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Genting Singapore's RWS handed $2.25 mil penalty for customer due diligence breaches
RWS had previously been penalised a total of $95,000 by GRA between April 2022 and March 2023 for similar lapses.
December 08, 2023
Management & Corporate Governance
Even with US$11 bil of fines, global corruption is still at a high: EY
SINGAPORE (May 7): Since 2012, regulators and law enforcement agencies around the world has imposed more than US$11 billion ($14.7 billion) in financial penalties, but the scale of bribery and corruption has shown no improvement globally, according to the
May 07, 2018
In print this week
Why the 1MDB saga could be far from over for Singapore
SINGAPORE (June 2): This past week, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) imposed penalties on two more banks and said it had completed an extensive, two-year-long probed into the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).
June 02, 2017
Update
UOB, Credit Suisse fined a total of $1.6 mil for 1MDB-linked transactions; former Falcon & BSI employees issued prohibition orders: Update
SINGAPORE (May 30): The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is imposing a total of $1.6 million in financial penalties on Credit Suisse and United Overseas Bank (UOB), having completed its two-year review of banks involved in the transactions related to
May 30, 2017
DBS, UBS react to MAS penalties arising from 1MDB investigation
SINGAPORE (Oct 11): DBS Bank and UBS Singapore have issued their responses to the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) announcement this morning which revealed that the banks have been found to have breached the MAS’s anti-money laundering (AML) co
October 11, 2016
Falcon Bank: Singapore branch shutdown regrettable, but confidence in future remains
SINGAPORE (Oct 11): Falcon Bank has issued a statement saying it is “confident about its future” after today’s earlier announcement of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) decision to withdraw the merchant bank status of Falcon Bank’s Sin
October 11, 2016
1MDB Watch
MAS shuts down Falcon Bank, imposes penalties on DBS and UBS in 1MDB crackdown
SINGAPORE (Oct 11): The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is withdrawing the merchant bank status of Falcon Bank’s Singapore branch for its “serious failures in anti-money laundering (AML) controls and improper conduct” by senior management at i
October 11, 2016