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The Bangko Sentral's Discount Window Facility

Background

The Monetary Board (MB), in its Resolution No. 1026 dated 05 September 2024, approved the following amendments to the Manual of Regulations for Banks (MORB) to implement the Discount Window Facility (DWF) as the Bangko Sentral's normal credit operations which operationalizes Section 82 of Republic Act (R. A.) No. 7653, as amended. The DWF will replace the rediscounting facility upon effectivity of this circular.

The DWF refers to the credit operations that the Bangko Sentral may normally and regularly provide to banking institutions operating in the Philippines. It shall be used to influence the volume of credit consistent with the objectives of maintaining price and financial stability. 

Amendments to the MORB

Key amendments to Section 281 of the MORB are as follows:

Discount Window Facility

It shall cover the following modes: (1) rediscounting of credit instruments of banks' end-user borrowers under Section 82(a) to (c), and (2) advances against securities issued by the National Government (NG) and the Bangko Sentral under Section 82(d) of R.A. No. 7653, as amended.

DWF Availments

Subject to compliance with eligibility requirements at the time of availment, banks may avail themselves of the Bangko Sentral's DWF through rediscounting of credit instruments of the banks' end-user borrowers or advances against securities issued by the NG and the Bangko Sentral. Banks shall enroll in Bangko Sentral's electronic system for the DWF.

Banks availing themselves of the DWF shall submit their loan applications electronically to the Bangko Sentral in accordance with the terms of the participation agreement. The DWF availments may be in Peso, US dollar or Japanese Yen

Eligibility Requirements

Banks availing themselves of the Bangko Sentral's DWF must have at the time of availment:

a. xxx
b. No past due obligations with the Bangko Sentral;
c. xxx

For purposes of determining compliance with the reserve requirement a bank will be considered non-compliant with the reserve requirement for the reference week when its actual net reserve position for said reference week cannot be determined due to delayed submission or non-submission of the relevant reserve report.

Banks with non-performing loans ratio higher than the industry average based on the latest available data from the Department of Supervisory Analytics (DSA) or appropriate supervising department of the Bangko Sentral at the time of drawdown may avail themselves of the DWF only through advances against securities issued by the NG and the Bangko Sentral.

Effectivity

This Circular shall take effect two (2) months following its publication (September 24, 2024) either in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.
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Please see attached circular for further guidance.

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BSP Circular 1202

BSP Circular 1202

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