Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
MAS doubles down on subsidies for new listings
Expanded grant scheme aims to boost stock listings and equity market analysis
MAS and RBI to link up payment systems
New linkage will allow for automation of capital controls, say authorities
BIS to work on cross-border CBDC test with four central banks
Australia, Singapore, South Africa and Malaysia will help create shared DLT platforms
Central banks split on non-bank access to RTGS systems
Benefits of innovation must be weighed against risks of financial instability
MAS grants first crypto exchange licence
Central banks taking divergent approaches to scrutiny of crypto firms
BIS ‘Project Nexus’ targets 60-second cross-border payments
Project seeks to link up existing fast payment systems, but several hurdles remain
Climate training hub launched by international consortium
BIS training platform will act as single access point for climate risk training for central banks
UK and Singapore to co-operate on regulation
Central banks and finance ministries to co-operate on cyber security and climate impact
MAS’s Vincent Loy and Celine Sia on transforming data management
The assistant managing directors explain how uniting business and technology functions is opening up new possibilities for data collection, governance and analytics
Fed extends nine dollar swap lines to year’s end
Federal Reserve established liquidity arrangements with foreign partners at start of pandemic
MAS publishes inaugural sustainability report
Report details central bank’s own efforts to cut emissions and broader work with financial sector
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People: MAS’s Menon reappointed until 2023
Norges Bank appoints deputy to supervise SWF; Bahrain’s leader makes son deputy governor; RBI deputy reappointed
Singapore banks step up their game against internal fraud
Firms respond to MAS warnings about the dangers of remote working spurred by Covid
MAS partners with financial inclusion foundation on digital currency system
Central bank officials will sit on the Mojaloop Foundation’s management boards
MAS launches new regtech grant
S$42 million fund will help firms test new digital products before full deployment
Singapore’s SWF starts work on cross-border payment network
JP Morgan, DBS Bank and Temasek say project will build on collaboration with MAS
MAS and Bank of Thailand connect retail real-time payments
Transaction times will be reduced to minutes as opposed to one to two days, central banks say
MAS proposes ‘unbundling digital currency stack’
Layers of governance could allow single common settlement platform for CBDCs
MAS contributes reserves to IMF pandemic funds
Singapore to provide $20.6 million to IMF initiatives for low-income countries hit by Covid-19
Climate initiative: HSBC
The UK bank is working closely with central banks and other official institutions to support the transition towards a greener global system
MAS selects asset managers with green focus
Singapore government will start issuing green bonds, governor Menon says
MAS shakes up senior management
MAS reshuffles leadership, appointing Ho Hern Shin as new deputy managing director of financial supervision
MAS explores need for domestic green taxonomy
Taxonomy could help steer capital towards the region’s green priorities, deputy governor says