Singapore

Market Infrastructure

MAS Launches Payment Linkages with Malaysia, Indonesia

By Editors | 19/11/2023

The payment links are described as “significant milestones” to enable faster and cheaper cross-border payments and promote greater regional economic integration.

ESG / Sustainability

MAS Launches Digital Platform to Streamline ESG Reporting

By Editors | 17/11/2023

The new platform will consolidate and synergise all of Project Greenprint’s existing utilities and help companies automate their ESG reporting process.

AML / KYC

MAS Issues Draft Requirements for Data Sharing Through COSMIC

By Manesh Samtani | 17/11/2023

The requirements cover the internal policies FIs must put in place to share information through COSMIC, and the appropriate use and safeguarding of information received.

Crypto / Digital Assets

MAS Unveils Digital Money Blueprint, Plans for Wholesale CBDC

By Manesh Samtani | 16/11/2023

Four new digital money trials will commence with industry players, and MAS will pilot the “live” issuance of wholesale CBDCs for the first time next year.

Fintech / Regtech

AI To Enhance Central Banks’ Supervision: Deutsche Bundesbank

By Jill Wong | 16/11/2023

Joachim Wuermeling of the Deutsche Bundesbank says AI will help central banks do a better job in supervising banks.

Fintech / Regtech

IFC, MAS, WEF Partner to Advance Digital Financial Inclusion

By Mark Johnston | 16/11/2023

The partnership will create and promote new financing instruments to promote digital financial inclusion in emerging and developing markets.

AML / KYC

Singapore Police Make Five Arrests in Anti-scam Operation

By Editors | 16/11/2023

The police acted on information from DBS, seizing S$680,000 and arresting five individuals including a 16-year-old.

Fintech / Regtech

MAS-Backed Consortium Develops GenAI Risk Framework

By Editors | 16/11/2023

The risk framework will enable FIs to use GenAI in a responsible manner, including by leveraging illustrative use cases to better understand its impacts.

ESG / Sustainability

MAS, Temasek Trust Partner to Drive Fintech and Impact Investment

By Editors | 16/11/2023

MAS and Temasek Trust will explore the creation of a technology framework to facilitate collaborations between open technology-based platforms.