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Lebanese currency tanks, supermarkets mark prices in dollars

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 02 08:12 AM

Supermarkets in Lebanon started pricing items in US dollars on Wednesday instead of the nose-diving local currency, after a government announcement allowing the practice in a country heavily reliant on imports. Read more »

BSP hikes capital requirements for e-money issuers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 05:45 PM

The BSP has amended the guidelines covering electronic money and operations of e-money issuers (EMIs) amid increasing risks to protect consumers. Read more »

FACT CHECK: Di naglabas ang Bangko Sentral ng bagong pera

ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group
Posted at Feb 06 12:38 PM

Walang inilabas na bagong pera ang Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, taliwas sa mga kumakalat na post sa social media. Read more »

Bangko Sentral warns public vs fake P150 bill design

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 02 12:09 PM

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Friday said it has not released a P150 banknote featuring Dr. Jose Rizal. Read more »

92 percent of ATMs nationwide are ‘polymer-ready’, says BSP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 10:44 AM

At least 92 percent of all automated teller machines (ATMs) in the country have been recalibrated to dispense P1,000 polymer banknotes, the BSP said. Read more »

BSP replacing damaged coins, banknotes with e-money

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 02:00 PM

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said Tuesday it conducted its first BSP Piso Caravan which aims to drive the use of digital cash Read more »

BSP says to release P150 coin in honor of Gomburza

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 03:34 PM

The BSP will release a P150 commemorative coin in honor of the 150th year of the martyrdom of Gomburza. Read more »

Denmark marks first year with no bank robberies

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 04 07:49 AM

Denmark has recorded its first year without bank robberies, as the use of cold hard cash has dwindled in recent years. Read more »

BSP unveils banknotes bearing Marcos, Medalla signatures

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 04:05 PM

The BSP unveiled the new banknotes bearing the signature of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and BSP Gov. Felipe Medalla. Read more »

New York, Singapore top 'world's costliest city' survey

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 01 08:26 AM

New York and Singapore are jointly the world's most expensive cities after inflation soared this year, an annual survey showed Thursday. Read more »

3 out of 4 bitcoin investors have lost money: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 15 05:39 AM

The study also found that the biggest segment of new cryptocurrency investors, at roughly 40 percent, were men under 35. Read more »

PH debt grows to P13.52 trillion amid peso weakness

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 04:32 PM

The Philippines' sovereign debt hit P13.52 trillion in September partly due to the peso depreciation against the US dollar, the Bureau of Treasury said. Read more »

Peso strengthens against US dollar, closes at P57.97 to $1

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 28 05:53 PM

The Philippine peso on Friday firmed up against the US dollar after depreciating by almost 13 percent in the past few months. Read more »

Currency depreciation may worsen global food, energy crisis: World Bank

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 27 10:47 AM

The depreciating currencies of developing economies that is driving food and fuel prices could worsen the energy and food crisis globally, according to a World Bank report released on Thursday. Read more »

UN body bats for central bank digital currencies

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 08:41 PM

A UN body recommended on Wednesday that countries hasten the adoption of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to increase financial inclusion. Read more »

BSP tells public: Use, accept coins for payments

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 04:04 PM

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Wednesday said coins that are currently in circulation are legal tender and therefore should be accepted as payments. Read more »

Female rulers, goddesses and activists on US coins

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Oct 21 10:33 AM

The US is celebrating the first depiction of an Asian American on a quarter-dollar coin: Hollywood star Anna May Wong. Read more »

Biden says 'not concerned' about strength of U.S. dollar

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 16 12:22 PM

'I'm not concerned about the strength of the dollar. I'm concerned about the rest of the world,' US President Joe Biden said Saturday. Read more »

Peso closes at all time low of P59 to $1 on Oct. 13

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 13 05:11 PM

The Philippine peso closed at its weakest level again against the US dollar at P59 on Oct. 13. Read more »

Peso again closes at P59 to dollar on Oct 10

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 10 06:19 PM

The Philippine peso again closed at its weakest level of P59 to $1 on Oct. 10. Read more »