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Cryptocurrency
Will growing friendliness between crypto and regulators push Bitcoin to US$100,000 by year-end?
Bitcoin has rallied over 115% y-t-d on the back of growing institutional adoption due to more regulatory clarity. Some market observers have predicted US$250,000 for Bitcoin by year end.
7 days ago
Singapore Fintech Festival 2024
MAS's GFTN expands on four key strategic businesses at Singapore Fintech Festival
The ninth SFF kicks off on Nov 5, against the backdrop of the ongoing US Presidential election race.
22 days ago
Fintech
Global nominations for SFF 2024 Fintech Excellence Awards now open
The deadline for the submission is August 8, and SFF 2024 will be held from November 6-8.
July 08, 2024
Environmental, Social and Governance
A decade on, Temasek's Ecosperity Week tackles nature, blended finance and carbon markets
The conference explored Southeast Asia's renewable energy transition, blended finance and voluntary carbon markets.
April 18, 2024
Anti-money laundering
MAS launches information-sharing platform to combat financial crime; six commercial banks participate
The platform, named COSMIC, allows FIs to share customer information if there are “red flag” behaviours.
April 01, 2024
Credit Suisse crisis
MAS fines Credit Suisse $3.9 mil for misconduct by its relationship managers
Credit Suisse's clients were given inaccurate or incomplete post-trade discussion and charged higher spreads, says MAS.
December 28, 2023
Fintech
UBS, DBS and SBI execute world first live repurchase transaction of natively-issued digital bond on public blockchain
This is part of MAS’s Project Guardian, a government-industry partnership to test the feasibility of asset tokenisation.
November 15, 2023
Cryptocurrency
Coinbase awarded full major payment institution licence from MAS
Coinbase follows crypto.com and Circle, who were awarded full licences this June.
October 02, 2023
Anti-money laundering
MAS reports $7.1 mil in penalties for anti-money laundering breaches from January 2022 to June
This is MAS’s fourth enforcement report, which details action taken high profile cases such as Three Arrow Capital and others.
September 21, 2023
Anti-money laundering
MAS reports $7.1 mil in compensation penalties for anti-money laundering related breaches from Jan 2022 to June 2023
This is part of the MAS’s fourth enforcement report, which details action taken against financial institutions and individuals.
September 19, 2023