MANILA--The e-commerce landscape in the Philippines can be likened to the country's geographic nature: a vast but disparate archipelago with different regions speaking their own languages. While local ...

Philippine Peso vs Indian Rupee: The value of the Philippine peso is higher than that of the Indian rupee, even though the country lags behind India economically. A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the ...

Commuters pass by the front of the Bangladesh central bank building in Dhaka March 8, 2016. REUTERS/Ashikur Rahman/File Photo MANILA (Reuters) - An anti-money laundering body in the Philippines has ...

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and Japan have renewed an agreement to trade one currency for another at a preset rate over a given period. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Bank of ...

Attorney Mel Georgie Racela runs the Anti-Money Laundering Council Secretariat in the Philippines, one of two agencies tasked with getting to the bottom with the country’s involvement in the Wirecard ...

Last week, authorities in Manila announced that Philippine troops had killed Isnilon Hapilon, the deputy leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group and apparent emir of the Islamic State in the Philippines, and ...

The Philippines has been identified by the U.S. as a “major money-laundering country” in the 2017 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (“Report”), published this month. The country now ...

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The Philippines has been taken off a global watchdog’s dirty-money list, a move that could spur remittances and foreign investments in one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies. The Paris-based ...