Tag "Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)"
Grab Participates in StraitsX’s Pilot Use of Tokenised Digital Vouchers at SFF 2022
Fazz financial group’s StraitsX and Grab are testing the issuance of Purpose Bound Money (PBM) with 5,000 trial participants during Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) as one of four trials under MAS’ Project Orchid. Participants will be able to utilise PBM
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Google Cloud Establishes Advisory Board for Its Point Carbon Zero Programme
Google Cloud has announced three key updates under the Point Carbon Zero Programme in today’s Singapore Fintech Festival 2022. Jointly launched with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in July, the programme aims to catalyse the incubation and adoption of
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DBS Tests DeFi-Enabled FX and Government Securities Live Trades With MAS
DBS announced that it is testing the trading of foreign exchange and government securities using permissioned DeFi liquidity pools on public blockchain as part of Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Project Guardian. The trade involved the outright purchase and sale of
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MAS Launches Project Ubin+
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today launched Ubin+, an expanded collaboration with international partners on cross-border foreign exchange (FX) settlement using wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC). Ubin+ will look into how atomic settlement based on digital currencies can improve
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Singapore, France and Switzerland to Collaborate on Wholesale CBDC Project
BIS Innovation Hub is launching a project around central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and Decentralised Finance (DeFi) protocols as part of its 2022 work programme. Dubbed Project Mariana, it explores automated market makers (AMM) for cross-border exchanges of the hypothetical
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Singapore to Eliminate Cheques by 2025
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued a public consultation paper to study the possibility of eliminating all corporate cheques and terminate central cheque clearing by 2025. The announcement was made by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance
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Singaporeans Can Now View Their Insurance Data on SGFinDex
Individuals can now digitally access and aggregate information on their life, accident and health insurance policies by participating insurers, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Smart Nation and Digital Government Group (SNDGG) announced today. Policyholders can access the information
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MAS Completes Its First Digital Asset Live Trades Under Project Guardian
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that Project Guardian, its project exploring decentralised finance (DeFi) applications in wholesale funding markets, has completed its first live trades. The trades were conducted under Project Guardian’s first industry pilot which saw DBS,
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Paxos Gets the Green Light From MAS for a Full DPT License
Blockchain infrastructure platform Paxos has received a license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to offer digital payment token services as a Major Payments Institution. The license enables Paxos to offer digital asset and blockchain products and services, as
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Circle Gets In-Principle Approval to Offer Digital Payment Tokens in Singapore
Circle, the issuer of USDC and Euro Coin, has received in-principle approval as a Major Payments Institution license holder from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The license allows Circle to offer digital payment token products, as well as cross-border
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