Monetary Authority of Singapore

306 results about this entity

Period: 05 Aug 2010 - 10 Apr 2025

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MAS establishes Global Finance & Technology Network

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has established The Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) a not-for-profit organisation to harness technology, pump-prime startups and foster innovation in the fintech ecosystem.

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MAS conducts business continuity exercise

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) jointly conducted today a business continuity exercise with financial institutions to strengthen the financial sector’s crisis management and operational resilience.

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ANZ joins MAS-led asset tokenisation project

ANZ is the latest bank to join the Monetary Authority of Singapore's multi-year Project Guardian initiative to explore asset tokenisation applications.

/regulation

Monetary Authority of Singapore sets up cyber and tech resilience experts panel

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today the establishment of a Cyber and Technology Resilience Experts (CTREX) Panel.

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Central banks build resource for climate risk data

Climate change poses significant challenges to the global financial system, and financial authorities and institutions need access to reliable, consistent climate data to assess their exposure to its associated risks.

/security

MAS collaborates with banks and tech firms on quantum security

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has gathered a consortium of banks and technology partners to study the application of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) as a defensive mechanisim against the threat posed by super-fast computing power.

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Singapore warns of uptick in impersonation scams

Police and banking authorities in Singapore are warning people to beware of a sophisticated impersonation scam that netted crooks $10.6 million in June alone.

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Ghana pilots blockchain-based credentials and CBDC for global trade

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has completed a proof-of-concept into the use of digital credentials for international trade and CBDC-based cross-border payments.

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MAS to fund quantum and AI projects for financial sector

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is to commit $100 million in grant funding to support the development of AI and quantum computing technologies in the financial sector.

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Fave receives in-principle approval for MPI Licence from MAS

Fave Singapore, operating under the registered entity name Beeconomic Singapore Pte. Ltd. and part of the Pine Labs group today announced that it has received an in-principle approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for a Major Payment Institution (MPI) Licence to offer account issuance, merchant acquisition, and domestic money transfer services.

/security

Banks in Singapore to phase out One-Time Passwords

Banks in Singapore are to phase out the use of phishing-prone One-Time Passwords (OTP) in favour of digital tokens for bank account login.

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Singapore Fintech Festival to turn the spotlight on AI and quantum technologies

The Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) 2024 will be back for its 9th edition from 6 to 8 November, preceded by the Insights Forumâ„¢ from 4 to 5 November.