount.

Beeconomic Philippines (www.beeconomic.com.ph) is an online group buying site that offers daily deals on food, drink, clothing, and services. To pay your Groupon Beeconomic bills, just fill out a Pera Padala form, indicate Groupon Beeconomic as the recipient of their payment, and pay the amount.

TravelOnline (www.travelonline.ph) offers a one-stop-shop for the Filipinos travel needs. To pay your Travel Online bills, just fill out a Pera Padala form with, put Travel Online or Travelonline.ph as recipient, and pay the amount.

Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop has been the leading pawnshop chain in the Philippines with over 1,500 branches across the country—from Aparri to Tawi-Tawi. For 25 years now, Cebuana has been true to its slogan “Walang Kapantay Magpahalaga” through the incomparable services that the company offers to its customers- this includes — pawning, local and international remittance, insurance, bills payment, e-load, collection, and foreign exchange. Founded in 1987 by the current Philippine envoy to Portugal, Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier is currently managed by its President and CEO, Jean Henri Lhuillier.

All 24k cardholders may now get the estimated appraisal rate for their item, get the renewal or redemption cost estimate of their transaction, and check the status of remittance online through the 24k Online client portal (www.24konline.com.ph). Registered members may also check their accumulated 24k card points and locate the nearest Cebuana Lhuillier branch through the website.

Follow these simple steps to register with 24k Online:

1. Go to 24konline.com.ph.
2. Click “Register”.
3. Accomplish the registration template. The information provided should be consistent with your data in the CIS (Customer Information Sheet) record.
4. If you agree with the terms and conditions, check the box
5. Click “Sign Up” button.
6. Email notification will be sent providing the link to complete the registration

In photo (from left to right): Philippe Andre D. Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier Services Corporation vice president; Daniel Ayala, Wells Fargo executive vice president and global remittance services director; Jean Henri Lhuillier, PJ Lhuillier, Inc. president and chief executive officer; and Alberto Guera, Uniteller Financial Services chief executive officer.

Cebuana Lhuillier has announced a new remittance alliance with Wells Fargo & Company, one of North America’s most extensive financial services providers, to extend its consumer remittance payout network in the Philippines. Money sent through the Wells Fargo ExpressSend® Service can now be claimed from any of the more than 1,500 Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop or Pera Padala stand-alone branches nationwide.

ExpressSend customers can send up to $1,000 a day to Cebuana Lhuillier branches for $5 if originated from an eligible Wells Fargo account ($7 if originated from cash).

“Through our partnership with Wells Fargo, Filipinos and their families in the U.S. can count on Cebuana Lhuillier for convenient and the quick payout of transactions. We are open to serve clients seven days a week and over 35 of our branches in key areas are now operating 24 hours a day,” said Jean Henri Lhuillier, president and CEO of PJ Lhuillier, Inc., the umbrella company of Cebuana Lhuillier.

Wells Fargo has more than 34,100 payment locations in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, the Philippines, India, Vietnam and China.

October 18, 2011 – PJ Lhuillier, Inc.’s banking arm, Cebuana Lhuillier Bank (CLB), held a financial and business literacy seminar for Cebuana Lhuillier clients who receive remittance from their loved ones abroad.

Themed “Negosyanteng Pinoy sa Magandang Kinabukasan,” the seminar intends to educated Pera Padala recipients on how to use and invest the hard-earned money sent by their loved ones.

Speakers of the event were Leo Escaño, CLB president; Honey Dawn Romatico, CLB micro-finance manager; and Armando Bartolome, GMB Ranchise Developers. Inc. president.

For more details on the services of CLB, go to www.cebuanalhuillierbank.com.

Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop has been the leading pawnshop chain in the Philippines with over 1,500 branches across the country—from Aparri to Tawi-Tawi. For 25 years now, Cebuana has been true to its slogan “Walang Kapantay Magpahalaga” through the incomparable services that the company offers to its customers- this includes — pawning, local and international remittance, insurance, bills payment, e-load, collection, and foreign exchange. Founded in 1987 by the current Philippine envoy to Portugal, Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier is currently managed by its President and CEO, Jean Henri Lhuillier.