WIRE โ€” By Katherine K. Chan, Reporter Philippine banks' loan growth posted its fastest pace in over a year in May amid faster lending for residents' business activities, preliminary data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed. Universal and commercial banks' total outstanding loans, net of reverse repurchase agreements, grew by 12.1% year on year in

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