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PhlPASS transactions slightly drop in Q4

MANILA, Philippines – The number of transactions made through the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ payments and settlements system fell in the last quarter of 2013, the central bank said in a report. The total volume of transactions settled and processed at the Philippine Payments and Settlements System (PhilPASS) went down four percent to 325,446 in …

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BSP MEMORANDUM NO. M-2013-055: Standard Coding for PhilPass Transactions

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), with its mandate to ensure a safe and efficient payments system, will be implementing a standard transaction coding system in order to properly identify the nature of banks’ funds transfer and payment instructions that are coursed through PhilPass for settlement. To get a copy of the BSP Memo, please …

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Total financial value of PhilPass transactions increase to 54 percent

The following article published by The Philippine Star reports the substantial increase in total value of financial transactions handled by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ PhilPass system.  Published on the 15th of November, the article stipulates that the jump occurred in the first quarter of 2011 due to the steady rise of remittances of Filipinos …

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