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    AML / KYC

    Local Banks to Improve Money-locking Features: ABS

    By Nithya Subramanian | 15/01/2024

    Banks need to be prepared as scammers will continuously modify their techniques, said ABS Director Ong-Ang Ai Boon.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    Lion Global Investors Unveils Singapore’s First Actively Managed ETF

    By Nithya Subramanian | 15/01/2024

    The active ETF, launched in collaboration with Nomura Asset Management, employs AI models for dynamic portfolio management.

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    AML / KYC

    Singapore Police Using RPA Tech to Disrupt Scams

    By Editors | 12/01/2024

    RPA technology has enabled the Police to automate information sharing, information processing, and the mass distribution of SMS alerts.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    MAS Grants In-principle Licence Approval to Crypto Custody Firm BitGo

    By Editors | 12/01/2024

    BitGo already obtained a New York trust charter in 2021 and a BaFin crypto custody licence in November 2023.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    New Bill to Give MAS Greater Investigative Powers

    By Nithya Subramanian | 11/01/2024

    The proposed law broadens the regulator’s power over unregulated businesses and expands its oversight on key appointments and removals.

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    Big Picture

    Teething Issues: OTC Derivatives Reporting Rewrites in APAC

    By Manesh Samtani | 10/01/2024

    The more challenging aspects of implementation involve jurisdiction-specific data fields, the UTI waterfall, UTI generation, and ISO 20022.

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    AML / KYC

    Singapore Tables Bill to Strengthen Measures Against PF Risk

    By Editors | 10/01/2024

    Gem and precious metal dealers, legal practitioners, moneylenders and pawnbrokers will be required to address proliferation financing risks.

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    Singapore FIDReC Proposes to Raise Adjudication Award Limit

    By Editors | 09/01/2024

    The adjudication award limit is set at SGD 100,000, however FIDReC says the number of claims exceeding this limit has risen in recent years.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Singapore: AsiaNext Launches Trading in Crypto Derivatives

    By Editors | 09/01/2024

    AsiaNext said its trading members already include B2C2, Wintermute Group, JB Drax Honoré and Trovio Group.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    MAS Awards Major Payment Institution Licence to Upbit Singapore

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 09/01/2024

    The licence means Upbit now has regulated digital asset businesses in Singapore, Korea, Indonesia and Thailand.

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