The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) recently issued Circular Nos 742 and 743 (Series of 2011) amending certain provisions of the Manual of Regulations on Foreign Exchange Transactions (the manual). Under the manual, loans and equity investments must be registered with the BSP if the foreign exchange needed to service repatriation of capital, remittance of dividends, profits and earnings accruing from such investments or payment of interest and principal on foreign loans is to be sourced from the Philippine banking system.
January 30 2012