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Payment systems are essential to the effective functioning of financial systems worldwide. They provide the channels through which funds are transferred among banks and other institutions to discharge payment obligations arising from economic and financial transactions across the entire economy. An efficient, secure and reliable payment system reduces the cost of exchanging goods and services, and it is an essential tool for the effective implementation of monetary policy, and the smooth functioning of money and capital markets. It is this key role played by payment and settlement system (PSS) in the smooth functioning of an economy in general and its financial and monetary system in particular that gives the central bank (CB) a strong incentive for ensuring that an effective, reliable and secure payment and settlement system is in place. scroll left or right to navigate through the tab menu The BSP performs the following roles in the payments and settlements system: Laws and regulations related to the operation of the Peso real-time gross settlement (RTGS) payment system Republic Act No. 11127, or the National Payment Systems Act (NPSA), provides a comprehensive legal and regulatory framework which supports the twin objectives of maintaining a payment system that is necessary to control systemic risk and providing an environment conducive to the sustainable growth of the economy. A payment system provides the channels through which funds are transferred among banks and other institutions to discharge payment obligations arising from economic and financial transactions across the entire economy. An efficient, secure and reliable payment system reduces the cost of exchanging goods and services. It is an essential tool for the effective implementation of monetary policy, and the smooth functioning of money and capital markets. The NPSA mandates the BSP to oversee payment systems in the Philippines and exercise supervisory and regulatory powers for the purpose of ensuring the stability and effectiveness of the monetary and financial system. Payment System Oversight Framework (Circular No. 1089) List of OPS with Certificate of Registration (COR) The Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures (PFMIs) were established as a result of the joint efforts of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - Technical Staff of the Committee on Payment and Settlement System (CPSS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) to strengthen core financial infrastructures and markets. The principles in three (3) sets of standards: 10 Core Principles for Systemically Important Payment Systems, 19 Recommendations for Securities Settlement (RSSS), and 15 Recommendations for Central Counterparties (RCCP) were harmonized to come up with a single set of standards that will cover all relevant financial market infrastructures: payment systems, central securities depositories, central counterparties ad trade repositories. The PhilPaSSplus is the lone Peso Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system in the Philippines, owned and operated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in accordance with its authority under the National Payment Systems Act. An RTGS system provides instant settlement of payments, transfer instructions, or other obligations individually on a transaction-by-transaction basis. Read more... The PhilPaSSplus Primer (PDF, PPSX) What is PhilPaSSplus ? (YouTube) General requirements Additional requirements Mode of Submission (choose one) The Director Link 1: Annex 1 of the Peso RTGS Rules - Participation Requirements and Procedure The National Retail Payment System or NRPS is a policy and regulatory framework that aims to provide policy direction in carrying out retail payment activities through BSP supervised financial institutions (BSFIs) by defining high-level policies, principles, and standards, which when adopted, would lead to the establishment of a safe, efficient and reliable retail payment system. Observance of the principles and standards result to: safety by ensuring the security of transactions and activities performed in the country’s retail payment system; and reliability by ensuring resiliency of operations against disruptive events. Efficiency in retail payments, on the other hand, is essentially about speed, convenience and affordability, which can clearly be supported by a shift to electronic payments. Thus, a key outcome of the NRPS is to increase adoption of electronic retail payments from 1% electronic payments in 2013 to 20% electronic payments by 2020. Read more...
In the Philippines, the BSP takes the lead in promoting an efficient payments and settlements system by providing:
Roles of BSP
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List of Operators of Designated Payment Systems
National Payment Systems Act (NPSA)
Online Registration of Operators of Payment Systems (OPS)
Form 1 of BSP Circular No. 1049
Draft Policy ExposurePrinciples for Financial Market Infrastructures
Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) System: PhilPaSSplus
Application Requirements
(For Participants with Settlement Accounts, such as banks, non-bank financial institutions with quasi-banking functions, and non-bank electronic money issuers)
Payments and Settlements Department (PSD)
Room 101, 5-Storey Building
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
A. Mabini Street, Malate, 1004 ManilaForms
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National Retail Payment System
I. Regulatory Framework
II. PESONet and InstaPay
III. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
IV. Reports on E-Payments Measurement
V. Payments Bulletin
VI. Manual of Regulations for Payment Systems
