Monetary Authority of Singapore - News, Articles & Research

Company announcement/regulation

Singapore and India sign cross-border fintech pact

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA)IFSCA is headquartered at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. today signed a FinTech Co-operation Agreement (CA) to facilitate regulatory collaboration and partnership in FinTech.

20 September 2022

Company announcement/crypto

MAS grants Capital Markets Services licence to SBI Digital Markets

SBI Digital Markets Pte. Ltd. (SBI DM), a subsidiary of Tokyo-based SBI Digital Asset Holdings (DAH), has just been awarded the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Capital Markets Services (CMS) Licence. SBI DM received In-Principle Approval for its CMS licence from the MAS back in early May 2022.

16 September 2022

Company announcement/regulation

MAS sets out three-year transformation plan for financial services

Mr Lawrence Wong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minster for Finance, and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Deputy Chairman, launched the Financial Services Industry Transformation Map (ITM) 2025 today.

15 September 2022

Company announcement/sustainable

MAS and SGX launch ESG digital disclosure portal

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Singapore Exchange (SGX Group) today jointly launched ESGenome, a digital disclosure portal for companies to report Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) data in a structured and efficient manner, and for investors to access such data in a consistent and comparable format.

12 September 2022

News/payments

Indonesia and Singapore to connect national QR code standards

The central banks of Indonesia and Singapore have commenced work on a cross-border QR payment linkage between the two countries as part of a wider Asean-wide connectivity efffort.

31 August 2022

News/regulation

Singapore to tighten retail crypto trading rules

The Monetary Authority of Singapore could introduce "customer suitability tests" in an effort to discourage people from trading cryptocurrencies.

29 August 2022

News/sustainable

Google Cloud and MAS bid to catalyse climate fintech

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Google Cloud have launched the Point Carbon Zero Programme to drive the innovation, incubation and scaling of climate fintech in Asia.

26 July 2022

Company announcement/regulation

Sleek gets Singapore payment institution license

Sleek has been granted a Major Payment Institution License (“MPI”) issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”), effective from 1 July 2022.

07 July 2022

Company announcement/sustainable

Monetary Authority of Singapore opens AI utility to combat greenwashing

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today the first use case of NovA! to help financial institutions (FIs) assess the sustainability performance of Singapore’s real estate sector.

21 June 2022

Company announcement/startups

MAS and SFA invite entries for 2022 FinTech Awards

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) announced today the launch of the 2022 Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) Global FinTech Awards (the Awards).

20 June 2022

News/startups

Ant launches Singapore digital bank

Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has launched its Singapore digital wholesale bank, Anext.

06 June 2022

Company announcement/regulation

MAS issues updated business continuity guidelines

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today issued revised Guidelines on Business Continuity Management (BCM) for financial institutions (FIs), to help FIs strengthen their resilience against service disruptions arising from IT outages, pandemic outbreaks, cyber-attacks and physical threats.

06 June 2022