Yes. InstaPay and PHP are built into a Philippine deployment as part of the implementation and tested by your team before go-live.
Philippines · Loan management system
Loan management system for Philippine banks and lenders
Every active loan's schedule, payments, penalties and arrears on one record, with total-cost rules tracked for the life of each covered loan and the AI banking agent watching for early warnings.
In brief
What a loan management system does in Philippines
A loan management system (LMS) runs the loan after booking: schedules, payments, balances, penalties, arrears, collections, monitoring and statements.
Covenant Desk includes its own core banking engine for lending (loan accounts, ledger and postings, interest and fees, repayment and collections, disbursement) and integrates with the core you already run. For a lending or financing company, the 100% total-cost cap on covered loans includes penalties, so it keeps running after disbursement and lives in the LMS. PHP, InstaPay and Philippine reporting are built into your deployment.
Philippines
What a Philippine LMS has to get right
- 01
Penalties inside the ceiling
Late-payment penalties count towards the 100% total-cost cap on covered loans. The LMS stops adding charges when a loan reaches it.
- 02
Payments posted once
InstaPay, over-the-counter or cash payments posted once, with schedule, balance and reports updated from that entry.
- 03
Ageing by days past due
Arrears grouped by days past due with amounts, so collections starts with the loans that matter most.
- 04
Collections on the record
Every contact logged with who, when and what was agreed, so collection practice can be reviewed.
- 05
Credit data kept current
Payment history kept in the shape the CIC submission needs.
- 06
Monitoring and reports
The AI banking agent raises early-warning flags, and portfolio and pricing data is ready for the reports your regulator asks for.
Covenant Desk
How Covenant Desk covers it
All of this is available, built to your operation and delivered as part of the implementation.
- 01
Schedules from the approved terms
Each loan carries its own repayment schedule, with paid and upcoming instalments, principal and interest balances and the next due date.
- 02
Repayments posted once
Staff post a repayment, or confirm a borrower's payment against the bank, and the schedule, balance and reports update from that one entry.
- 03
Arrears ranked
An ageing report by 1-30, 31-60, 61-90 and over 90 days past due, with the amount in each band and Excel export.
- 04
Borrower app
Borrowers see their balance, next due date and every instalment, and pay to your own account with a reference that ties the payment to the loan.
- 05
Covenants, collateral and monitoring
For business loans: covenants recorded and tested, breaches and waivers logged, collateral with haircuts and loan-to-value. The AI banking agent monitors accounts and raises early-warning flags.
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Core banking engine
Covenant Desk includes its own core banking engine for lending: loan accounts, ledger and postings, interest and fees, repayment and collections, and disbursement. It also integrates with the core banking systems you already run, through APIs or file exchange, so you can adopt it as the lending core or run it beside your existing core.
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Philippines rules, currency and payments
Philippines's rate and fee rules, currency, payment rail and document templates are built into your deployment as part of the implementation, and your team tests them on your own cases before go-live.
Evaluation
Questions to ask any LMS vendor in the Philippines
- 01
Show the cost cap in action
Ask to see a covered loan reach 100% of the amount borrowed and the penalties stop.
- 02
How are payments matched?
A reference per loan, confirmed by staff against the bank or payment channel.
- 03
Where are collection contacts recorded?
On the loan, with time, person and outcome.
- 04
Can we migrate in phases?
Existing loans, schedules and payment history, and who checks the import.
- 05
What does the audit log show?
Every posting and change, in a log that shows if anything was altered.
- 06
Can borrowers see their balance?
A borrower app or portal saves your staff the calls.
FAQ
Questions banks and lenders ask
Yes. Covenant Desk platform manages more than 17,000 borrower records across corporate clients today, and each deployment is sized to your portfolio.
No. Loans booked elsewhere can be serviced here, and the system integrates with your core through APIs or file exchange, though most institutions run both on it.
You do. Each customer has a dedicated instance and a full export at the end of the contract.
Sources
Official sources, checked 29 October 2026
- Securities and Exchange Commission, Philippines
- BusinessWorld: SEC issues rules on interest rate cap for lending and financing companies (2 March 2022)
- Credit Information Corporation, Philippines
- National Privacy Commission, Philippines (Data Privacy Act of 2012)
Rules change; check the current text with the regulator and your adviser. This page is not legal advice. Covenant Desk is software: it does not provide loans or make lending decisions.
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