Angela Ang looks back at digital asset developments in 2022 in Singapore, and ahead to what to expect in 2023.
January 18, 2023"Project Cedar Phase II x Ubin+" will seek to enhance designs for atomic settlement of cross-border cross-currency transactions, leveraging wholesale CBDCs as a settlement asset.
November 11, 2022The investment will strengthen Partior's international reach and capabilities, while also helping StanChart accelerate the deployment of blockchain tech across its own network.
November 7, 2022Under the ‘Ubin+’ initiative, MAS will develop technical standards, infrastructure, and policy guidelines to support atomic settlement of FX transactions using CBDCs.
November 4, 2022Speaking at Singapore Fintech Festival, MAS managing director Ravi Menon outlined three reasons MAS could issue to a CBDC, while also highlighting the associated risks.
November 11, 2021With its genesis in MAS' Project Ubin, Partior was founded by DBS, JPMorgan and Temasek last year seeking to disrupt the traditional cross-border payments model.
October 28, 2021An open platform will be developed to enable real-time cross-border multi-currency payments, trade finance, foreign exchange and DVP securities settlements.
April 29, 2021MAS' Jacqueline Loh outlined several central bank-led innovation initiatives underway, including a project that will help quantify the ESG impact of investments and loan portfolios.
March 30, 2021The Singapore Blockchain Ecosystem Report 2020 says the use of blockchain in Singapore's financial sector is driven by industry collaboration to address common pain points.
December 9, 2020Described as "the first-of-its-kind in the world", the link will enable instant money transfers between Singapore’s PayNow and Thailand’s PromptPay.
December 8, 2020