Three major government agencies have joined forces to improve how foreign investments are tracked and reported across the Philippines. On July 20, 2026, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Philippine Statistics Authority signed a joint agreement to pool their corporate data and streamline foreign direct investment statistics.
By combining bank reports with detailed corporate records from the SEC, the agencies plan to fill existing data gaps and capture foreign-owned businesses that were previously missed by traditional counting methods. Under the agreement, the BSP will lead the compiling of official investment reports while the PSA acts as the central storage hub for all related data. Officials emphasized that sharing this information through secure digital networks will yield more accurate, reliable numbers to help guide national economic policies, while strictly protecting corporate data privacy and security.
