Financial institutions in Singapore have been advised by the country’s regulator that they should continue to refer to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statement of February 2020 in respect of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Iran… Read More ›
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is consulting with the country’s financial institutions as it mulls possible changes to its anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime in the light of revelations in the so-called Pandora Papers according… Read More ›
Countering the misuse of trade finance for illicit purposes, abuse of shell companies and proliferation financing (PF) will be the initial three key financial crime risks in commercial banking focused on in Singapore’s new ambitious digital platform for financial institutions… Read More ›
HSBC Singapore’s chief compliance officer is calling for continued vigilance, the use of technology, and participation in public-private partnerships to mitigate trade-based money laundering (TBML) risks. In an article for Regulation Asia, Jamil Ahmed discusses these mitigating factors and concludes… Read More ›