A FULLY operational and functioning National Retail Payment System (NRPS) promoting the use of cashless transactions will translate to faster economic growth, the central bank said.

Moving out of cash-based payments has led to higher gross domestic product (GDP) in other countries, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Deputy Governor Nestor Espenilla Jr. said on Friday.

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