Singapore

MAS Maintains Monetary Policy Stance, Warns of Slow Growth

By Editors | 14/04/2023

MAS said its five successive monetary policy tightening moves since October 2021 have “tempered the momentum of price increases”.

AML / KYC

UPDATED – Singapore Bankers Asked to Avoid Discussing Inflows from China

By Editors | 14/04/2023

Regulators asked private bankers to avoid attributing large fund inflows to Chinese wealth as this is seen as a politically sensitive issue.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Singapore to Set Crypto Client Onboarding Standards for Banks

By Editors | 10/04/2023

The “industry-driven project” has been ongoing for about six months, with participation from MAS and Police in a banks-led working group.

Fintech / Regtech

APAC Regulators Form New Forum to Address Cloud Risk

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 06/04/2023

MAS assistant managing director Vincent Loy said the twice-a-year forum will help APAC regulators and CSPs ensure greater resilience of cloud adoption in the financial sector.

Fintech / Regtech

IMDA Conducts Paperless Cross-border Trade Using ETR

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 04/04/2023

A paperless live shipment from Singapore to Thailand was successfully conducted through collaboration between IMDA, ExxonMobil, VLK and Bunkerchain.

Market Infrastructure

Singapore, Malaysia Launch Cross-border QR Payments Link

By Editors | 31/03/2023

The payment linkage will allow customers of participating financial institutions to make retail payments by scanning NETS QR and DuitNow QR codes.

Fintech / Regtech

MAS Says Latest Outage at DBS is “Unacceptable”

By Editors | 30/03/2023

Singapore customers of DBS were unable to access online banking services or make trades via its brokerage for around ten hours on Wednesday.

Fintech / Regtech

BIS Innovation Hub Completes Project Nexus Proof-of-Concept

By Editors | 23/03/2023

The next phase of Nexus will connect the instant payment systems of Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand.

AML / KYC

Singapore: New Bill Introduced to Facilitate Introduction of COSMIC

By Manesh Samtani | 21/03/2023

The Bill provides FIs statutory protection from civil liability in respect of their disclosure of risk information on to COSMIC for the purposes of mitigating ML, TF and PF risks.