The fintech firm Tala Financing Philippines Inc. has obtained a P2.75 billion loan from Maya Bank Inc. for lending to clients who are mostly micro loan borrowers.
The country' local output expansion, measured as the gross domestic product (GDP), is forecast to accelerate to 5.9 percent this year from last year's 5.6 percent, the sovereign credit watcher Standard and Poor's said in commentaries published at its website.
The Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) has partnered with the Japanese IT and fintech company, Digital Wallet Corporation (DWC), to enhance the facilitation of cross-border digital transactions between Philippines and Japan.
The Bureau of the Treasury allowed the average yield on bonds originally issued as a 20-year government debt paper to rise above 7 percent after rejecting most of the bids at Tuesday’s auction.