CHAP 2

Cards (49)

  • Designed to set rules and guidelines to be followed to ensure balance among individuals, firms, and/or citizens. Also designed to reconcile conflicting interests.
    Regulation
  • A process whereby the designated government authority provides oversight and establishes rules for firms in an industry.
    Regulation
  • Sets regulatory measures to address certain risks and social factors.
    World Bank
  • The probability of a firm to fail its objective that may result in a ripple effect to the economy.
    Systematic Risk
  • A factor that requires established policies to consider the effect on the consumers' welfare.
    Consumer Protection
  • A factor that is considered to ensure that dynamism and agility of the policy to adopt in a fast-changing environment.
    Efficiency Enhancement
  • A type of regulation whereby rules and standards are set to oversee the ability of the companies to establish and maintain appropriate levels of capital to sustain its operation. It includes setting controls over the market factors that will affect the financial sustainability of the firms and players in the industry.
    Financial Regulation
  • What are the market drivers?
    Competitiveness, Market Behavior, Consistency, and Stability
  • Behavior in the market can be demonstrated through?

    Integrity in their activities and Integrity in representation
  • What is the most common issue of a company?

    The ability to provide fair and consistent information.
  • The government imposes rules to govern the behavior of the financial institutions and financial markets intends to minimize the risk of uncertainty and strengthen the integrity of the firms

    Principle of Prudential Regulation
  • A threat that arises where a segment or firm is not stable to meet its commitment because of failure to address the risks of the market.

    Systemic Instability
  • Setting rules to set standards, control and order on the financial activities, regardless of the source, is called?
    Financial Activity Regulation
  • Under this law, the BSP will act as the central monetary authority which will act as a corporate body that is responsible concerning money, banking and credit.

    New Central Bank Act or R.A. 7653
  • The Monetary Board is composed of how many members?

    Seven (7)
    (1) Governor of the BSP
    (1) Member of the cabinet designated by the President
    (5) from the private sector (3 - for 6 months, 2 - for 3 months)
    *All members can only be re-appointed once.
  • Responsible mainly for the supervision and regulation of banks and other financial institutions under the scope of BSP.
    Financial Supervision Sector
  • Aims to conduct the formulation of monetary policy, ensure its implementation and assess its effectiveness.
    Monetary and Economics Sector
  • Responsible in production, distribution, disposal or retirement of currencies in the Philippines including security documents, commemorative medals and medallions.
    Currency Management Sector
  • Support group of BSP that conducts the human capital management, financial services, information technology support and other corporate resource management.
    Corporate Services Group
  • The law requires that the creditor shall issue information to the person whom they are going to extend the credit to make them anticipate the risks associated with their application.

    R.A. 3765 or Truth in Lending Act
  • If any entity or person who in connection with any credit transaction fails to disclose the required information or violates the TLA shall be penalized at least?

    P100 or in amount equal to the 2x of the finance charge that creditor imposes
  • If the creditor willfully violate the TLA, what are the penalties?

    May be fined by not less than P1,000 to P5,000 or imprisonment for not less than 6 months
  • What are the four types of deposit accounts?

    Demand Deposits or Checking Accounts
    Savings Deposits
    Money Market Demand Account
    Time Deposits
  • A standing credit facility offered by the BSP to aid banks to meet temporary liquidity needs through financing the loans that banks extend to their clients.

    Rediscounting
  • BSP offers an ____ facility to cover for any shortfall demand deposit accounts of the banks with the BSP resulting from clearing operations.

    Overdraft Credit Line (OCL)
  • Refers to the deficit in a deposit account resulting from withdrawing more money than what is deposited in the account.

    Overdraft
  • It serve as insurer of deposits placed in banks. This entity protects depositors through deposit insurance coverage which help maintain financial stability in the market.
    Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC)
  • How much deposits are insured by the PDIC?
    Maximum of P500,000
  • It regulates and supervice the insurance, pre-need, and health maintenance organization industry. Governed by the Department of Finance that supervises and regulates the operations of life and non-life companies. Issues licenses to insurance agents, general agents, resident agen,ts etc.
    Insurance Commission
  • The national government regulatory agency to administer oversight on the corporate sector, capital market participants and securities and investment instruments and promote corporate governance over these.
    Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  • The lead agency to promote investment in the country and thereby generate local and foreign investment in the country. An attached agency of DTI. It provides advisory, actualization, and post services to the investors.
    Board of Investments (BOI)
  • The availability of financial resources for deployment in the financial system. It is making the money available for use or for trade or investment.
    Money Supply
  • Practically based on the consumer price index (CPI)

    Purchasing Power
  • The weighted average value of the basket of prices of all commodities representing the market.
    Consumer Price Index (CPI)
  • The degree of movement of the CPI from period to another.
    Inflation Rate
  • The body that determines the current inflation based on the current movement of the commodities set as index in the market.

    Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
  • Two types of inflation
    Core Inflation and Headline Inflation
  • Used for most of the economic estimates since it excludes in the equation the movement of the commodities or incidents with very volatile movement or outliers.
    Core Inflation
  • It captures that changes of the cost of living based on the movement of the basket of commodities as a whole.
    Headline Inflation
  • A set of interrelated processes of settlement of goods and services rendered in exchange for a set of instruments that will undergo either banking or non-banking procedures.
    Payment System