This document discusses new developments and future directions for rural banks offering microfinance in the Philippines. It provides key indicators showing growth in microloans and microdeposits from 1998 to 2011, with over 900,000 borrowers, 37 billion pesos in loans disbursed, 1.45 million microdepositors, and 2 billion pesos in microdeposits. It also outlines factors affecting rural banks, including new regulations, technologies, markets, and competition, and suggests addressing the needs of specific market niches through traditional and new microfinance products.