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The peso's depreciation has made foreign obligations more expensive in peso terms.

The Philippines has been taken off a global watchdog’s dirty-money list, a move that could spur remittances and foreign investments in one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies. The Paris-based ...

The central bank ordered BSIs to strengthen ongoing merchant monitoring, including periodic reviews of merchant profiles.

The Philippines’ ban on online casinos hasn’t eliminated money laundering risks, and any failure to stamp out illegal entities could undercut efforts to permanently exit a global watchlist, according ...

Human rights groups have accused the Philippine authorities of using money laundering and terrorist financing laws to clamp down on legitimate dissent.

Recent reports indicate good reasons to be optimistic about the future of the Philippine economy. The Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028 assumes an annual growth rate of 6.5 to 8 percent for ...

Federal prosecutors have indicted a co-founder of the Smartmatic voting machine company, saying he and other executives took part in a bribery and money laundering scheme in the Philippines. According ...

The Philippines has emerged as a surprising leader in cryptocurrency adoption. According to a 2022 report by TripleA, a crypto research firm, 7 million Filipinos, or 6.13 of the total population, own ...