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Bitcoin Mainstream Adoption in Philippines is Rapidly Increasing

Joseph Young by Joseph Young
5 years ago
in Bitcoin
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Mainstream bitcoin adoption in the Philippines is rising at an exponential rate, as millions of users, local employees and expat Filipino employees are starting to utilize bitcoin to settle remittance payments, utility bills and send payments at lower costs.

Coins.ph, which recently expanded to Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand after securing $10 million in early-stage funding, is at the forefront of bitcoin innovation and adoption in the country. Since its initial launch, the vision and mission of the Coins development and operating team have been to try provide easier and more convenient methods of payments for local users.

In its main web-based platform, Coins.ph integrated a live feed of aggregated time saved by Filipino bitcoin users by avoiding traditional banking systems and relying on new-generation financial systems such as bitcoin and fintech to settle payments. So far, Coins.ph team states that it saved Filipinos 1.9 centuries of standing in line in banks since 2014.

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In order to appreciate the optimization of payments settlement bitcoin and bitcoin-based service providers such as Coins.ph offer to Filipino bitcoin users, it is important to acknowledge the horrifying inefficiency of local banking systems and financial service providers. In fact, banks have become increasingly difficult to deal with that local remittance companies including Lhuiller have started to process more payments in terms of daily volume than some of the local banks.

As a result, more Filipino remittance, fintech and bitcoin users have begun to avoid banking systems and rely on more innovative methods of sending money both domestically and abroad. A report published in 2016 revealed that 20 percent of remittances from the Philippines to South Korea is processed in bitcoin. Behind China and India, the Philippines is the third largest remittance market in the world, receiving nearly $30 billion in remittance payments every year.

Coins.ph alone has more than 1 million active users. Despite its strict Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) systems, its user base is exponentially increasing. Other bitcoin service providers within the Philippine market including Rebit and BuyBitcoin also serve large userbases and their growth as startups have been important indicators that have demonstrated the growth of the Philippine bitcoin industry.

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Mainstream adoption of bitcoin in the Philippines, mainly triggered by the legalization of bitcoin by the central bank of the country earlier this year, have also led to the adoption of bitcoin by local merchants. A member of an online community shared that Davao City, the home city of current Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, where he served as the city’s mayor prior to becoming the President, has seen an increase in acceptance of bitcoin from local merchants.

In 2014, when Coins.ph and other bitcoin service providers first launched in the Philippines, BuyBitcoin CEO Sam Kaddoura stated that local bitcoin companies are trying to offer more efficient and cost effective ways to settle remittances and payments with bitcoin. He explained:

“From the consumer perspective, not everyone in the Philippines can get approved for a credit card. In many instances, consumers will just run to the bank to physically make the deposit if they are purchasing something online. However, if you’ve bitcoin in your wallet, you would never have to leave your house to make payment. A few clicks and confirmations and the transaction is done.”

Rapidly, bitcoin and innovative fintech companies in the Philippines are rendering banks and local banking systems redundant. Independently, bitcoin companies like Coins and BuyBitcoin are processing payments for consumers, offering Visa debit card services, and other necessary financial services offered by banks, at lower costs.


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Joseph Young

Joseph Young

Joseph is a web developer and designer, writer and a passionate musician who loves to travel often. He's worked as a researcher for a number of venture capital firms and as a freelancer designer for resorts and corporations in Korea and the Philippines.

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