Inside the BSP's Digital Peso Pilot
A members-only briefing on how far the central bank's wholesale CBDC pilot has actually progressed — and who it threatens.
Ramon Dela Cruz
Inside the BSP's Digital Peso Pilot
The wholesale digital peso pilot has been running quietly for eighteen months, mostly out of public view, mostly among a small consortium of banks that would rather not discuss it on the record.
We obtained briefing materials outlining the pilot's actual scope — considerably narrower than the BSP's public statements suggest, and considerably more threatening to a specific segment of the payments industry.
The rest of this story is for PANALO Members.
Reader Discussion
J. Bautista
This is the kind of reporting I wish more Philippine outlets did.
Ramon Dela Cruz
Leads PANALO's long-form investigative desk and quarterly dossier reports.
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