The proposed Secured Transaction Systems bill will improve access to credit in the Philippines and also raise the country’s competitiveness standing, the Finance department said on Friday.

“The passage of this bill will strengthen the Philippines’ position in the ‘Getting Credit’ indicator in the Ease of Doing Business and boost it by about 100 notches—from rank 142 among 190 countries to 42,” the agency said in an economic bulletin.

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