GRoss non-performing loans (NPL) at thrift banks in the Philippines fell sequentially in the second quarter of this year to 4.83 percent of the segment’s P562.85 billion total loan portfolio, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said in a statement on Friday.

The new ratio was lower than the 4.94 percent recorded in the earlier quarter as the amount of NPLs carried by thrift banks dropped in relation to the higher total loan portfolio, the BSP said.

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