Loans and Credit Accommodations Secured by Personal Properties
- Loans can be secured by unencumbered personal property which includes:
- Government-issued bonds and securities, with loan values equivalent to their face or cash value.
- Readily marketable bonds, high-grade debt securities, and blue-chip stocks, excluding those issued by the lending institution, under conditions that:
- The issuer must be a listed corporation with at least P1 billion net worth.
- The issuer must have five consecutive years of earnings.
- Loan value is limited to 50% of their market value.
- Expected harvest from financed projects or growing crops, limited to 40% of calculated market value based on previous production or local standards.
- Quedans or warehouse receipts from bonded warehouses, covering stock deposited, limited to 80% of calculated market value.
- Other personal property, limited to 50% of fair market value; if newly purchased, loan value is based on purchase price in the bill of sale.
General Provisions and Implementation
- This Circular amends or supersedes inconsistent earlier regulations, circulars, or memoranda.
- The provisions take effect immediately upon adoption.
- Issued under the authority of the Monetary Board and pursuant to Section 38 of Republic Act No. 8791 (The General Banking Law of 2000).