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- FATF Statement
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- On 21 June 2013, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), of which Singapore is a member, issued an updated statement that highlighted the strategic deficiencies in the anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes of 2 groups of jurisdictions: - Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Iran which have shown no commitment to address their AML/CFT deficiencies. - Jurisdictions such as Ecuador, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sao Tome and Principe
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- FATF Statement
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- On 18 October 2013, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), of which Singapore is a member, issued an updated Public Statement that highlighted the strategic deficiencies in the anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes of 2 groups of jurisdictions: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Iran which have shown no commitment to address their AML/CFT deficiencies. Algeria, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Syria, Tanzania, Turkey and
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- FATF Statement
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- On 27 February 2015, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), of which Singapore is a member, issued an updated Public Statement that highlighted the strategic deficiencies in the anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes of two groups of jurisdictions: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Iran which have not shown sufficient commitment to address their serious AML/CFT deficiencies. Algeria, Ecuador, and Myanmar, which have not yet made sufficient progress
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- FATF Statement
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- On 22 February 2013, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), of which Singapore is a member, issued an updated statement that highlighted the strategic deficiencies in the anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes of 2 groups of jurisdictions: - Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Iran which have shown no commitment to address their AML/CFT deficiencies. - Jurisdictions such as Ecuador, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sao Tome
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- FATF Statement
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- On 16 Feb 2012, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), of which Singapore is a member, issued an updated statement that highlighted the strategic deficiencies in the anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes of 2 groups of jurisdictions: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Iran which have shown no commitment to address their AML/CFT deficiencies. Ghana, Indonesia, Pakistan, Tanzania and Thailand, in addition to the jurisdictions whichhad been listed
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- Parliamentary Replies
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- Issues Raised in Parliament ANSWER TO PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION ON: Policy Towards Domestic Banking Sector For Parliament Sitting on 19 Feb 98 Question To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what is his initial assessment on the recommendations made by the Sub-Committee on Banking and Finance and whether there are plans by the Government to open up the domestic banking sector to competition as part of the overall strategy to strengthen Singapore's financial sector. Answer: 1. The Government responded yesterday
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- Media Releases
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- Singapore 17 September 2002 - The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today issued the Bills of Exchange (Cheque Truncation) Regulations 2002 , which will come into operation on 20 September 2002. The regulations define what comprises an Image Return Document (IRD), which is a document that banks will issue instead of returning the original cheque when a cheque is dishonoured, and the electronic payment information of a cheque, as referred to under the Bills of Exchange (Amendment) Act. 2 The
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- Enforcement Actions
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- MAS has issued a prohibition order against Mr Lau Chee Heong (“Mr Lau”), an appointed representative with RHB Securities Singapore Pte Ltd (“RHB”), which prohibits Mr Lau from: (a) conducting business in any regulated activity under the Securities and Futures Act (Cap. 289) (“SFA”); and (b) taking part in the management of any holder of a capital market services licence or any person exempt from holding a capital market services licence under section 99(1) of the SFA, for
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- Media Releases
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- Singapore, 30 November 2020… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that it has directed DBS Trustee Limited (Trustee), in its capacity as the trustee of Eagle Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust (EH-REIT), to remove Eagle Hospitality REIT Management Pte Ltd (EH-REIT Mgt) as the Manager of EH-REIT, and to appoint a new manager as soon as practicable. This direction follows MAS’ Notice of Intention (NOI) issued on 26 October 2020 to direct the Trustee to remove EH-REIT Mgt
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- Singapore, 3 November 2020… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that it plans to discontinue the issuance of the $1,000 note from 1 January 2021. From now until December 2020, a limited quantity of $1,000 notes will be made available each month. 2 This is a pre-emptive measure to mitigate the higher money laundering and terrorism financing (ML/TF) risks associated with large denomination notes. The move is aligned with international norms and major jurisdictions have already