Diversity and inclusion are therefore critically important to the Central Bank’s mandate of safeguarding stability and protecting consumers, and will continue to be high on my list of priorities both internally within the Central Bank, and externally as a regulator and supervisor of the financial services sector.
As other speakers mentioned earlier, there is a full range of banking services that can be offered to overseas workers and their families. In line with its ongoing advocacy programs, the Bangko Sentral is undertaking a nationwide financial literacy campaign to help channel remittances to development activities and to promote a culture of saving among OFWs and their families.