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      Atty. Bridget Rose Mesina-Romero

      Atty. Bridget Rose Mesina-Romero

      Director

      Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

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      Atty. Bridget Rose M. Mesina-Romero is the Director of the Payments Policy and Development Department (PPDD) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, primarily charged with promoting the safety, efficiency, reliability, inclusivity and affordability of payment systems in the Philippines.

      Atty. Romero leads a team which focuses on the formulation of policies in support of the BSP’s mandate under the National Payment Systems Act; the implementation of payments development initiatives in order to accelerate nationwide adoption of digital payments; and the periodic monitoring and measurement of the effectiveness of said policies and progress of various initiatives using select payments indicators. She also leads the BSP’s core team working on cross-border payments initiatives within the ASEAN region.

      Atty. Romero serves as the BSP's representative in international working groups focusing on payment systems. She currently holds roles such as being a principal representative for the ASEAN Working Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (WC-PSS) and for the BSP team in the Alliance for Financial Inclusion Working Group on Digital Financial Services, and a member of the BSP team in the EMEAP Working Group on Payments and Market Infrastructure (WGPMI).

      Additionally, she is among the project leads for various critical projects of the BSP on enhancing national payment system safety and efficiency such as the BSP's wholesale CBDC pilot project known as "Project Agila", and the BSP national ISO 20022 harmonization project. Currently, she represents BSP in Project Nexus1, and BSP’s alternate representative to the Nexus Global Payments – Nexus Transition Committee and Board.

      Atty. Romero was a member of the National Retail Payment System (NRPS) Core Team who received the 2020 Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award (Group Category). As part of the NRPS core team, Atty. Romero was primarily involved and instrumental in the accomplishment of milestone NRPS initiatives such as the NRPS Framework, the establishment of a payment system management body and the formation of priority automated clearing houses namely, PESONet and InstaPay, among others.

      Atty. Romero obtained her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Accountancy and Juris doctor degrees from the University of the Philippines. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a member of the Philippine Bar.

      Speaking at SFF 2026

      • 3:50–4:20pmFri 20 NovPolicy StageHall 3, Singapore EXPOOpen

        Policy Rewiring

        Asia's Payments Moment: Building Connectivity Across ASEAN and Beyond

        Policy StageHall 3, Singapore EXPOOpen

        About this session

        Bilateral links between Asia's national instant-payment systems already exist and are multiplying. QR code interoperability between several member states has been live for years, built one country pair at a time. The next opportunity is a genuinely connected system, one where a payment initiated in any linked market settles instantly in any other, without each pair of countries negotiating its own bridge. Emerging multilateral models such as Nexus show how the region and beyond could move beyond corridor-by-corridor integration. As Singapore prepares to take over the ASEAN chairmanship from the Philippines in 2027, regional payment connectivity is shaping up to be one of the flagship items on its agenda, and this session is where that opportunity gets mapped out, a year ahead of time.

        This panel brings together central bank representatives from across ASEAN and India to discuss what a genuinely connected instant-payment system could unlock: aligning local-currency settlement frameworks, building on the links already in place, from ASEAN's QR interoperability to the UPI-PayNow corridor, to reach true multilateral interoperability, and establishing the shared governance that lets partners trust a system built together rather than one at a time. Attendees leave with a clear view of the progress already made, what Singapore's incoming ASEAN chairmanship could prioritise, and how close the wider region actually is to instant payments that work the same way whether you're paying across the street or across a border.