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The Philippines
7000+ islands
27 years old (avg)20% financial inclusion
100 mio people
110% mobile phones 25 bio o/seas
remittances
3. National Retail Payment System (NRPS) development is important for all Filipinos
What is NRPS? Well, NRPS envisions Filipinos to have easy
access to financial services and have accounts to make payments,
and receive or transfer funds to other accounts anytime, anywhere,
at a reasonable price from any digital device.
Efficient retail payments contribute to the stability and efficiency of
the financial system and the economy as a whole.
Amando M Tetangco, Jr. on the occasion of BANCNET 25th
Anniversary
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4. The BSP has established a vision for a National Retail Payment System (NRPS)
To establish a safe, efficient and reliable payment system
Source: BSP
• Efficient interface and
interoperability
• Fosters innovation
• Facilitates wide range of
services with certainty,
affordability and trust
• Transparency
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5. ASEAN 2025 vision confirmed commitments to the following
Payment &
Settlement
System
enhancements
Capital Account
Liberalisation
& Market
Integration
Global
Standards &
ISO 20022
Cross-border
trade;
Remittances;
Retail payment
systems
Promotion and
harmonisation
of standards
and market
practices
Facilitate investment
in region through
deepening clearing
settlement and
custody linkages
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6. Innovation dilemma: future technologies are difficult to predict
We simply only know that it will be different
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“The pace of change in terms of what
customers are doing, how they pay us, how
they come to us – it’s breathtaking … Any
company that interacts with consumers and
thinks that last week’s technology and
approach is going to work five years from now
is probably making a mistake”
Warren Buffett, March 2013
Interview at The Innovation Project 2013
(Harvard)
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7. Infrastructure matters, and financial infrastructure is the backbone of all economies
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airports
railway
roads
Financial infrastructure is important too
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8. The Philippines payment system challenges
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Inefficiencies
Fragmentation
Accessibility
Cost
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Market Infrastructures in The Philippines require
renewal, rationalisation and modernisation
RTP
Cash
Cards
(ATM/POS)
Cheque
(PCHC)
Interbank Transfer X-Border
Gcash
Smart
Mega
Link
Banc Net
National Card
Switch
(BancNet)
Paper E-cheque
LVP
NRPS
Express & Bulk
PhilPaSS RTGS
Clearing
Settlement
ACH
(PCHC)
HVP
Mobile
Money
Customer/
Product
Institutions
Remit Correspondent
Banking
Commercial banks, Thrifts, Rurals, NBFCs
Consumer, Business, Government
Systems
NRPS
Corporate Bonds &
Equities
(On-Exchange)
PSE
PDTCBTr - RoSS
OTC/ Government
Bonds
Settlement Banks
SCCP
PDEx
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10. There is a major shift in payment systems occurring: 18 markets are live with new national
Retail Payment Systems (RT-RPS) and many more being planned
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18 countries ‘live’
12 countries ‘exploring’ / ‘planning’ /
‘building’
17 additional Eurozone countries
‘exploring’
Planning
Eurozone
Live
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However, Real Time Payments Innovation is not just about going faster
Open Access
Simpler
Addressing
API to Anything
Intelligent
Messaging
̶ Inclusive -
extended
participant
ecosystem
̶ Regional/global
interoperability
̶ Extensive use of
Digital Channels,
esp. Mobile
̶ Reduced friction for
customer
̶ Centralized
Addressing across
banks
̶ Alias/Proxies
instead of account
numbers
̶ Addressing and
Overlay Services
integration
̶ Consumed by
Corporates,
SMEs, Govt.
organizations
̶ Transfer of
information, not
simply value
̶ Information rich
̶ ISO 20022
12. So how does The Philippines industry address this challenge?
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13. A National Retail Payment System (NRPS) in the Philippines must …
• Include large non-banking populations
• Rationalise existing infrastructures for efficiency & scalability
• Support government needs of monitoring payments
• Be flexible and adaptable for future generations
• Support future payment innovation and technology change
• Be highly available, safe, secure
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14. An open, scalable, flexible NPRS can support financial inclusion in the Philippines
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Basic Infrastructure
Direct
Participants
Indirect
Participants
Addressing Database
Switch
Network
SettlementService
Overlay Services
Real-time
24/7
ISO 20022
Addressing database
Connected services
such as Mobile
Payments
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15. In Australia SWIFT is currently building the infrastructure supporting the next
generation payment platform known as the “New Payments Platform”, or NPP
Basic Infrastructure
Direct
Participants
Indirect
Participants
Addressing Database
Switch
Network
SettlementService
Overlay Services
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16. Practically speaking, the The Philippines can pursue the following
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Outline a layer-based NRPS:
- innovation layer
- settlement layer
- clearing layer
Industry roadmap for ISO 20022 adoption
Form an industry working group
Establish core principles for NRPS
Tap into global expertise
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