Monetary Authority of Singapore

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is Singapore's central bank and financial regulatory authority. It administers the various statutes pertaining to money, banking, insurance, securities and the financial sector in general, as well as currency issuance.

Source: mas.gov.sg

OKX Names Grab’s Gracie Lin to Head Singapore Crypto Exchange
OKX Names Grab’s Gracie Lin to Head Singapore Crypto Exchange
September 02, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency exchange OKX has appointed Grab executive Gracie Lin as CEO of its Singapore operations. The company announced the hiring Monday (Sept. 2), while also...

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Inside Deutsche Bank’s Pilot to Use Blockchains to Manage Tokenized Assets
Inside Deutsche Bank’s Pilot to Use Blockchains to Manage Tokenized Assets
June 20, 2024  |  Blockchain

Digital technology is undoubtedly the spear tip of innovation driving financial services forward. And that spear tip is coming to include blockchain, or distributed ledger,...

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TerraPay Gets Payments License From Singapore’s Central Bank
TerraPay Gets Payments License From Singapore’s Central Bank
April 08, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

Money transfer firm TerraPay received a major payment institution license in Singapore. The approval by the Monetary Authority of Singapore means that TerraPay is either licensed or approved in...

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Singapore Licenses Crypto Platform GSR Markets
Singapore Licenses Crypto Platform GSR Markets
April 04, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Regulators in Singapore have given a license to cryptocurrency market maker GSR Markets. As Bloomberg News noted in a report late Wednesday (April 3), the move is a...

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Singapore Banking Chief: Private Crypto Has ‘Miserably Failed’
Singapore Banking Chief: Private Crypto Has ‘Miserably Failed’
November 28, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

We could be witnessing the twilight of private cryptocurrencies, says one of Singapore’s top central bankers. Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Managing Director Ravi Menon argued Tuesday (Nov....

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Monetary Authority of Singapore Unveils Plans for Digital Money 
Monetary Authority of Singapore Unveils Plans for Digital Money 
November 16, 2023  |  CBDC

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has unveiled a series of initiatives aimed at ensuring the secure and innovative utilization of digital money in the country.  These...

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Citi Debuts Blockchain Solution for Foreign Exchange Trades
Citi Debuts Blockchain Solution for Foreign Exchange Trades
November 15, 2023  |  Blockchain

Citi has created an application that uses blockchain to execute foreign exchange (FX) trades. The new tool, announced Wednesday (Nov. 14), employs blockchain infrastructure to price and perform...

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Central Banks, BIS and FI Projects Point to Growing Embrace of Tokenized Deposits
Central Banks, BIS and FI Projects Point to Growing Embrace of Tokenized Deposits
October 05, 2023  |  Banking

The Bank for International Settlements, central banks and traditional financial institutions (FIs) are in the midst of tackling various ways and means of creating and...

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Coinbase Gets Payments License in ‘Priority Market’ of Singapore
Coinbase Gets Payments License in ‘Priority Market’ of Singapore
October 02, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency giant Coinbase has received a payments license from Singapore’s central bank. The license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will let Coinbase provide...

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