The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will be gradually lifting restrictions on the establishment of new banks to allow local players to compete in a more liberalized industry.

The central bank on Wednesday said its policy-making body, the Monetary Board (MB), had approved a two-phase approach to the lifting of a moratorium on new banking licenses.

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