{
  "id": 1519041,
  "title": "Digital payments now make up 64.7% of Philippines retail transactions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/digital-payments-now-make-up-64-7-of-philippines-retail-transactions",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-17T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Philippine Star Business",
    "slug": "philippine-star-business",
    "url": "https://www.philstar.com/business/2026/08/18/2549941/digital-payments-now-make-647-philippines-retail-transactions"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Digital payments accounted for 64.7 percent of total Philippine retail transactions by volume in 2025, up from 57.4 percent a year earlier as the shift toward electronic payment channels continued to gain ground, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}