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Singapore
ESG / Sustainability
SSFA Urges Financial Firms to Target Nature-Related Risks
By Nithya Subramanian | 28/04/2025
The Singapore Sustainable Finance Association published an eight-step framework to help FIs incorporate nature into their financing strategies.
Fintech / Regtech
Culture and Conduct as the New Moat in APAC’s Wealth Sector
By Mary Leung | 28/04/2025
Traditional competitive advantages are fading in APAC’s booming wealth management sector, making a strong client-centric culture the new key to success, writes Mary Leung.
Big Picture
FBI Identifies Hong Kong as Top Destination for Fraudulent Wire Transfers
By Manesh Samtani | 27/04/2025
Other top international destinations for fraudulent wire transactions in 2024 included Vietnam, Philippines, India and China.
Fintech / Regtech
Singapore Mulls Requiring Cybersecurity Certification for FIs’ Vendors
By Nithya Subramanian | 26/04/2025
The renewed focus on vendors comes after a ransomware attack on a printing service provider that affected DBS and Bank of China.
Capital / Liquidity
MAS Considering Review of Liquidity Risk Framework for Asset Managers
By Nithya Subramanian | 24/04/2025
MAS will study the need to review the current liquidity risk management framework and engage with the industry when ready.
AML / KYC
Coordinated and Agile Response Needed to Address Financial Crime Threats in APAC
By Bradley Maclean | 22/04/2025
Regulation Asia Co-founder Bradley Maclean discusses newly published research and what the findings say about the ongoing fight against financial crime.
AML / KYC
Singapore Police Arrest Man for Selling SIM Cards to Scam Syndicates
By Editors | 21/04/2025
The man paid several students to register SIM cards using their personal information, and then sold those SIM cards to scam syndicates.
AML / KYC
Singapore Panel of Cyber Experts Convenes for Inaugural Meeting
By Editors | 21/04/2025
The CTREX Panel, formed in August 2024, said FIs should start preparing for a post-quantum security landscape, among other recommendations.
Sanctions
US Imposing New Controls on Chip Exports to China
By Manesh Samtani | 21/04/2025
US lawmakers accuse China’s DeepSeek are circumventing US export controls by smuggling chips through intermediary countries like Singapore
Securities / Derivatives
Singapore’s CapitaLand Seeks Regulatory Approval for REIT Listing in Shanghai
By Nithya Subramanian | 19/04/2025
The listing, if approved, would be the first retail REIT in China backed by an international sponsor.
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