{"id":777030016,"date":"2025-08-07T08:33:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T11:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777030016"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:20:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:20:26","slug":"philippine-central-bank-moves-forward-with-stricter-oversight-of-online-gambling-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-central-bank-moves-forward-with-stricter-oversight-of-online-gambling-payments","title":{"rendered":"Philippine Central Bank working on new rules for online gambling payments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The BSP is finalising new measures for digital gambling transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has announced that it is finalising new rules that will require banks, e-wallets, and other financial service providers to adopt stronger safeguards against gambling-related harm. Developed following public consultation<\/a>, the measures will include identity verification via biometric checks like facial recognition to ensure only those eligible can use their funds for online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BSP will also propose daily limits on gambling-related transfers to reduce excessive financial losses, time-based restrictions on gambling payments to help curb impulsive behavior and tools for setting personal spending caps, voluntary breaks or self-excluding from gambling transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the bank, the safeguards will aim to reduce the \u201crisks of addiction, fraud, and financial harm while promoting the responsible use of digital financial services.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative comes as The\u00a0Senate\u00a0is expected to start committee hearings<\/a> to explore calls to ban or more tightly regulate online gambling. Lawmakers remain\u00a0divided<\/a>\u00a0over the issue and the Philippine government has stressed that it will not rush into a decision<\/a> regarding a possible ban.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Meta removes 20 influencer pages linked to illegal online gambling in the Philippines<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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