MANILA - Financial transaction crimes rose especially during the pandemic as more people turned to digital platforms due to movement restrictions, but a monetary executive said affected accounts are less than 1 percent of the total. Melchor Plabasan, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Technology Risk and Innovation Supervision Department director, said the banking sector remains "generally safe". "So far, we have been checking the number of accounts that have been compromised not only with this incident but some of the phishing incidents and it's still way, way below 1 percent relative to the total size of the market," he said in a virtual briefing on Thursday. Plabasan said "the chances of you becoming a victim of this incident are very minimal." "But then, again, we are working with the industry to ensure that the losses will be reimbursed and industry will continuously upgrade their security system," he said. Recently, around 700 BDO Uniban