Persons with disability (PWD) IDs and senior citizen IDs should be allowed as primary IDs for the purpose of opening bank accounts, says P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon.
Guanzon's proposal to benefit 'unbanked' PWDs, seniors
Apr 28, 2023 12:20 PM
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Rowena Guanzon (MANILA BULLETIN)
Here's a novel idea from P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon that could potentially help out a good portion of "unbanked" Filipinos.
According to Guanzon, persons with disability (PWD) IDs and senior citizen IDs should be allowed by banks for the purpose of opening bank accounts.
"To Bangko Sentral: please make PWD ID a primary ID for opening bank accounts, same as seniors' ID," she tweeted on Friday, April 28.
The Bangko Sentral or Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is the Philippine Central Bank.
Some Filipinos find opening bank accounts tedious because of the difficulty in fulfilling the requirements.
P3PWD, also known as the Komunidad ng Pamilya Pasyente at Persons with Disabilities, is a party-list that sought representation in the House of Representatives during the May 2022 national elections.
The party-list garnered enough votes for one House seat.
Guanzon is a former Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner.