Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said they are about to issue “second-phase regulation” to make the banking sector more responsive to risks in transitioning to a low-carbon economy including climate change scenarios. “Banks may gradually consider the future...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will allow banks to have a higher single borrower's limit (SBL) of 30 percent until end-December this year, and to reclassify bad loans reporting pending the full operationalization of the Financial Institutions Strategic Transfer (FIST) Act. These amendments...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is proposing to allow banks to set up their own satellite broadband similar to Bank Rakyat of Indonesia's $250 million satellite for its digital or branchless operations. BSP Governor Benjamin E. Diokno, the Duterte administration’s former budget chief, has...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) issued a clarification Monday that there will be no grace period for loan payments during the seven-day enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) status while on Holy Week break. The BSP told banks who made the inquiry that the 30-day grace period under the Bayanihan...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), which has returned to stricter health protocols with the recent increase in COVID-19 cases, is reminding banks to do the same while movement restrictions are in place to stem the more infectious virus-variants transmission. Most banks, especially big banks,...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will likely consider the withdrawal of COVID-19 monetary and banking policy interventions after mid-2022 when the economy is expected to have returned to pre-pandemic growth levels, and assuming herd immunity against the virus has been achieved around the same...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has increased the number of national IDs it will print this year to 70 million from the previous target of 45 million, according to its highest-ranking official. “BSP is committed to deliver the card volume requirements of the PSA (Philippine Statistics...
Philippines’ foreign assets reached $109.082 billion as of end-February, higher than $108.673 billion in January, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported. The gross international reserves or GIR, which are invested in foreign-issued securities, monetary gold, and foreign exchange, is 11.7...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said Thursday that the inflation rate will reach its peak in the second quarter months of April to June and that so far, there is limited evidence of second-round effects. A vegetable seller tends to a client at Paco Market. A vegetable...
Foreign direct investments (FDI) last year dropped 24.6 percent to a net inflow of $6.542 billion from $8.671 billion in 2019, but it was more than the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) $6-billion projection for 2020. “The disruptive impact of the pandemic on global supply chains and the weak...
Local share prices rose on continued bargain hunting on the back of gains in the US bourses overnight. Photo credit: PSE Information Desk The main index advanced 41.49 points or 0.61 percent to close at 6,808.32 with only the Financials and Mining and Oil counters retreating. A total of 9.14...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is projecting inflation to rise to 4.7 percent in February versus 4.2 percent in January. BSP Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said the forecast range is a low of 4.3 percent to a high of 5.1 percent for the said month. Diokno, quoting the BSP’s Department of...
