Singapore

Fintech / Regtech

SC Ventures Completes AI Projects with Singapore’s A*STAR

By Nithya Subramanian | 29/04/2025

The projects focused on regulatory automation and fairness in AI, advancing the use of Generative AI in the financial services sector.

ESG / Sustainability

SSFA Urges Financial Firms to Target Nature-Related Risks

By Nithya Subramanian | 28/04/2025

The Singapore Sustainable Finance Association published an eight-step framework to help FIs incorporate nature into their financing strategies.

Fintech / Regtech

Culture and Conduct as the New Moat in APAC’s Wealth Sector

By Mary Leung | 28/04/2025

Traditional competitive advantages are fading in APAC’s booming wealth management sector, making a strong client-centric culture the new key to success, writes Mary Leung.

Big Picture

FBI Identifies Hong Kong as Top Destination for Fraudulent Wire Transfers

By Manesh Samtani | 27/04/2025

Other top international destinations for fraudulent wire transactions in 2024 included Vietnam, Philippines, India and China.

Fintech / Regtech

Singapore Mulls Requiring Cybersecurity Certification for FIs’ Vendors

By Nithya Subramanian | 26/04/2025

The renewed focus on vendors comes after a ransomware attack on a printing service provider that affected DBS and Bank of China.

Capital / Liquidity

MAS Considering Review of Liquidity Risk Framework for Asset Managers

By Nithya Subramanian | 24/04/2025

MAS will study the need to review the current liquidity risk management framework and engage with the industry when ready.

AML / KYC

Coordinated and Agile Response Needed to Address Financial Crime Threats in APAC

By Bradley Maclean | 22/04/2025

Regulation Asia Co-founder Bradley Maclean discusses newly published research and what the findings say about the ongoing fight against financial crime.

AML / KYC

Singapore Police Arrest Man for Selling SIM Cards to Scam Syndicates

By Editors | 21/04/2025

The man paid several students to register SIM cards using their personal information, and then sold those SIM cards to scam syndicates.

AML / KYC

Singapore Panel of Cyber Experts Convenes for Inaugural Meeting

By Editors | 21/04/2025

The CTREX Panel, formed in August 2024, said FIs should start preparing for a post-quantum security landscape, among other recommendations.