Billionaire Lucio Tan’s Bank Expects Bad-Loan Provisions to Drop
The Philippine National Bank (PNB) Center in Makati City.
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Philippine National Bank, the lender owned by billionaire Lucio Tan, plans to reduce bad-loan provisions in anticipation that borrowers will be better able to repay debts as the economy reopens.
The nation’s fifth-largest lender earmarked about 9 billion pesos ($185 million) for soured loans in January to August and may claw back some of that cash in the ensuing months, President and Chief Executive Officer Wick Veloso said in a briefing on Friday.