The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has identified the Philippine Peso Real-Time Gross Settlement (PhP-RTGS) payment system, which it owns and operates, as a systemically important payment system (SIPS). This means the PhP-RTGS as SIPS is a payment system “which poses or has the potential to...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said there is no target or limit in their green bonds investments as part of its strategic asset allocation (SAA). The SAA is applied to the country’s accumulated $106.5-billion gross international reserves (GIR), which Diokno said...
Banks have written off P4.943 billion of bad loans in the first six months of this year, up by 212.8 percent from only P1.436 billion same time in 2020. The 46 universal and commercial banks accounted for P4.920 billion of the total bad debts written off during the period, according to Bangko...
The banking sector reported cumulative net profits of P122.67 billion as of end-June, it grew by 42.88 percent year-on-year from P85.85 billion, based on Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data. The recovering economy has pushed banks’ income to post modest growths despite the pandemic and the...
For the first time this year, banks’ non-performing loans (NPL) ratio slightly dipped to 4.48 percent in June, cutting off a steadily rising bad loans since January. The 4.48 percent NPL ratio is still a 12-year high, and the last time NPL ratio was near this level was January 2009 with 4.46...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said over the weekend that despite the no mandatory loan moratorium during the two-week hard lockdown, financial consumers and clients may still avail or seek relief measures from their respective banks. The two Bayanihan laws, which provided huge economic...
The peso closed lower  at P49.75 to the US dollar Wednesday, (August 4) from P49.61 the previous day. The weighted average rate appreciated to P49.717 from P49.845. Total volume amounted to $1.041.45 billion according to the Bankers Association of the Philippines.Â
The peso closed lower at P49.90 to the US dollar Monday (August 2) from P49.97 last Friday. The weighted average rate appreciated to P49.998 from P50.223. Total volume amounted to $776.52 million according to the Bankers Association of the Philippines.Â
The central bank said it has registered $334.51 million of foreign portfolio net inflows in June, reversing the $235.14 million net outflows same time in 2020, as foreign investors continue to show confidence in the recovering economy although at slower pace than anticipated. The June net inflows,...
The country’s domestic claims of Other Financial Corporations (OFCs) went up by nine percent year-on-year to P6.815 trillion as of end-first quarter 2021 from P6.251 trillion due to higher claims from the private sector and depository corporations (DCs). OFCs are trust entities, private and...
The peso closed  higher  at P49.97  to the US dollar Friday, (July 30) from P50.305 the previous day.   The weighted average rate appreciated to P50.223  from P50.342. Total volume amounted to $1.364.56 billion according to the Bankers Association of the Philippines.Â
The peso closed higher at P50.37 to the US dollar Wednesday,  (July 28) from P50.42 the previous day.   The weighted average rate depreciated to P50.39 from P50.338. Total volume amounted to $686.5 million according to the Bankers Association of the Philippines.Â