Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas mandated that all Philippine-issued debit, prepaid and creditcards should be embedded with EMV chip starting January 1, 2017 to address the number of reported hacking fraud incidents with magnetic stripe cards*.

To know more on how to replace your non-EMV Sterling Bank Visa Prepaid Card/s, please ask assistance from any of our branch personnel.

Thank you for your continued patronage.

*In reference to BSP Memorandum No. M-2016-013