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                    [ArticleID] => 1862843
                    [Title] => SEC to release initial coin offerings rules soon
                    [Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission hopes to release its rules on initial coin offerings before the end of the year. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-10-25 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804708
                    [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
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                    [ArticleID] => 1643230
                    [Title] => AMLC, Government agencies agree to work closer
                    [Summary] => After President Duterte blasted the Anti-Money Laundering Council for delaying probes on drug trafficking, the government and the AMLC have agreed to work “closer” in going after dirty money.
                    [DatePublished] => 2016-11-18 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136231
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1097494
                    [AuthorName] => Prinz Magtulis
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/articles/duterte-drug-money_2016-11-18_01-29-52298_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 485842
                    [Title] => 3 defects cited in RP drive vs money laundering
                    [Summary] => 

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr. said over the weekend that the Philippines would have to address three major deficiencies in its legal system, particularly the declaration of terrorist financing as a criminal offense on its own.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 458852 [Title] => Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas allows retail outlets to act as e-money agents [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will soon allow convenience stores, store chains and other mass retailing outlets to function as e-money agents, especially in areas not served by actual banks or automatic teller machines.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 398976 [Title] => AMLC freezes P1.4-B suspected accounts [Summary] =>

About P1.404 billion worth of funds in corruption-related cases have been investigated by the Anti Money Laundering Council (AMLC), which also reported freezing a total of P1.399 billion on suspicions of being laundered funds.

[DatePublished] => 2008-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 354014 [Title] => Toughen anti-money laundering law [Summary] => One of the amazing things I noticed shortly after Britain exposed the terrorist threat the other week was how quickly the Bank of England, their central bank, was able to order the freezing of the accounts of the key suspects. In fact, the world got to know the names of those arrested through the announcement of the Bank of England.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 340154 [Title] => Money laundering won’t be easy in Pagcor casinos [Summary] => Tight operating regulations in the country’s casinos make it difficult for criminal elements to use them for money laundering, gaming officials said over the weekend.

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) has agreed to cooperate with the Anti Money Laundering Council (AMLC) in the government’s anti-money laundering campaign but officials said it was unlikely for syndicates to go through casinos to launder money.

PAGCOR president Butch Francisco said that unlike in most countries where gambling is allowed, casinos in the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270023 [Title] => Wells Fargo in search of local partner [Summary] => California-based Wells Fargo & Co is actively looking for a local partner in the Philippines, specifically for its investment and consumer banking operations.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) revealed yesterday that Wells Fargo officials have met with monetary officials to explore the possibility of setting up operations in the Philippines.

BSP Governor Rafael Buenaventura said Wells Fargo is seriously interested but did not plan to go on its own without a local partner who already has the network and expertise.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 261073 [Title] => OFW remittances surge 19.4% to $706M in June [Summary] => After declining in May, remittances from overseas Filipino workers recovered dramatically in June, surging by 19.4 percent as workers adjusted to the strict bank requirements imposed in the Middle East.

Data released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) yesterday show that OFW remittances reached $706 million in June, bringing the six-month total to $4 billion, about 2.6 percent higher than last year’s first semester total.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 257699 [Title] => OFW remittances drop to $3.3B in January-May [Summary] => Remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) reached $3.3 billion in the first five months of the year, dropping by a marginal 0.4 percent due to a considerable decline in May inflows.

As financial regulations tightened in the Middle East, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said remittances continued to decline in May after going down drastically in April.

Data from the BSP showed that the weakness of the peso shortly before the May elections even resulted in a drop in dollar remittances as OFWs waited for a bigger drop in the peso-dollar exchange rate.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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