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Tokenised assets, stable coins central to Singapore’s crypto hub ambitions
Tokenised assets, stable coins central to Singapore’s crypto hub ambitions
Collaboration is key to achieving finance goals, says MAS’ Ravi Menon.
Singapore launches digital banker’s guarantee, insurance bond
The eGuarantee@Gov is available from over 20 financial institutions locally.
MAS commits $150m for third round of fintech funding scheme
This commitment will last for three years.
Singapore to eliminate all corporate cheques by 2025
Use of cheques for payments has declined to just 7%, says DPM Wong.
SG, China deepen cooperation in green finance, capital markets
They will work on three initiatives.
5 ways a financial institution can shield itself from cyber attacks
MAS warned that the cyber threat landscape has been increasingly hostile.
MAS to test purpose-bound digital SGD
This can be used in government and commercial vouchers, amongst others.
UOB’s net profit soars 34% YoY in Q3
The increase was driven by strong net interest income amongst others.
Central bank proposes to regulate stablecoins, add rules for DPT providers
It seeks to prevent consumer harm from cryptocurrency trading.
BNPL code launched, outstanding payments limited to S$2,000 without credit assessment
Consumers are now entitled to make full repayment without early repayment fees.
Adapt to survive in 2023: A step change for business models in FinTech
By Pat Patel, Executive Director, Elevandi
1 in 3 private home mortgages under a floating rate: MAS
For HDBs, that’s just 1 in 5 loans extended by financial institutions.
OCBC appoints Sunny Quek as head of global consumer financial services
He will lead the bank’s banking and wealth business in Singapore.
Standard Chartered taps ex-Citi head of markets as global head of international banking
James Lye will begin his role on 1 November.
Real-time Payments: The Time to Act is Now
Around the world, people now expect real-time experiences in everything they do, and payments are no exception.
UOB launches expanded U-Solar programme in Singapore
U-Solar 2.0 will be rolled out in Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia in Q1 2023.
SAS Institute: Intelligent Decisioning Solution in Action
The company drives real-time interactions that can easily create, manage, and govern robust analytically driven business rules to power decisions at scale.