THE Philippine central bank has so far collected almost P888.7 million from coin deposit machines introduced last year to enhance money circulation.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Friday that the number of coin deposit machine transactions reached 214,475 as of August 15 with 236 million coins having been deposited and exchanged for e-wallet credits or shopping vouchers.

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