Monetary Authority of Singapore

KYC & CDD

Standard Chartered Guernsey-Singapore Transfers Under Investigation

By Editors | 09/10/2017

Authorities suggest bank may have conducted $1.4bn of transfers to Singapore to avoid being caught under Common Reporting Standard.

Market Risk

Hong Kong Belatedly Joins Singapore in Pushing Back IRRBB

By Editors | 28/09/2017

Implementation delayed by a year as firms say they might not have met original deadline due to having to make substantial changes to reporting systems.

Cloud & Infrastructure

ASEAN Fintechs, Banks Set up Pan-regional Sandbox to Boost Financial Inclusion

By Samuel Riding | 21/09/2017

Sandbox board includes ASEAN Bankers Association, Monetary Authority of Singapore and is being advised by Intel, Microsoft Asia Pacific and IBM Philippines.

Cybersecurity

MAS Creates Advisory Panel on Cybersecurity

By Editors | 21/09/2017

Panel on cybersecurity and resilience includes representatives from Accenture, JPMorgan, London Stock Exchange, PwC and Standard Chartered Bank.

Structural Regulation

SGX Regulatory Subsidiary Ready to Start Operations

By Editors | 12/09/2017

SGX RegCo will begin operations on Friday (12 September) with three new board members joining Tan Cheng Han and Tan Boon Gin at the helm.

Structural Regulation

Don’t Expect New EU Equivalency Decisions for Asia

By Samuel Riding | 07/09/2017

Ben Pott, head of government affairs at NEX Group, suggests Brexit and the time taken to resolve US-EU CCP issue, make equivalency rulings unlikely.

Cryptocurrency

China Joins Stampede to Regulate ICOs

By Samuel Riding | 31/08/2017

Regulators to introduce rules on ICOs/ITOs which raised nearly $400mn in 1st half of 2017; follows moves by the US and Singapore in July.

Structural Regulation

HKEX Risks Tech Firms’ Disfavour

By Peter Guy | 28/08/2017

HKEX needs to develop regulations and boards to accommodate the entire chain of technology from start-ups to unicorns.

Resolution & Recovery

Singapore Regulator Issues Resolution Regime

By Samuel Riding | 24/08/2017

Resolution regime includes four stage assessment criteria for financial institutions, emphasises private sector role; to be operationalised ‘in due course’.