{"id":235252,"date":"2019-10-20T06:11:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T10:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=235252"},"modified":"2025-01-18T21:11:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T02:11:01","slug":"rcbc-exec-eyes-sustained-double-digit-loan-growth-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/10\/20\/rcbc-exec-eyes-sustained-double-digit-loan-growth-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"RCBC exec eyes sustained double-digit loan growth this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_235253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235253\" style=\"width: 1440px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1440px-7883San_Miguel_Manila_Roads_Landmarks_41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-235253\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1440px-7883San_Miguel_Manila_Roads_Landmarks_41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1440px-7883San_Miguel_Manila_Roads_Landmarks_41.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1440px-7883San_Miguel_Manila_Roads_Landmarks_41-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1440px-7883San_Miguel_Manila_Roads_Landmarks_41-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1440px-7883San_Miguel_Manila_Roads_Landmarks_41-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-235253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RCBC Consumer Lending Group head Rommel Latinazo said they are optimistic of the sustained robust performance of their consumer business. (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=70322474\">File Photo By Judgefloro &#8211; Own work\/Wikimedia Commons, CC0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; A ranking official of Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) expects continued double-digit growth this year of consumer loans on the back of the decline of domestic interest rates.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">RCBC Consumer Lending Group head Rommel Latinazo said they are optimistic of the sustained robust performance of their consumer business.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said the decline of domestic interest rates is a plus since it will encourage more people to take loans.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWith the easing of rates demand should further grow,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In 2018, the bank registered nearly 14-percent growth on consumer loans.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">To date, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas\u2019 (BSP) policy-making Monetary Board (MB) slashed the central bank\u2019s key rates by 75 basis points after hiking it by a total of 175 percent last year due to elevated inflation rate.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy hydroxychloroquine online <a href=\"https:\/\/maranavetclinic.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/hydroxychloroquine.html\">https:\/\/maranavetclinic.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/hydroxychloroquine.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Despite an uptick to 3.2 percent last May from the previous month\u2019s 3 percent, domestic rate of price increases has slowed after peaking at 6.7 percent in September and October 2018.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Last September, it decelerated to 0.9 percent from 1.7 percent in the previous month.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy fildena online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pearsonchiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/fildena.html\">https:\/\/www.pearsonchiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/fildena.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Meanwhile, the bank\u2019s consumer loans, which include auto, mortgage and credit cards, totaled to around PHP120 billion in the first half of this year.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Latinazo said loan growth is expected to get a boost from the recently launched Auto and Home Plus, which provides borrowers an insurance coverage for their chosen product for the entire duration of the loan.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said borrowers will find it easy to pay the insurance premium because it will be included in their monthly payments instead of one-time payment.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">For existing RCBC auto loan customers, they may upgrade to this new product that will provide them one-year worth of car insurance.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy amoxil online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pearsonchiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/amoxil.html\">https:\/\/www.pearsonchiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/amoxil.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Minimum loan for auto loan product is PHP500,000.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">For Home Loan Plus, which comes with a fire insurance, minimum loan amount is PHP1 million.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; 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