Bad loans incurred by the Philippine banking system increased by double digits in the first five months of the year, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

Preliminary data from the central bank showed that banks’ gross nonperforming loans (NPL) rose by 20.01 percent to P262.68 billion at end-May from P218.88 billion a year ago.

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