Singapore

Nature & Biodiversity

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.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

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.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

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.

Cybersecurity

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.

Liquidity Risk

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.

Anti-Money Laundering

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.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

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.

Cybersecurity

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.

AI Risk & Governance

US Imposing New Controls on Chip Exports to China

By Manesh Samtani | 21/04/2025

US lawmakers accuse China’s DeepSeek are circumventing US export controls by smuggling chips through intermediary countries like Singapore