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January 14, 2026
Filipinos have taken to digital payments like a duck to water, so much so that as of 2024, more than 57 percent of all retail transactions in the Philippines are now done digitally, surging from a mere 1 percent in 2013. The government bureaucracy is even ahead of the curve, with an impressive 97.2 percent of all of its disbursements processed via electronic means at the end of 2024, according to the 2024 Status of
