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ORO INTEGRATED COOPERATIVE (OIC) is an open type primary cooperative serving its members for over 45 years. Organized in 1965 and was registered in in 1966, it started from a humble beginning of 28 founding members and initial capital of P88.00. OIC now ranks amongst the country’s leading cooperative serving more than 50,000 members from its 14 branches strategically located in the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon in Mindanao, and Bohol in the Visayas.

OIC offers tailored fit financial services to various members’ financial needs and provide opportunities to members for personal financial and business growth.

OIC is an affiliate of National Confederation of Cooperatives or NATCCO, Philippines biggest cooperative federation and the Mindanao Alliance of Self-Help Societies-Southern Philippines Educational Cooperative Center or MASS-SPECC based in Tiano-Yacapin Streets, Cagayan de Oro City.

Brief History:

Organized and founded in Cagayan de Oro City by 28 founding members in 1965, originally known as Oro Credit Union, it started with a modest start-up capital of eighty-eight pesos (P88.00). The founding members also serve as the first set of officers and management. Hard work, perseverance, loyalty and dedication to the cause of the cooperative movement were the core values instituted. In 1991 it took on a new name Oro Integrated Cooperative or OIC to cater to the demands of growth, as it envisioned a bigger and better scope of coverage and projected a dynamic progress towards excellence. OIC became a household name with over 45 years of service to its members, delivering quality products and tailored fit financial services in its effort to live to its Mission “To offer Financial, Business and Social Services to help improve the Quality of Life of the Members and the Communities”. Indeed, over the years, big and small success stories of members’ achievements and overcoming the odds were told which help build OIC’s stature in the hearts of its loyal and active members.

OIC gained the trust of the people and the membership grew to more than 50,000 active and loyal members and assets increased to more than 1 Billion Pesos. OIC now has 14 branches situated in key cities and provinces in Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon and Bohol in the Visayas. Six (6) Branches are located in the heart of Cagayan de Oro City (Yacapin, Puerto, Carmen, Bulua, Agora and Cogon), Two (2) are in key cities in Misamis Oriental (Gingoog and El Salvador), four (4) branches in the Bukidnon Province (Talakag, Manolo Fortich, Aglayan, and Baungon) and two (2) in the Province of Bohol located in Tagbilaran City and Ubay.

OIC also earned the trust, confidence and respect of the community, owner of various awards and citations from different reputable award giving bodies in recognition of OIC’s adherence to the internationally accepted standards of service, it takes pride in its achievement as the country’s first cooperative that opened its own Automated Teller Machine or ATM, with its launching graced by no less than the former President Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

OIC is now recognized as a member of the top cooperatives in the Philippines and this is all because of the consolidated effort of its dynamic and supportive Officers and through the effort of its professional and dedicated management and staff.