Tag "The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)"
Singapore Digitalises Bankers Guarantees and Insurance Bonds With eGuarantee@Gov
Providing banker’s guarantees or insurance bonds to government agencies in Singapore can now be done online and within one day using eGuarantee@Gov, said Lawrence Wong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, and Deputy Chairman of the Monetary Authority of
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MAS Commits S$150 Million Funding to Innovate Financial Sector
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is opening a fresh round of funding for the Financial Sector Technology and Innovation Scheme (FTSI), amounting to S$150 million for the next three years. This was announced by Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s Deputy Prime
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MAS Extends Digital Bank Assessment Period in View of COVID-19 Pandemic
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that it will extend the assessment period for the award of digital bank licences. Successful applicants will be informed in 2H 2020 instead of June 2020 as originally intended. In January 2020,
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Singapore Thinks Libra is a Risk But Does Not Want to Miss out on Its Potential Benefits
Ravi Menon, Managing Director of Monetary Authority of Singapore, joins a growing list of regulators around the world voicing their concerns about Facebook’s Libra. In an interview with Financial Times, he said that Facebook’s Libra raises a global financial risk
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12 Companies Score SG$1.2 Mil at The Singapore Fintech Awards 2018
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) today awarded 12 FinTech companies a total of SG$1.2 million divided for 12 different companies at the Fintech Awards, which took place at the third Singapore
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MAS and ABS Kick Off Inaugural Singapore FinTech Festival
The inaugural Singapore FinTech Festival kicked off today with a series of events that aim to portray the future of a financial industry transformed by innovation and technology. The week-long Festival is organised by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS),
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Experts Talk: The Fintech Ecosystem in Singapore
A close approach to the FinTech Ecosystem in Singapore, made by 2geeks1city. FinTech experts and entrepreneurs in Singapore talked about the state of Fintech in Singapore, their challenges and the future of this trend in the coming years. State of Fintech
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The Emergence of Fintech: Where Does Malaysia Stand?
Fintech is a space that we’ve been operating in for the past eight years and a space we have observed for an even longer time. It is truly an exciting space to be in at this day and age. Years
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MAS Proposes New Regulatory Framework and Governance Model for Payments
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) released a consultation paper on proposed changes to the payments regulatory framework and establishment of a National Payments Council. Proposed Activity-Based Payments Framework Singapore’s payment regulations currently cut across two pieces of legislation: the
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