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The BSPapproved the policy waiving the notarization requirement for foreign exchange purchases over $5,000 by money changers.


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Under pressure from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the BSP had begun requiring the country’s over 50,000 money-changers, remittance agents and foreign exchange dealers to register and report their transactions beginning this year. 


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BSP Deputy Governor Alberto Reyes told reporters yesterday that the BSP has sent out the first batch of letters to at least 20 money-changing corporations and subsequent batches of letters will be sent to more money changers.


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According to Concepcion, the BSP’s restriction on such forward contracts is one reason why local firms continue to patronize the so-called parallel or black market.


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BSP Deputy Governor Alberto V. Reyes said that the Monetary Board, the policy making body of the central bank, recently called for a review of the operations of money changers, some 200 of them nationwide.


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BSP Governor Rafael Buenaventura said that since money-changing establishments have been liberalized, there is no legitimate body that tracks down their activities.


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The BSPapproved the policy waiving the notarization requirement for foreign exchange purchases over $5,000 by money changers.


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