Senator Ralph Recto yesterday sought for an accounting of the funds being allocated to government financial institutions for lending to the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Senator Ralph Recto (Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN) This transpired at the Senate hearing for the...
Senator Ralph Recto yesterday sought for an accounting of the funds being allocated to government financial institutions for lending to the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Senator Ralph Recto (Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN) This transpired at the Senate hearing for the...
Keeps accommodative policy MB File Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said he is seeing continued demand for loans and banks’ “appetite” to lend despite that loan growth slowed in August because of risk aversion during the pandemic. Big banks’ outstanding loans as...
Big banks’ outstanding loans in August grew by only by 4.7 percent year-on-year, a significant low number compared to 6.7 percent in July, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Friday. “Bank lending growth continued to moderate as a result of weaker corporate sector performance,...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants the Bangko Sentral to also put a limit on charges for consumer and payday loans offered by lending and financing companies. This after the Commission hailed the central bank’s move to put an annual interest rate ceiling of 24 percent...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stopped FCash Global Lending, Inc. from operating as a lending company due to its unfair debt collection practices. In an order, the SEC Corporate Governance and Finance Department (CGFD) canceled the firm’s certificate of authority (CA) after it...
