Filipino Lawmakers Unveil ‘E-Peso Act’ to Create National Currency for the Digital Age
Filipino lawmaker and representative of the 5th District of Pangasinan Kimi S. Cojuangco, pushes the proposed "E-Peso Act 2014" to be immediately enacted, as the Philippines is lacking an "official medium of exchange or money for the internet," reported The Philippine Star. The representative explained: Under the bill, E-Peso would become a legal tender and a legal payment method within the Philippines, and would be available in all local banks branches. "What exists is a patchwork of methods using traditional credit systems, which act in place of money on the Internet. The E-peso is the....
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Just a week ago, Filipino congresswoman Kimi Cojuangco introduced a bill in the Filipino House of Representatives that would create a government-backed digital currency that would serve as an official medium of exchange for domestic online payments. This digital currency, known as the "e-peso," was proposed as part of the E-Peso Act of 2014. The e-peso that would be at par with the country's official currency the Filipino Peso would be used as legal tender. Of interest to the bitcoin industry is that in its current form, the bill would require the Filipino central bank, the Bangko Sentral....
Representative Kimi Cojuangco, a member of the Filipino House of Representatives, is pushing for an "e-Peso," the Phil Star reports. House Bill 4914 would create the "e-Peso" as an online medium of exchange for Filipinos. The proposed bill would have the Filipino Central Bank research Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and decide what the best course of action would be. The e-Peso would be officially granted electronic legal tender status, according to Cojuangco: What exists is a patchwork of methods using traditional credit systems, which act in place of money on the Internet. The E-peso....
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A developing plan in Mexico to create a digital peso could demonstrate the potential of bitcoin technology to the rest of the world, if it's successful. After all, digitizing the currency would be just one part of a greater endeavor to adopt block chain technology into what the project's leader hopes might become a more transparent and trustful bureaucracy and democracy. The plans could have many far-reaching implications for the country's economic and political problems; namely, the remittances market, the tax process and the country's unbanked population. "I'm sure there will be a day....