Debt watcher Fitch Ratings said major universal and commercial banks in the Philippines should be well positioned to meet the central bank’s newly adopted Basel liquidity rules.

“Ample domestic system liquidity, and banks’ balance sheets being mostly funded by deposits are positive structural factors that will help banks comply with upcoming Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) requirements,” Fitch said in a statement released on Friday.

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