MANILA -The growth in lending by the Philippines’ largest banks slowed down for the sixth straight month to a nearly two-year low of 6.5 percent in September, adding credence to concerns that lukewarm private spending will lead to more subdued economic growth in the fourth quarter. Preliminary data at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas show that the growth in total lending, net of short-term loans to the central bank, continued to lose momentum after reading out at 13.4 percent in September 2022 and 7.2 percent last August. ...
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MANILA, Philippines —The Ty family-led Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) will pay record dividends of P22.5 billion to stockholders after achieving historic high earnings the past year. Metrobank, the country’s second-largest private bank, reported a significant boost in its net income for 2023, reaching P42.2 billion, which marks a 28.9-percent increase over 2022, a stock exchange filing on Thursday showed. This translated to a return on equity of 12.5 percent, higher than the 10.3 percent recorded in the previous year. ...
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) have jointly launched the Credit Risk Database Scoring Model to help lenders better assess the creditworthiness of small and medium enterprise borrowers, including those without credit history or adequate collateral. According to BSP Governor Felipe Medalla, this latest tool for banks was intended to bridge the funding gap for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) while enhancing the credit risk management of financial institutions using a data-dri ...
NEW YORK -Large US banks railed against new proposed capital requirements at a congressional hearing on Wednesday, joining Senate Republicans in casting the measures as crimping loans to everyday Americans. “This rule will make services so uneconomical, you will likely see two outcomes: many banks will simply stop offering certain products and services, and those that do will have to charge more for them just to make it worth the service,” said JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon. ...
Bank lending grew in June but was relatively flat from the previous month as high interest rates tempered demand for consumer and business loans.
The new financing—which will carry a concessional rate and better terms for the borrower compared with those that come with commercial loans—will add to the government’s debt stock...
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