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This document amends rules and regulations to implement provisions of the Financing Company Act of 1998. Key points include:
1. It defines important terms related to financing companies such as branches, off-site locations, credits, financial leasing, and more.
2. It establishes forms of organization for financing companies, allowing up to 100% foreign ownership and setting minimum paid-up capital requirements ranging from PHP2.5-10 million depending on company location.
3. It also provides other requirements for financing companies such as complying with constitutional provisions on land ownership.
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Amended Rules and Regulations to Implement the Provisions of Republic Act No. 8556 the Financing Company Act of 1998
This document amends rules and regulations to implement provisions of the Financing Company Act of 1998. Key points include:
1. It defines important terms related to financing companies such as branches, off-site locations, credits, financial leasing, and more.
2. It establishes forms of organization for financing companies, allowing up to 100% foreign ownership and setting minimum paid-up capital requirements ranging from PHP2.5-10 million depending on company location.
3. It also provides other requirements for financing companies such as complying with constitutional provisions on land ownership.
This document amends rules and regulations to implement provisions of the Financing Company Act of 1998. Key points include:
1. It defines important terms related to financing companies such as branches, off-site locations, credits, financial leasing, and more.
2. It establishes forms of organization for financing companies, allowing up to 100% foreign ownership and setting minimum paid-up capital requirements ranging from PHP2.5-10 million depending on company location.
3. It also provides other requirements for financing companies such as complying with constitutional provisions on land ownership.
AMENDED RULES AND REGULATIONS TO information of said clients.
IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS
OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8556 (THE FINANCING d) “Commission” shall mean the office of the COMPANY ACT of 1998) Securities and Exchange Commission To effectively carry out the provisions of Republic of the Philippines; Act No. 8556 (The Financing Company Act of 1998), the Securities and Exchange e) “Funds” shall mean total assets inclusive of Commission, pursuant to the powers valuation reserves and deferred vested in it under said Act, Republic Act No. 1143 income but shall not include investments in real and Presidential Decree No. 902-A, as estate, in shares of stock of real amended, hereby promulgate the following estate development corporations or in real estate amended rules and regulations: based projects, leasehold rights and improvements, fixed assets, foreclosed SECTION 1. Definition of Terms properties and prepayments. The following definition of terms shall apply for purposes of these Rules: f) "Credit" shall mean any loan, mortgage, financial a) “Financing companies” are stock corporations, lease, deed of trust, advance or except banks, investment houses, discount, any conditional sales contract, contract to savings and loan associations, insurance sell, or sale or contract of sale companies, cooperatives, and other of property or service, either for present or future financial institutions organized or operating under delivery, under which, part of all or the price is other special laws, which are payable subsequent to the making of such sale or primarily organized for the purpose of extending contract; any credit facilities to consumers and contract, any option, demand, lien or pledge, or to to industrial, commercial, or agricultural enterprises, the other claims against, or for by direct lending or by the delivery of, property or money, any purchase, or discounting or factoring commercial papers or other acquisition of or any accounts receivable, or by buying credit upon the security of, any obligation or claim and selling contracts, leases, chattel mortgages or arising out of the foregoing, other evidence of indebtedness, and any transaction or series of transactions having or by financial leasing of movable as well as similar purpose or effect; immovable property; g) "Financial leasing" is a mode of extending credit b) “Branch” is a FIXED or IMMOVABLE place through a non-cancellable lease separate and outside the Head contract under which the lessor purchases or Office, where financing activities and business acquires, at the instance of the lessee, decisions conducted in the Head machinery, equipment, motor vehicles, appliances, Office are likewise performed. This may also refer to business and office machines, an Extension Office, and other movable or immovable property in Agency, Satellite Office or Unit; consideration of the periodic payment by the lessee of a fixed amount of money c) “Off-site location” such as but not limited to sufficient to amortize at least “point-of-sale” (POS), “merchant” seventy percent (70%) of the purchase price or or “kiosk”, is a place where the financing company acquisition cost, including any has existing agreement with incidental expenses and a margin of profit over an a third party allowing it to offer, promote, market its obligatory period of not less finance products and than two (2) years during which the lessee has the services to the latter’s clients and to assist, right to hold and use the leased disseminate and collect the property with the right to expense the lease rentals paid to the lessor and bears the n) "Networth" is the excess of assets over liabilities, cost of repairs, maintenance, insurance and net of appraisal surplus, unbooked preservation thereof, but with no valuation reserves, capital adjustments, obligation or option on his part to purchase the overstatement of assets and unrecorded leased property from the owner lessor liabilities; at the end of the lease contract; o) “Digital Financing” refers to ENGAGING IN h) "Purchase discount" is the difference between FINANCING COMPANY the value of the receivable purchased ACTIVITIES through the use of digital PLATFORM or credits assigned, and the net amount paid by the OR infrastructure such as financing company for such mobile or internet and involving very limited in- purchase or assignment, exclusive of fees, service person contact and charges, interest and other interference; charges incident to the extension of credit; p) “INTERNAL CREDITOR” SHALL MEAN A i) "Lease rentals" shall refer to the periodic CREDITOR OF A FINANCING payments made by the lessee to the lessor COMPANY WHICH IS: under Section 1 (g), above; 1. A STOCKHOLDER OF THE FINANCING COMPANY; j) "Receivable financing" is a mode of extending 2. A SUBSIDIARY OF THE FINANCING credit through the purchase by, or COMPANY; assignment, to a financing company of evidence of 3. A SUBSIDIARY OF A STOCKHOLDER OF THE indebtedness or open accounts FINANCING by discounting or factoring; COMPANY; 4. AN ENTITY THAT CONTROLS A k) "Discounting" is a type of receivables financing STOCKHOLDER OF THE whereby evidence of indebtedness FINANCING COMPANY; OT of a third party, such as installment contracts, 5. AN ENTITY THAT IS CONTROLLED BY THE promissory notes, and similar ENTITY THAT instruments, are purchased by, or assigned to, a CONTROLS THE FINANCING COMPANY OR IS financing company in an amount CONTROLLED BY or for a consideration less than their face value; THE ENTITY THAT CONTROLS A STOCKHOLDER OF THE l) "Factoring" is a type of receivables financing FINANCING COMPANY; whereby open accounts, not evidenced by a written promise to pay supported by documents q) “EXTERNAL CREDITOR” SHALL MEAN A such as but not limited to CREDITOR OF A FINANCING invoices of manufacturers and suppliers, delivery COMPANY WHICH IS NOT AN INTERNAL receipts and similar documents, CREDITOR; are purchased by, or assigned to, a financing r) “QUALIFIED BUYER” SHALL HAVE THE company in an amount or for a MEANING AS SET FORTH IN consideration less than the outstanding balance of SECTION 10/1(I) OF THE SECURITIES the open accounts; REGULATION CODE.
m) "Paid-up capital" refers to the amount paid for
the subscription of stock in a corporation including the amount paid in excess of par value; SECTION 2. Form of Organization. — A Financing provided, that the same shall be subject to periodic Company shall be organized in the review and form of a stock corporation in accordance with the increase by the Commission. provisions of the Corporation Code of the Philippines, subject to the following: a. Equity ownership 4. Financing Companies with off-site locations: A FINANCING Company may be owned up to one The minimum paid-up capital shall be hundred percent P10,000,000.00, (100%) by a foreign national (as amended by R.A. regardless of the location of its Head Office No. 10881). provided, that the same shall be subject to periodic review and b. Minimum paid-up capital: increase by the 1. Fully-owned by Filipinos or up to 40% Foreign- Commission. owned: Financing Companies duly existing and in operation i. P10,000,000.00 for financing companies located in before the effectivity of Metro this Act shall comply with the minimum capital Manila and Other 1st Class Cities; requirement within one (1) year ii. P5,000,000.00 for financing companies located in from the date of the said effectivity. other classes of Cities; and c. Other Requirements: iii. P2,500,000.00 for financing companies located in i. A Financing Company shall comply with the Municipalities. constitutional provision Provided, that the foregoing shall be subject to on ownership of land (Article XII, Section 7). periodic review ii. The corporate-name of financing companies shall and increase by the Commission. contain the term "financing", "finance", or "finance and investment" or 2. More than 40% Foreign-Owned: other term(s) or The minimum paid-up capital shall be word(s) descriptive of their operations and activities P10,000,000.00, as a financing provided, that the same shall in no case be lower company. than US$200,000 iii. In accordance with Section 23 of the Corporation or its Philippine Peso equivalent, in accordance with Code, a majority of the the Board of Directors of Financing Companies provisions of the Foreign Investments Act (FIA) and established under the its provisions of R.A. No. 10881 shall be residents of implementing regulations, provided further, that the the Philippines. same shall be subject to periodic review and increase by the Commission.
3. Financing Companies engaged in “Digital
Financing”: The minimum paid-up capital shall be P10,000,000.00, regardless of the location of its Head Office, without prejudice to the requirements of the FIA and its implementing regulations SECTION 3. Rights and Powers. — Financing companies shall have the following powers: — a. Engage in quasi-banking and money market operations with the prior approval of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas; b. Engage in trust operations subject to the provisions of the General Banking Act upon prior approval by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas; c. Issue bonds and other capital instruments subject to pertinent laws, rules and regulations; d. Rediscount their paper with government financial SECTION 9. Applicability of Bangko Sentral ng institutions subject to Pilipinas Regulations. relevant laws, rules and regulations; The following financing companies, including their e. Participate in special loan or credit programs Branches, Agencies, sponsored by or made Extension Offices, Satellite Offices, or Units, shall be available through government financial institutions; subject to applicable rules and f. Provide foreign currency loans and leases to regulations of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) enterprises that earn foreign and must comply with BSP currency by exports or other means, subject to requirements prior to issuance by the Commission existing laws and rules and of the Certificate of Authority to regulations promulgated by the Bangko Sentral ng Operate, as a Financing Company: Pilipinas. a. Financing companies with quasi banking license; The Commission shall allow the inclusion of the b. Financing companies that are foregoing rights and powers in subsidiaries/affiliates of banks; the Articles of Incorporation of a financing company c. Financing companies that are after submission by the applicant subsidiaries/affiliates of non-bank financial financing company of the appropriate intermediaries with quasi-banking license; license/authority issued by the relevant d. Financing companies with authority to engage in government agency. trust operation