Monetary Authority of Singapore

306 results about this entity

Period: 05 Aug 2010 - 10 Apr 2025

/security

Singapore warns banks to prepare for quantum computing cyber threat

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has told the country's financial institutions to make sure they are prepared for the rising cybersecurity risks posed by quantum computing.

/sustainable

MAS launches multi-sector transition taxonomy

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today launched the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance (Singapore-Asia Taxonomy) – which sets out detailed thresholds and criteria for defining green and transition activities that contribute to climate change mitigation across eight focus sectors [1] .

/crypto

MAS chief rubbishes private crypto in speech

Private cryptocurrencies have failed the basic test of digital money and are likely to be in decline in the near future

/payments

Singapore strengthens regulatory measues for digital payment token services

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today published its final tranche of responses to feedback received on its proposed regulations for Digital Payment Token (DPT) service providers in Singapore.

/payments

Singapore and Malaysia connect real-time payment systems

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) have jointly launched the real-time payment systems linkage between Singapore’s PayNow and Malaysia’s DuitNow.

/payments

Singapore and Indonesia launch cross-border QR payments

Bank Indonesia (BI) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today launched the cross-border quick response (QR) payment linkage between Indonesia and Singapore.

/markets

Citi develops blockchain FX product under Singapore's Project Guardian

Citi has developed an innovative application that uses blockchain infrastructure to price and execute bilateral spot foreign-exchange (FX) trades.

/regulation

Singapore develops generative AI risk framework; digital money and ESG also to the fore

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has brought together banks and tech firms to develop a generative AI risk framework and is now exploring how the technology can be used in the financial services sector.

/crypto

MAS kickstarts new round of asset tokenization pilots

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is to commence a new series of asset tokenization pilots in collaboration with 17 international banks.

/regulation

MAS bars DBS from new business ventures and branch closures

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has barred DBS from acquiring new business ventures or shrinking its branch and ATM network as part of an effort to restore the resilience of its digital banking services following a series of disruptive outages.

/payments

Singapore to test interoperable QR Code scheme

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is launching a proof of concept (POC) for an interoperable Singapore Quick Response Code Scheme (SGQR+).

/crypto

Global regulators form asset tokenisation policy forum

Financial regulators from the UK, Singapore, Switzerland and Japan are collaborating on a new project to explore fund and asset tokenisation use cases and decentralised finance.