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BSP Governor Rafael Buenaventura said there should be a sustained decline in NPLs especially after the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has clarified the tax policy on bad loans that would be sold to special purpose vehicles. 


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                    [Title] => Banks’ NPLs dip to 18.06% in June
                    [Summary] => As Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. completed the sale of its soured loans to Lehman Brothers, the commercial banking industry saw a 5.4-percent decline in the volume of bad loans last June, improving the industry's overall standing for the first time this year. 


Data released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) indicated that the non-performing loans (NPL) booked by commercial banks declined by P16.3 billion from P305.460 billion in May to P288.97 billion while the total loan portfolio (TLP) dropped by P56.9 billion – from P1.657 trillion to P1.6 trillion.


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This was declared by House Minority Leader Carlos Padilla, who wants the bill refered back to the committee on banks and financial intermediaries to clarify certain provisions as well as make it more protective of the whole banking sector, including depositors.


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Banks’ bad loans ratio improves to 13.5% in May

By Des Ferriols | July 17, 2004 - 12:00am

The bad loans’ ratio of commercial and universal banks improved slightly at the end of May this year, accounting for 13.55 percent of total loans compared to 15.41 percent last year. Data from the Bangko Sentral...

Business

Banks’ bad loans down to 13.9% as of March

By Des Ferriols | May 28, 2004 - 12:00am

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported yesterday a slight improvement in banks’ non-performing loan (NPL) ratio to 13.9 percent in March from 14.24 percent a month ago. The latest figure was also an...

Business

Banks’ NPLs dip to 18.06% in June

August 13, 2002 - 12:00am

As Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. completed the sale of its soured loans to Lehman Brothers, the commercial banking industry saw a 5.4-percent decline in the volume of bad loans last June, improving the industry's...

Business

SPAV bill has flaws — Padilla

March 18, 2002 - 12:00am

The pet bill of Speaker Jose de Venecia creating a Special Purpose Asset Vehicle (SPAV) to help banks recover from the mire of idle assets and uncollected debts contains provisions that are inimical to public interest. This...

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