Tag "Citibank"
MAS Fines Citi, DBS, OCBC, and Swiss Life Following Wirecard Probe
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has imposed penalties amounting to S$3.8 million in total on Citibank, DBS Bank, OCBC, and Swiss Life for breaching its Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements. MAS discovered these breaches
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Singapore Passes MAS’ Bill on ‘COSMIC’ to Gather Info on “Red Flag” Customers
The Singapore parliament has passed the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) bill to establish the COSMIC platform. COSMIC is a secure digital platform for financial institutions to share with one another, information on customers who exhibit multiple “red flags” that
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Meet the 65 Finalists at the SFF Global Fintech Awards 2022
The SFF Global Fintech Awards 2022, presented by Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore Fintech Association (SFA) and supported by PwC Singapore, is themed “Embracing Digital, Charting the New Normal”. 223 submissions were received across nine award categories,
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SME Lender Validus and Citi Set Up US$100 Million Securitisation Facility
Southeast Asian SME growth financing platform Validus and Citibank announced the establishment of a US$100 million securitisation facility. This will be collateralised by SME loans originated by Validus in Singapore. In March this year, Validus announced that it had inked
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Meet the 8 Startups Selected for Singapore’s Government Backed Blockchain Accelerator
Tribe Accelerator, a blockchain accelerator backed by Enterprise Singapore, announced the onboarding of new partners to its program. Despite having launched only last year Tribe Accelerator has already garnered the support of multiple government and corporate partners, including AXA, BMW
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Singapore’s Path to Digital Economy Still Facing Some Roadblocks
Use of mobile banking has overtaken physical branch interactions by 15% during the past 12 months, according to the J.D. Power 2018 Singapore Retail Banking Satisfaction Study. It is clear that Singapore’s Smart Nation journey to digitally transform its banking
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Citi Launches First Facebook Messenger Banking Chatbot in Singapore that Provides Customer Account Information
Citi Singapore today announced the launch of Citi Bot – the bank’s new natural language chatbot on Facebook Messenger. Singapore is the first market for the launch of the chatbot which will be introduced progressively in the Asia Pacific region
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MAS Awards a Full CMS Licence to MoolahSense
MoolahSense is the first marketplace lending platform to be granted a full Capital Markets Services (CMS) licence by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The CMS licence for “Dealing in Securities” was issued today. This marks a milestone in the development
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