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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is now coordinating enforcement actions with the SEC and NTC to limit Filipino access to unlicensed crypto platforms, moving beyond public warnings to active market surveillance.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas issued a memorandum requiring stricter anti-money laundering controls across payment systems as digital transactions reached 57.4% of retail volume in 2024. The directive mandates enhanced monitoring of merchant accounts, payment aggregators, and QR-enabled transactions, while warning Filipinos against unlicensed cryptocurrency platforms.
Strategy will deploy tactical Bitcoin sales to fund shareholder returns rather than indefinitely accumulating. Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said the company will probably sell some Bitcoin to fund a dividend to demonstrate the strategy's viability.
Sumsub launched a hybrid fraud detection bundle for Philippine financial institutions as deepfake attacks in the local market grew 61% year-on-year in 2025. The new system combines rule-based detection with dynamic risk scoring to meet the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act requirements taking full effect June 25, 2026.
Pay.sh, powered by the x402 protocol, enables AI agents to authenticate and pay for API access directly with stablecoins, replacing traditional credentials with machine-to-machine payments.