The Court of Appeal found a confirming bank to be in breach of contract by declining to make payment under a confirmation to a letter of credit on the basis that a sanctions prohibition applied....more
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The Singapore High Court considered a round trip sale-and-buyback transaction paid using a letter of credit facility in UniCredit Bank AG v Glencore Singapore Pte Ltd [2022] SGHC 263....more
In Re Kobian Pte Ltd the Singapore High Court, for the first time, exercised its discretion to decide that a scheme of arrangement proposal put forward by a company was not feasible and ultimately did not grant the scheme...more
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued a Consultation Paper on Proposals to Mandate Reference Checks. -
All financial institutions and entities regulated by the MAS are proposed to be required to carry out...more
Banks, asset managers and insurers have 18 months to introduce and implement environmental risk management practices in accordance with new Guidelines on Environmental Risk Management. The Guidelines were issued by the...more
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued three new consultations each dealing with different aspects of the regulation of digital payment tokens (DPTs) under the Payment Services Act (PSA). It has also recently...more
Ensuring compliance with the MAS’s proposed Guidelines on Individual Accountability and Conduct will be a non-trivial exercise. While non-prescriptive in nature, FIs will need to conduct a proper and systematic analysis of...more
The MAS is proposing changes to requirements for outsourcing arrangements by banks and merchant banks. The proposals will extend requirements on outsourcing to a wider range of outsourcing arrangements as well as enhance the...more
A new Payment Services Bill tabled in Parliament sets out the MAS’s proposed licensing framework for providers of payment service activities. The three categories are: Money-Changing Licensee, Standard Payment Institution and...more
Banks will need to include bail-in recognition provisions in certain regulatory capital instruments not governed by Singapore law. New approval and notification requirements also applied to banks as from 30 November 2018....more