The pilot testing of the new Comprehensive Credit and Equity Exposures (COCREE) report will be extended until Aug. 31 this year to allow both big and medium-sized banks time to familiarize and to comply with the reporting rules, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) announced.
COCREE is designed to capture granular borrower/counterparty information for all credit and equity exposures of BSP supervised financial institutions (BSFIs).
Memorandum No. M-2022-027 signed by BSP Deputy Governor Chuchi G. Fonacier last May 26, said the pilot testing will use test records that “fall anywhere within/between reporting periods March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2022.”

“BSFIs are strongly urged to capitalize on the opportunity to pilot test the prescribed XML-COCREE reporting protocols and rules prior to its live implementation. Records submitted during the pilot phase are primarily for testing purposes only and cannot be considered as live submission,” said Fonacier.
The live implementation will start with the June 30 reporting period. The submission is quarterly during the first four reporting quarters and will transition to monthly starting with reporting period April 30, 2023, according to the memo.
Penalties for COCREE reporting violations will begin on July 31 next year.
The COCREE report covers the big banks or the universal/commercial banks, thrift banks, non-bank financial institutions with quasi-banking functions, trust corporation subsidiaries, and digital banks. There will be different dates for the quarterly submissions per banking sector. The covered banks are required to submit a COCREE report through the BSP’s financial institution portal.
The BSP first released the COCREE circular in December 2021. The report will improve BSP’s monitoring of banks’ exposures to individuals, companies and groups and to detect emerging risks that could damage the financial system.