Philippine central banker targets street stalls in e-money push


MANILA (Bloomberg): Philippine central bank Deputy Governor Mamerto Tangonan has long wanted to make electronic money so ubiquitous that one could pay at a street stall via mobile phone. Now he’s leading the bank’s digital drive.

"This is my life’s purpose, ” Tangonan said in a March 24 interview, his first since he took office in February.

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