PHI CIC Penalties on Submitting Entities

Published on: Oct 22, 2025

On Oct. 17, PHI CIC proposed submitting entities penalty guidelines.

  • PHI CIC drafted a circular on penalty guidelines for submitting entities in production.
  • Submitting entities in production (SEPs) refer to those which have completed all three stages of initial compliance and are now required to submit borrower data regularly.
  • Outline of Draft Circular
  • Guidelines apply to all SEPs that provide credit facilities to borrowers and collect payments, including banks, quasi-banks, trust entities, investment houses, financing companies, cooperatives, micro-financing organizations, and credit card companies.
  • SEPs shall notify PHI CIC in advance of any circumstances that may delay their compliance actions, including their monthly data submissions beyond the deadline.
  • Prescribe powers/functions, notification of anticipated delays in compliance actions/submissions or existence of force majeure, classification of administrative violations by gravity, calculation of penalties and fines, and appeal procedures.
  • Effectiveness
  • Comments shall be submitted by Nov. 17, 2025 for planned effectiveness from 15 days after the date of publication of this circular in the official gazette or a newspaper.
Regulators
PHI CIC
Entity Types
Bank; CU; Fiduciary; Inv Co; MSB
Reference
CP 10/17/2025
Functions
Complaints; Compliance; Financial; Reporting; Risk
Countries
Philippines
Category
State
N/A
Products
Banking; Cards; Fund Mgt; Loan; Payments
Rule Type
Final
Regions
AP
Rule Date
Oct 17, 2025
Effective Date
Nov 17, 2025
Rule ID
273111
Linked to
N/A
Reg. Last Update
Oct 17, 2025
Report Section
International