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MANILA - Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas-regulated institutions and related firms can now test and offer in a controlled environment some innovative products that may eventually be useful for the domestic financial system. The central bank's policy-making Monetary Board (MB) approved the Regulatory Sandbox Framework, which allows BSP Supervised Financial institutions (BSFIs), third-party service providers, and new financial institutions to use the test and learn (T&L) approach, which has been in place since 2024, in testing new products without risking the financial system's stability. The central bank "has always championed responsible innovation since we see it as a catalyst to promote efficiency in the financial system and expand financial inclusion," according to Bangko Sentral Governor Felipe Medalla. "We are deeply committed to ensuring that attendant risks in using new technologies are effectively managed through enabling and responsive regulations,"