Monetary Authority of Singapore

MAS and Bank Indonesia extend bilateral financial arrangement until 2024

The agreement between both central banks was extended to 2 November 2024.

MAS and Bank Indonesia extend bilateral financial arrangement until 2024

The agreement between both central banks was extended to 2 November 2024.

8 in 10 Singaporeans approve of proposed phishing scam accountability framework: poll

Over 4 in 5 says that financial institutions should be held most accountable for scams.

DBS prohibited from buying new businesses or closing branches for 6 months

MAS will review progress after six months and may choose to extend the measures. 

Central bank's cyber security panel propose ways to fight AI risks and malware scams

Mobile banking and payments should have strengthened multi-factor authentication (MFA).

Singapore proposes shared responsibility framework for phishing scams

Both financial institutions and telcos are held accountable for mitigating scams.

MAS proposes fund management regulation shake-up with new framework

If approved, the existing RFMC regime will be repealed.

Sygnum Singapore obtains major payments institution license

It can now operate its DPT brokerage service in Singapore.

MAS teams up with BIS, Swiss and  France central banks to test wholesale CBDCs

Project Mariana used DeFi technology concepts on a public blockchain.

MAS enforced over S$20m in penalties in past 18 months

Authorities issued 18 prohibition orders and logged a total of 39 criminal convictions.

MAS assigns a price of $2.8b for 50-year green SGS bond

The green bond’s yield of reopened issue of 3.04% per annum.

Collection of LKY100 coins to begin in September

The central bank minted 4 million coins.

Online nomination of insurance beneficiaries available soon: MAS

Singapore has amended insurance regulations to allow online nomination of beneficiaries.

New requirements published for DPT service providers

It will mitigate the risk of loss or misuse of customers’ assets.