PDIC reviewing BDO proposal to rehabilitate closed bank
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
STATE-RUN Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) is reviewing the proposal of BDO Unibank, Inc. to rehabilitate the Export & Industry Bank (EIB), which is currently under receivership.
PDIC, in a statement, said that the Sy family-led bank has submitted a proposal to rehabilitate EIB with certain conditions.
"PDIC is reviewing the legal and economic viabilities of said proposal. Some of the conditions as proposed are not within the authority of PDIC," the state deposit insurer said Wednesday.
PDIC said that as a receiver, it has 90 days to determine the rehabilitation proposal that is most advantageous to depositors, creditors and taxpayers.
The agency said it intends to come up with a terms of reference for all interested parties to consider as well as engage the services of a financial auditor to help PDIC determine the valuation of EIB. These will be submitted to the PDIC Board and the Monetary Board that will ultimately approve the rehabilitation proposal.
BDO is the Philippines' largest lender with reported assets of over P1 trillion.
PDIC said its immediate concern is to take stock of the deposit liabilities of EIB and conduct payout for all valid insured deposits as soon as possible.
Payment for accounts with balances of P10,000 and below will start by the end of the month. Holders of these accounts who have no outstanding loans and who have updated their addresses in the bank in the past year, need not file deposit insurance claims.
Claims servicing operations for accounts of over P10,000 are expected to commence no later than end of June 2012.
EIB was ordered closed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) last April 26 after it failed to cover its liabilities.
(SDR/Sunnex)
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PDIC reviewing Banco de Oro proposal to rehabilitate closed bank | Sun.Star