CONSUMER loans by universal commercial and thrift banks climbed 25.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014 from a year earlier, data released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Thursday showed.

Lending in the fourth quarter rose to P902.60 billion from P721.54 billion a year earlier, and was 6.23 percent higher than the P849.64 billion of consumer loans recorded in the third quarter of 2014.

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