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Regulators, lending industry participants identify approaches to lower cost of consumer loans

REGULATORS, policymakers, and lending industry leaders, including Salmon, Billease, LenderLink, and ADVANCE.AI/ADVANCE.CBP, met for the lending industry roundtable dedicated to expanding access to affordable...

Planting seed of hope: A year of growing with Tala, expanding financial access

OVER the last 12 months, Tala Philippines has planted the seed of hope for the Global Majority with a belief that every small act...

Solon files bills to protect Pinoy families from loan sharks

A PARTY-LIST lawmaker has filed  two bills meant to protect Filipino households from “predatory loans.” To prevent Filipino consumers and small businesses from falling into...

Lending group wants to reach more unbanked Filipinos

The Consumer Lending Association of the Philippines (CLAP) aims to reach more unbanked Filipinos and provide them with access to credit next year. Arianne Ferrer,...

Maya Bank, Atome sign P2.75-b deal to offer credit to Filipinos

Atome, a digital finance platform, has signed a P2.75-billion loan channeling partnership with Maya Bank to expand access to credit for Filipinos. “We are deeply...

Steady GDP growth to boost credit expansion

TransUnion Philippines said the country's steady economic growth and easing inflation in the second quarter could accelerate credit expansion. Data from the credit bureau showed...

Demand for credit surges in PH, but ‘trust gap’ persists, says CIBI

The credit landscape in the Philippines is at a turning point, with consumer demand for financing on the rise despite persistent barriers like limited...

Filipinos’ trust in credit products rises, but fraud fears linger—TransUnion study

Perceptions of credit in the Philippines remained broadly stable, according to the 2025 Credit Perception Index (CPI) published by TransUnion. The country's CPI score was...

Philippine bank lending growth picked up to 12.1% in June 2025

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Tuesday lending by universal and commercial banks to businesses and individuals grew 12.1 percent year-on-year in June...

Embedded financing boosts SME growth

Access to credit is proving to be a game-changer for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Philippines, fueling business growth by at least...

TransUnion PH, Lista join forces to offer easier credit report access

Global information and insights company and the Philippines’ first comprehensive private credit reference agency TransUnion announced a strategic partnership with Lista, one of the...

Open finance seen to drive inclusion

Open finance has the potential to revolutionize the financial industry by democratizing access to credit for the unserved and underserved segments in the Philippines,...

Govt eases rules on tax payment by credit card

The government gave taxpayers a leeway on paying their taxes through credit, debit or prepaid cards. The Finance Department said in a statement banks would...

The Bare Essentials 2

Last week, in this column I continued sharing my finance cheat sheet with the set of mnemonics I used to teach myself accounting.   This...
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