Monetary Authority of Singapore

    Cryptocurrency

    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.

    Payments & Settlements

    Indonesia, Singapore Commence Work on QR Payment Link

    By Manesh Samtani | 29/08/2022

    Bank Indonesia also launched the “international QRIS”, initially connecting to Thailand’s payment system, and have a retail CBDC in the works.

    Cryptocurrency

    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.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    MAS Issues AML Guidance for External Asset Managers

    By Manesh Samtani | 25/08/2022

    The guidance covers governance, risk assessment frameworks, customer due diligence, enhanced CDD, and suspicious transaction reporting.

    Market Abuse

    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.

    Market Abuse

    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.

    Cryptocurrency

    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”.

    Trading & Investment

    Investment Funds Increasingly Setting Up as Singapore VCCs

    By Editors | 17/08/2022

    Singapore has reportedly been welcoming more than a dozen investment funds every month under the VCC regime.

    Cryptocurrency

    MAS Rescinds IPA Granted to Crypto Lender Hodlnaut

    By Editors | 11/08/2022

    Hodlnaut froze withdrawals, token swaps and deposits on its platform on Monday to focus on stabilising its liquidity and preserving assets.

    Market Risk

    MAS Revises Notice to Implement IRRBB Disclosure Requirements

    By Editors | 09/08/2022

    The revised Notice 637 will take effect from 1 January 2023, implementing the revised Pillar 3 disclosure requirements for IRRBB.

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