Elmore Capule News Today

Based on the latest Report of Salaries and Allowances, the top 10 highest-paid government officials in 2023 all come from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

THE proposed Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (Afasa) is likely to be passed into law by May of this year, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Senior Assistant Governor and General Counsel (SAGGC) Elmore Capule told reporters in a briefing on Saturday.

Online selling scams – the most common modus of fraudsters – cost Filipinos almost P69 million from January to August 2023

THE strength of a countrys banking system helps define its economic development. Given the crucial role of banks, it is necessary to enact laws that will regulate and safeguard the industry.

Former central bank governor Felipe Medalla took the top spot from Benjamin Diokno, who used to be the highest-paid government official in 2020 and 2021

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas officials – both former and current – dominate the list, with former BSP governor Felipe Medalla earning the top spot at P34.172 million

Despite the spur of digitization during the pandemic, individuals who chose to pay for government transactions and fees are few and far between in 2021, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said. During a Senate Hearing last Tuesday, BSP Deputy Director of the Payment System Oversight Department (PSOD) Bridget Mesina-Romero…

A limited lifting of the bank secrecy law would increase the Philippines’ chances of getting an early exit from the gray list of Paris-based Financial Action Task Force, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

Officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Monday signed an agreement for the safekeeping of the source codes which will be used for the May 2022 national and local elections.

MANILA- Monetary officials have assured the public of the security of source codes that will be used for the May national and local elections, saying these will be escrowed with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). In a virtual event for the signing of the escrow agreement between the BSP and the Comelec on Monday, BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno said the central bank has kept source codes for four elections already, conducted in 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019. "All source codes were deposited i...