The SEC will no longer allow informal lending, known locally as “5-6”, as the unregulated activity has buried a number of people in debt, Commissioner Teresita Herbosa said Thursday.

The regulator has initiated investigations into activities of suspected informal lenders for possible filing of criminal complaints, Herbosa told reporters. This practice violates

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