The Philippine government is hoping to end the more than a decade of non-compliance with the Agri-Agra Act, which requires private banks to lend a portion of their funds to farmers and fishermen. This, as the government finally issued the amended implementing rules and regulations (IRR)...
Qualified banks included in the central bank's rediscounting facility only took out P26.90 billion of rediscounting loans as of end-2020, 77.98 percent lower compared to end-2019 of P122.17 billion. Based on Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data, there were less banks that availed of rediscounting...
Inflation forecasts raised The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has decided to stick with the two percent benchmark rate to end 2020 but raised the inflation forecasts due to the increase in crude oil prices as prospects for global economic recovery got a boost from the release of COVID-19...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved an industry-specific framework for the preparation of the audited financial statements (AFS) of financial institutions to account for the regulatory relief measures extended to them during the pandemic. SEC Memorandum Circular No. 32, Series...
The central bank’s Senior Bank Loan Officers’ Survey (SLOS) for the third quarter showed banks continue to indicate “tighter” and unchanged overall credit standards for loans to enterprises and households. The SLOS reported that for loans to enterprises, the banks that have tighter lending...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is projecting the inflation rate to fall below the two-percent level for the last month of December extending up to January next year, but it is no reason to start adjusting interest rates. BSP Deputy Governor Francisco G. Dakila Jr. explained that inflation...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is proposing to streamline the licensing and relax the independence requirements for securities custodians to increase the number of capital market players. The BSP wants to delete the term “third party” that refers to third party custodianship, and the...
The central bank is requiring banks to submit a quarterly report on appraised commercial properties (QRACP) to be used for its price monitoring of commercial real estate. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), in a new memo or Circular No. 1102, said the QRACP will be the groundwork to generate a...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will not be issuing its own central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the next three or five years, according to its highest-ranking official. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno. (Bloomberg file photo) When asked if the BSP could come...
To comply with the reserve requirement, banks have released P14.9 billion more loans to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) for the month of September alone, based on Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data. MB file photo. This brings the average daily balance of bank loans to MSMEs to P120.9...
The central bank’s auction of 28-day securities fetched a higher rate on Friday, it remained oversubscribed as the only 28-day offering this week after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) put aside the 28-day term deposit facility (TDF). The BSP bills received P129.1 billion tenders...
The Philippines’ stock of foreign assets and US dollar reserves have passed the $100 billion mark at $100.49 billion as of end-September, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said Thursday. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno Based on preliminary...
