Singapore

    Fintech / Regtech

    Grab-Singtel Digital Bank Set to Launch First Financial Product

    By Editors | 31/08/2022

    GXS Bank will launch a savings account product on 5 September, and expand into wealth and credit products over the coming months.

    Singapore to Launch New Work Pass to Draw Overseas Talent

    By Editors | 30/08/2022

    “We cannot leave any room for investors to doubt or have questions as to whether Singapore remains open,” said Manpower Minister Tan See Leng.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    MAS to Strengthen Retail Protections from Crypto Harms

    By Manesh Samtani | 30/08/2022

    MAS managing director Ravi Menon described an approach to digital assets that allows Singapore to be both stringent in its regulation and facilitative of innovation.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    MAS Seeking Granular Business Activity Info From Crypto Firms

    By Editors | 29/08/2022

    The exercise is reportedly aimed at gathering information from crypto-related firms in Singapore ahead of planned regulatory changes for the sector.

    Enforcement

    MAS Fines Noble Group Over Misleading Financial Statements

    By Editors | 25/08/2022

    The S$12.6mn fine is understood to be the largest fine for the publication of misleading financial statements in Singapore’s history.

    Enforcement

    SG Police Make Series of Arrests Targeting Scam Syndicates

    By Editors | 24/08/2022

    4 were arrested over phishing scams targeting bank customers, and another 13 as part of a joint operation with Malaysian police.

    Enforcement

    MAS Penalises Former UOBKH Representative for False Trading

    By Editors | 19/08/2022

    The former UOB Kay Hian trading representative committed false and unauthorised trading for a client who was himself sentenced in March 2021.

    Enforcement

    Wirecard-related Charges Filed in Singapore, Philippines

    By Editors | 18/08/2022

    The charges in Singapore are for criminal breach of trust and money laundering. A bank official in the Philippines was indicted.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Crypto Firm Hodlnaut Applies for Judicial Management in Singapore

    By Editors | 18/08/2022

    The alternative of forced liquidation would be a “suboptimal solution” that would require Hodlnaut to sell users’ cryptocurrencies at “depressed asset prices”.

    AML / KYC

    Singapore Proposes Mandatory SMS Sender Registration to Combat Scams

    By Darien Choong | 18/08/2022

    IMDA proposes a transition period from October until the end of this year to give organisations time to register their sender IDs.

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