THE BANGKO Sentral ng Pilipinas has shuttered a rural bank in Negros Oriental for insolvency.
In a Feb. 24 letter, BSP Deputy Gov. Nestor A. Espenilla said the Monetary Board, the policy-making body of the BSP, had decided to stop the Rural Bank of Bayawan (Negros Oriental) Inc. from doing business.
The bank’s assets were placed under receivership pursuant to Republic Act No. 7653, or the New Central Bank Act.
The Monetary Board has designated state-run Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. as
the bank’s receiver. PDIC is the statutory receiver and liquidator of closed banks in the country.
Earlier, the BSP closed Lapu-Lapu Rural Bank Inc. in Carcar City, Cebu, and the Rural Bank of Villaviciosa (Abra) Inc. Ben O. de Vera
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