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Analysts keep positive outlook on Singapore banks as applications for digital bank licences close

Stanislaus Jude Chan
Stanislaus Jude Chan • 3 min read
Analysts keep positive outlook on Singapore banks as applications for digital bank licences close
Singapore’s digital banks are unlikely to gain material market share in the medium term,” says Maybank Kim Eng Research analyst Thilan Wickramasinghe.
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SINGAPORE (Jan 8): Analysts remain bullish on Singapore banks, even as the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced Tuesday that it has received 21 applications for new digital bank licences.

While MAS did not name the applicants, it said the new digital bank licences have attracted “strong interest from a diverse group of applicants”.

Seven groups had applied for the digital full bank (DFB) licences, while 14 others applied for the digital wholesale bank (DWB) licences.

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