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Singapore’s ACIP Releases Guidance on Legal Persons and Trade-Based Money Laundering

By JX Low · 15 May 2018

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ACIP has released 2 guidance papers on approaches towards the misuse of legal persons and trade-based money laundering (TBML) during a dialogue held on 14 May. The ACIP is Singapore’s public-private collaboration to exchange views and information on anti-money ... Read More →

Hong Kong Releases 2018 ML/TF Risk Assessment Report

By JX Low · 1 May 2018

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On April 30, the Hong Kong Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau has released the Money Laundering / Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) Risk Assessment Report. The report examines ML/TF threats and vulnerabilities facing Hong Kong and the steps taken to the remediate ... Read More →

Singapore to Ease Non-Face-to-Face Controls for New Technology Solutions

By JX Low · 30 Jan 2018

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Update: The Monetary Authority of Singapore has released a circular on 8 Jan 2018 regarding using MyInfo as an official source for customer onboarding. Financial institutions would not need to obtain a photograph of the customer separately. For more details, please ... Read More →

Singapore to have new AML/CFT payment services regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies

By JX Low · 9 Oct 2017

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Singapore will soon have a regulatory framework on the prevention of money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism for payment services. In a parliament session held on 3 October 2017, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister in charge of the Monetary ... Read More →

Know Your Customer (KYC) Blockchain Prototype Tested in Singapore by Major Banks

By JX Low · 6 Oct 2017

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In a joint release on Tuesday, OCBC Bank, HSBC, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have developed and tested a KYC blockchain – a first in South-east Asia. The prototype is said to be able to solve current ... Read More →

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