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Comments on BSP’s Reducing Restrictions on Bank Branching
Comments on BSP’s Reducing Restrictions on Bank Branching in Support to Microfinance Development
The rural banking system is ideally situated and structured to evolve into the most sustainable microfinance provider in the Phil countryside. While many NGOs have successfully grown their portfolios and outreach through the years, they remain hampered by the fact that as NGOs, they are not allowed to accept deposits per se, like the rural banks, and therefore are unable to mobilize savings from the public, to channel to the growing needs of the MF sector. External funding from donors is slowly dwindling and costs of borrowings,even from a dynamic govt. agency like the PCFC, is much higher (13% vs. deposit costs of 1.5 – 4%, if internally generated)
35 RB Directors Completed Corporate Governance & Risk Management Course
Last 17-18 March 2005, RBRDFI held its 28th Seminar-Workshop on Corporate Governance and Risk Management for RB Directors at RBAP Conference Room, Intramuros, Manila. Thirty-five (35) incoming and incumbent directors completed the said seminar.
The 2-day seminar-workshop created an air of understanding among the participants on their huge role as rural bank directors and in discerning the risks that may be deterrent to the smoothness of the rural bank operation. Moreso, the same instilled the appropriate course of actions and decisions that may be done in the context of fairness, accountability and transparency.
Mr. Nestor Z. Flores, Vice President for Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation Human Resource Management Group, lectured on the Corporate Governance with full enthusiasm. Ms. Irene D.L. Arroyo, East West Bank VP-Treasurer, gave her thorough insights on Risk Management. BSP Examiners Ms. Cheryl Lyn R. Hernandez and Mr. Christopher L. Malaluan, both Specialist II of the Supervision and Examination IV of the BSP, supervised the two-day seminar.
Mr. Ace Calang and Ms. Jackie Lou E. Echon, Research and Training Associates of RBRDFI, facilitated the course.
In view, below is the list of the participants: [Read more...]
27th Corporate Governance & Risk Management Seminar-Workshop Commends 29 RB Directors
Twenty-nine (29) incoming and current directors from major rural banks graced and completed the 27th Seminar-Workshop on Corporate Governance and Risk Management held at the RBAP Conference Room in Intramuros last February 17-18, 2005.
The seminar-workshop simply aims to build a healthy and a competitive banking system. To achieve this, the rural bankers must learn to understand the presence of risks in every step of the decision-making process, and as such, they should not take these risks loosely. This further entails the provision of a sound judgment by the rural bankers through the principles of fairness, accountability and transparency.
The informative and lively Mr. Nestor Z. Flores, Vice President for Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (PDIC) Human Resource Management Group, lectured on Corporate Governance. Ms. Irene D.L. Arroyo, East West Bank VP-Treasurer, delivered direct-to-the-point insights on Risk Management. BSP Examiners Mr. Rholyn R. Dayrit and Ms. Michelle J. Fernando, both Acting Bank Officers I of the Supervision and Examination Department IV of BSP, supervised the two-day seminar-workshop.
Central Banker: FAQs on Lending Investors, Financing Companies and Pawnshops
OF LIs, FCs and PAWNSHOPS
Source: Central Banker, A Publication of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Sept.-October 2004 Vol. II Nos. 9 and 10 [Read more...]
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