Guide to FX Transactions - Foreign Loans, Guarantees and Other Financing Schemes/Arrangements

​Servicing/Remittance​ of Loans/Borrowings​

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Outward Investments Policy​​​ ​Annex AAnnex Alink to ServicingfPublicSectorPubliclyGuaranteedPrivateSectorLoanslink to ServicingOfPrivateSectorLoansWithoutPublicSectorGuarantee ​​ 

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Servicing/Remittance of Loans/Borrowings

  • Duly approved public sector foreign/foreign currency loans/borrowings or duly registered publicly-guaranteed private sector foreign/foreign currency loans/borrowings can be paid using foreign currency purchased from banks:
    • ​Regular payment – allowed
    • Prepayment – requires prior BSP approval
    • Payment for past due loans – requires prior BSP approval

    Subject to submission to banks a duly accomplished application to purchase foreign currency (Annex A) and documents under Appendices 1 and 1.3.

  • Duly registered private sector foreign loans/borrowings that are not guaranteed by the public sector can be paid using foreign currency purchased from banks as follows:
    • Regular payment – allowed
    • Prepayment – requires prior BSP notification at least one (1) month prior to target date of purchase of foreign currency
      • Prepayment of BSP-registered short-term private sector loans/borrowings do not require notification to BSP
    • Payment for past due loans – requires prior BSP notification at least one (1) month prior to target date of purchase of foreign currency
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    ​Sub​ject t​o submission to banks a duly accomplished application to purchase foreign currency (Annex A) and documents under Appendices 1 and 1.3.

  • ​ Foreign currency purchased shall either be:
    • remitted directly to the account of the creditor/intended resident beneficiary on the date of purchase; or
    • credited to the resident borrower’s foreign currency deposit unit account with the same or another bank for eventual remittance to the intended beneficiary on or before due date; Provided, that the applicant purchaser shall certify that: (i) the foreign currency shall be used for the declared purpose; (ii) funds credited to the FCDU account shall eventually be remitted to the intended beneficiary on or before due date; and (iii) the resident borrower shall include in the remittance instructions to the remitting bank, the purpose of the remittance.
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Created:6/17/2020 3:06 PM   by:  Pambid Frederick D.
Modified:7/13/2020 3:01 PM   by:  Pambid Frederick D.