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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHIUPPINES 
Third Regular Session
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SENATE 
S. No. 2488
RECEIVED
FILED
NOfc
(In Substitution of S.B. Nos. 60, 534, 1329, 1335, 1739, and 2287, taking into
consideration H.B. No. 6768)
Prepared and submitted by the Committees on Banks, Financial Institutions and 
Currencies, and on Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship with Senators Lapid, 
Zubiri, Angara, Revilla, Poe, Gatchalian, and Marcos as authors thereof
AN ACT
AFFORDING MORE PROTECTION TO CONSUMERS OF FINANCIAL
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
Section 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the "Financial 
Products and Services Consumer Protection Act".
Sec 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the policy of the state to ensure that 
appropriate mechanisms are in place to protect the interest of consumers of financial 
products and services under the conditions of transparency, fair and sound market 
conduct, and fair, reasonable, and effective handling of financial consumer disputes, 
which are aligned with global best practices. These mechanisms reinforce their 
confidence in the financial market and foster the stability of the Philippine financial 
system. Towards this end, the State shall implement measures to protect the 
following rights of financial consumers:
a. Right to equitable and fair treatment;
b. Right to disclosure and transparency of Financial Products and Services;
c. Right to protection of consumer assets against fraud and misuse;
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e. Right to timely handling and redress of complaints.
Sec. 3. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act:
Financial consumer refers to a person or entity, or their duly-appointed 
representative, who is a purchaser, lessee, recipient, or prospective 
purchaser, lessee or recipient of Financial Products or Services. It shall also 
refer to any person, natural or juridical, who had or has current or 
prospective financial transaction with a Financial Service Provider pertaining 
to Financial Products or Services;
Financial consumer complaint refers to an expression of dissatisfaction 
submitted by a Financial Consumer against a Financial Service Provider 
relative to a Financial Product or service in which a response or resolution is 
expected.
Financial product or service refers to financial products or services which 
are developed or marketed by a Financial Service Provider which may 
include, but are not limited to, savings, deposits, credit, insurance, preneed 
and health maintenance organization (HMO) products, securities, 
investments, payments, remittances and other similar products and 
services. This also includes digital financial products or services which 
pertain to the broad range of financial services accessed and delivered 
through digital channels.
Financial regulators refer to the Bangko Sendai ng Pilipinas (BSP), 
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Insurance Commission (IC), 
and the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA);
Financial service provider refers to a person, natural or juridical, which 
provides financial products or services that are under the jurisdiction of the 
financial regulators as defined in this Act. This term shall include 
Investment Advisers as defined under Section 7 of tiiis Act;
Investment fraud refers to any form of deceptive solicitation of investments 
from the public. This includes Ponzi schemes and such otiier schemes 
involving the promise or offer of profits or returns which are sourced from 
the investments or contributions made by the investors themselves, boiling 
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public without a license or permit from the SEC, unless such offering or
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selling involve exempt securities or are considered as exempt transactions
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g) Market Conduct refers to the manner by which a financial service provider
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designs and delivers its financial products or services and manages its
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relationships with its clients and the public;
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h) Marketing refers to the act of communicating, offering, promoting,
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advertising, or delivering of financial products or services by financial
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service providers.
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i) Responsible pricing refers to the pricing, terms, and conditions of financial
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products and/or services that are set in a way that is both affordable to
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clients and sustainable for financial service providers by taking into account,
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among others, client needs and the pricing schemes of the competitors.
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Sec. 4. Scope and Coverage. - This Act applies to all financial products or
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services offered or marketed by any financial service provider.
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Sec. 5. Financial Regulators. - The BSP, SEC, and IC shall enforce the
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provisions of this Act on all financial service providers under their jurisdiction by
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virtue of their respective charters, special laws and amendments thereto. The CDA
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shall be considered an implementing government agency of this Act only with
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respect to cooperatives offering financial products or services, such as but not
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limited to savings and credit, except insurance cooperatives which shall be under the
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jurisdiction of the IC, and cooperative banks and other BSP-supervised cooperative
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financial institutions, which shall be under the jurisdiction of BSP.
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Sec. 6. Powers of the Financial Regulators. - Financial regulators under
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this Act shall have the following powers:
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A. Rulemaking- Financial regulators shall have the authority to formulate their
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own standard and rules for the application of the provisions of this Act to
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the specific financial products or services within their jurisdiction guided by
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internationally accepted standards and practices. Financial regulators may
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also determine reasonableness of interest, charges or fees which a financial
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service provider may demand, collect, or receive for any service or product
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rules of procedure concerning administrative actions arising from the 
implementation of this Act.
Market Conduct Surveillance and Examination - Financial regulators may 
conduct surveillance and examination, on-site or off-site, on their respective 
supervised financial service providers, consistent with their respective risk- 
based supervision policies, to ascertain that the provisions of this Act are 
complied with. The examination for financial consumer protection 
compliance may be conducted separately from examination of prudential 
regulations compliance. The provisions on the conduct of examination and 
surveillance provided in the respective charters of financial regulators, and 
pertinent special laws shall be made applicable in the examination and 
surveillance activities authorized under this Act.
The department heads and the examiners of the financial regulators 
shall be authorized to administer oaths to any director, officer, or employee 
of the supervised financial service providers subject to the examination of 
their market conduct and compliance with this Act, and to compel the 
presentation of all books, documents, papers, or records in any form 
necessary in their judgment to ascertain compliance of financial service 
providers to this Act.
The supervised financial service provider shall afford to its respective 
financial regulator full opportunity to examine its records, and review its 
systems and procedures at any time during business hours when requested 
to do so by the financial regulator.
Market Monitoring - Financial regulators shall have the authority to require 
their respective supervised financial service providers and their third party 
agents/service providers to submit reports or documents, as needed.
For purposes of market monitoring, the financial regulator may obtain 
relevant data about financial products, services and markets from other 
government agencies, which shall be duty-bound to furnish the same. 
Enforcement - Financial regulators shall have the authority to impose 
enforcement actions on their respective supervised financial service 
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pertinent to IJie jurisdiction and autiiorlty of the respective financial
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regulators. Such enforcement actions may include the following:
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1) Restriction on the ability of the supervised financial service provider to
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continue to collect excessive or unreasonable interests, fees or charges,
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including all other interests, fees and charges covered under 
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2) Disqualification and/or suspension of directors, trustees, officers, or
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employees of the supervised financial service provider responsible for
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violations of the provisions of this Act, its implementing rules and
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regulations, or orders of the financial regulators;
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3) Imposition of fines, suspension, or penalties for any non-compliance
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with or breach of this Act, its implementing rules and regulations (IRR),
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or the orders of the financial regulators;
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4) Issuance of a cease and desist order to the financial service provider
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without the necessity of a prior hearing if in the financial regulator's
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judgment, the act or practice, unless restrained, amounts to fraud or a
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violation of the provisions of this Act and its IRR, or may unjustly cause
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grave or irreparable injury or prejudice to financial consumers. The
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financial service provider shall be afforded an opportunity to defend its
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act or practice in a summary hearing before the financial regulator or its
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designated body, upon request made by the financial service provider
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within five (5) calendar days from its receipt of the order. If no such
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hearing is requested within said period, the order shall be final. If a
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hearing is requested by the financial service provider, the proceedings
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shali be conducted summarily without adhering to the technical rules of
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evidence, and all issues shall be determined primarily on the basis of
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the financial regulator may either reconsider or
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operating in violation of the provisions of this Act, and its implementing 
rules and regulations.
6) In any proceeding in which the financial regulators may impose a 
penalty for non-compliance with or breach of this Act and other existing 
laws under their jurisdiction, the financial regulators, in addition to the 
imposed fine, may enter an order requiring accounting and 
disgorgement of profits obtained, or losses avoided, as a result of a 
violation of this Act and other existing laws, including reasonable 
interest. The financial regulators are authorized to adopt rules, 
regulations, and orders concerning the creation and operation of a 
disgorgement fund, payments to financial consumers, rate of interest, 
period of accrual, and such other matters as deemed appropriate to 
implement this provision.
Consumer Redress or Complaints Handling Mechanism - Financial regulators 
shall provide efficient and effective consumer redress or complaints handling 
mechanism such as mediation, conciliation or other modes of alternative 
dispute resolution to address conflict/dissatisfaction from financial consumers 
arising from financial products or services. The financial consumer may avail 
of the mechanism prior to adjudication.
Adjudication - Financial regulators shall have the authority to adjudicate all 
actions as provided under existing laws.
The BSP and SEC shall have ttie authority to adjudicate actions arising 
from or in connection with financial transactions that are purely civil in 
nature, and the claim or relief prayed for by the financial consumer is solely 
for payment or reimbursement of sum of money not exceeding the amount 
of ten million pesos (P10,000,000.00). The decision of the financial 
regulators in the adjudication shall be final and executory, and may not be 
restrained or set aside by the court except on petition for certiorari on the 
ground of grave abuse of discretion, or lack or excess of jurisdiction of the 
financial regulators. The petition for certiorari may only be filed within ten 
(10) days from receipt by the aggrieved party of the decision: Provided, That 
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the Court of Appeals. The adjudicatory power shall be exercised by the Head
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Provided, that in case of BSP and SEC, the decision of the authorized officer
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The BSP and SEC may order the payment or reimbursement of money
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which is subject of the action filed before them. In the exercise of their
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adjudicatory powers, they shall have the power to issue subpoena duces
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tecum and summon witnesses to appear in their proceedings and when
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appropriate, order the examination, search and seizure of all documents, and
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books of accounts of any entity or person under investigation as may be
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necessary for the proper disposition of the cases before them. Further, the
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BSP and SEC shall have the authority to punish for contempt, both directly
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and indirectly, in accordance with the pertinent provisions of and penalties
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prescribed by the Rules of Court.
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G. Other Powers - Financial regulators may exercise such other powers as may
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be provided by their enabling laws or charters as well as those which may be
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implied from, or which are necessary or incidental to the carrying out of, the
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express powers granted to the financial regulators to achieve the objectives
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and purposes of these laws.
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Sec. 7. Investment Adviser. - Investment Advisers shall be subject to the
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provisions of Chapters VII, VIII, X and XIII of Republic Act No. 8799, and the rules
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and regulation to be issued by the SEC.
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The term "investment adviser" shall mean any person who, for compensation,
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engages in the business of advising others, either directly or through publications or
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writings, as to the value of investment products or as to the advisability of investing
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in, purchasing, or selling investment products, or who, for compensation and as part
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of a regular business, issues or promulgates analyses or reports concerning
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e) Any investment banker or broker dealer whose performance of such services 
is solely incidental to the conduct of his business as such investment banker 
or broker dealer and who receives no special compensation therefor;
f) The publisher of any bona fide newspaper, news magazine, or business or 
financial publication of general and regular circulation;
g) Such other persons as the SEC may designate by rules and regulations, or 
appropriate order.
Sec. 8. Duties and Responsibilities of Financial Service Providers.-
Board and Senior Management Oversight - The Board of Directors and the 
members of senior management of financial service providers shall ensure 
conformity with this Act and shall provide the means by which they shall identify, 
measure, monitor, control, and manage consumer protection risks inherent in 
their operations, in accordance with the rules and regulations of their financial 
regulators.
Appropriate product design and deiivery - Financial service providers shall 
continuously evaluate their financial products or services to ensure that they are 
appropriately targeted to the needs, understanding and capacity of both their 
markets and their clients. This shall include, among others, the following:
1. Affordability and suitability assessments - Financial service providers 
should have written procedures for determining whether a particular 
financial product or service is suitable and affordable for their clients.
This shall include the determination of whether or not the amount and 
terms of the offered financial product or service allow various clients to 
meet their respective obligations with a low probability of a serious 
hardship, and that there is a reasonable prospect that the financial 
product or service will provide value to its client. For the purpose of 
extending credit, this assessment will include measures to prevent over­
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2. CooHng-off period -Financial service providers are expected to adopt a
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clear cooling-off policy, as may be prescribed by law or by rules and
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regulations issued by the relevant financial regulator upon its
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determination that a cooling-off period is necessary for a particular
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financial product or service that is subject to its regulation. Such policy
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should, among others, provide a cooling-off period that will allow a client
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to consider the costs and risks of a financial product or service, free
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from the pressure of the sales team of the financial service provider.
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financial service providers based on reasonable expectation of the time
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required for a client to fully evaluate all the terms and risks of the
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financial product or service and contact concerned parties who may be
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affected by its terms and conditions, unless a minimum or fixed period is
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service provider or when stipulated in the terms of the financial product
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or service. Financial regulators may opt not to provide for a cooling-off
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period for short term transactions or contracts.
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During the cooling-off period, the financial consumer may cancel or
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return the contract without penalty; however, nothing herein prevents
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the financial service providers from recovering the processing costs
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incurred, as may be approved by the financial regulators. Financial
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service providers are prohibited from engaging in practices that
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unreasonably burden the financial consumer in the exercise of the right
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of cancellation during the cooling-off period. If the financial product or
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service is a contract of insurance, a pre-need or a health maintenance
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organization (HMO) product, the right of return cannot be exercised
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after the financial consumer has made a claim.
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may, at any time prior to the agreed maturity date, prepay a loan or
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other credit transactions in whole or in part: Provided, That costs or fees
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to ensure transparency, disclosure, and responsible pricing as required 
under this Section.
Transparency, disclosure, and responsible pricing - Financial service providers 
must ensure that they adopt disclosure principles in their communications and 
their contracts with financial consumers, including the use of clear and concise 
language to ensure that all information concerning the financial product or 
service is understood by the target clients. This shall also include updated and 
accurate disclosure of information such as pricing or any cost associated with the 
product or service, and should be made in a consistent manner to facilitate a 
comparison between similar financial products or services across the industry.
Sufficient product disclosure must be provided before the contracting of the 
financial product or service to give the client enough basis and time for review. 
Any change in the terms or conditions of a financial product or service shall be 
provided to the client.
In their advertising materials, financial service providers shall disclose the 
contact information of their consumer assistance unit providing consumer 
assistance and handling financial consumer complaints. Financial service 
providers shall also disclose that they are regulated and the advertising materials 
must identify the reievant financial regulator.
Financial service providers are legally responsible for all statements made in 
the marketing and sales materials that they produce relative to their financial 
products or services. Disclosure of information on financial products or services 
shall be made available to the public by the financial service provider through 
printed materials, mass media, websites or digital platforms.
Financial service providers must have internal policies and procedures for 
setting prices for their products and services that take into consideration, among 
others, the principle of responsible pricing.
Fair and respectful treatment of clients - Financial service providers shall have 
the right to select their clients; Provided, that they shall not discriminate against 
clients on the basis of race, age, financial capacity, ethnicity, origin, gender, 
disability, health condition, sexual orientation, religious affiiiation, or political 
affiliation: Provided, further, That financial service providers may provide
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distinction, as necessary, when making a risk assessment on a specific financial 
product or service.
Financial service providers are prohibited from employing abusive collection or 
debt recovery practices against their financial consumers.
Privacy and protection of client data - Each financial service provider must 
respect the privacy and protect the data of their clients. Consistent with the 
provisions of Republic Act No. 10173, otherwise known as the "Data Privacy Act", 
the financial regulators shall issue regulations in coordination with the National 
Privacy Commission, governing the disclosure of client data to a third party.
Clients have the right to review their data to ensure that inaccurate or 
deficient data is corrected or amended.
Financial consumer protection assistance mechanism - Each Financial service 
provider must establish a single consumer assistance mechanism for free 
assistance to financial consumers on financial transactions concerns. This shall 
include handling of complaints, inquiries and requests.
A financial service provider must provide clear information on the actions 
taken or to be taken on a complaint, inquiry or request from a financial 
consumer. In the case of alleged disputed amount or unauthorized transactions, 
a financial service provider, pending the result of its final investigation report, 
shall suspend the imposition of interest, fees or charges, or provide similar 
reasonable accommodations to the financial consumer.
Financial consumers who are unsatisfied with the financial service provider's 
handling of their complaints, inquiries and requests, may elevate their concerns 
to the financial regulator which has jurisdiction over the financial service provider 
concerned.
Cybersecurity mechanism • Financial service providers offering digital financial 
product or service must establish a cybersecurity mechanism to ensure the safety 
and protection of the client's information and financial transactions. The financial 
regulators shall prescribe the minimum qualifications and standards of the 
financial service provider's cybersecurity mechanism, subject to the size, 
complexity, risks, and nature of the financial service provider's operations.
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Sec. 9. Bundling of Products. - When a financial consumer is obliged by
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the financial service provider to purchase any product, including an insurance policy,
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as a pre-condition for availing a financial product or service, the financial consumer
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shall have the option to choose the provider of such product subject to reasonable
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standards set by the financial service provider, and this information shall be made
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Sec. 10. Training. - Staff of financial service providers who deal directly
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with financial consumers, including those who are involved in financial consumer
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protection assistance mechanism or cybersecurity, must receive adequate training
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suitable to the complexity of the financial products or services they offer. Financial
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service providers must be qualified as appropriate for the complexity of the financial
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product or service they offer.
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Sec. 11. Investment Fraud.- It shall be unlawful for any person or persons
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to commit investment fraud as defined in this Act. Any person who commits
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Investment Fraud shall be subject to the penalties under Section 73 of Republic Act
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No. 8799 and the administrative sanctions under Section 16 of this Act.
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Sec. 12. No Waiver of Rights. - No provision of a contract for a financial
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product or service shall be lawful or enforceable if such provision waives or
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otherwise deprives a client of a legal right to sue the financial service provider,
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receive information, have their complaints addressed and resolved, or have their
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non-public client data protected.
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Sec. 13. Liability of a Financial Service Provider on the Acts or
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Omissions of its Authorized Representatives. - The financial service provider
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shall be responsible for the acts or omissions of its directors, trustees, officers,
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employees, or agents, in marketing and transacting with financial consumers for its
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financial products or services.
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Sec. 14. Prescription. - All actions or claims accruing under the provisions
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of this Act, and the rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto, shall prescribe
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after five (5) years from the time the financial consumer transaction was
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consummated, or after five (5) years from the discovery of deceit or non-disclosure
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of material facts: Provided, That such actions shall, in any event, prescribe after ten
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insurance contracts, the prescriptive period for the commencement of action
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provided under the Insurance Code shall apply.
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Sec. 15. Penalties. - Any person who willfully violates this Act or the rules,
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regulations, orders, or instructions issued by the financial regulators to implement
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this Act, shall be punished by imprisonment of not less than one (1) year, but not
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more than five (5) yeare, or by a fine of not less than Fifty thousand pesos
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(P50,000.00) but not more than Two million pesos (P2,000,000.00), or both at the
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discretion of the court: Provided, That if the violation is committed by a corporation
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or a juridical entity, the directors, officers, employees, or other officers who are
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directly responsible for such violation shall be held liable thereto.
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enforcement actions prescribed under Section 6(D) of this Act and the criminal
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sanctions provided under Section 15 of this Act, the administrative sanctions of the
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respective charters of the financial regulators shall be made applicable to a financial
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service provider, its directors, trustees, officers, employees or agents for violation of
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this Act or any related rules, regulations, orders or instructions of financial regulators;
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or to any persons found administratively liable for Investment Fraud: Provided, that
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for persons found responsible for Investment Fraud, the SEC may impose a fine of no
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less than Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00) nor more than Ten million pesos
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(PIO,000,000.00) for each instance of Investment Fraud plus not more than Ten
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thousand pesos (PIO,000.00) for each day of continuing violation in addition to the
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other administrative sanctions under Section 54 of Republic Act No. 8799. Provided,
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further, that in case profit is gained or loss is avoided as a result of the violation of
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this Act or Investment Fraud, a fine not more than three (3) times the profit gained
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or loss avoided may also be imposed by the financial regulator: Provided, finally, that
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in addition to the administrative sanctions that may be imposed, the authority of the
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financial service provider to operate in relation to a particular financial product or
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service may be suspended or cancelled by the financial regulator.
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Sec. 17. Independent Civil Action. -A financial regulator, consistent with
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public interest and protection of financial consumers, is authorized to institute an
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independent civil action on behalf of aggrieved financial consumers for violations of
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If in any of tiiese proceedings, the financial regulators obtain a civil penalty
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against any person or entity, or such person or entity agrees to settle such civil
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penalty, the amount of such civil penalty shall, on the motion of the financial
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regulators, be added to and become part of a disgorgement fund or other fund
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established for the benefit of the aggrieved financial consumer.
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Sec. 18. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The financial
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regulators shall prepare the necessary rules and regulations to implement the
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provisions of this Act within one (1) year from its effectivity.
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Sec. 19. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is held
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unconstitutional or invalid, all other provisions not thereby affected shall remain
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valid.
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Sec. 20. Repealing Clause. - Articles 131 to 147 of Title IV of Republic Act
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No. 7394 are hereby repealed. All other laws, executive orders, rules and regulations
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or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or amended
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accordingly.
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Sec. 21. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days
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after its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) national newspapers
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of general circulation.
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