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Media Release NRIC numbers alone cannot be used to effect payment and fund transfers Singapore, 19 December 2024 – The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) assures consumer banking customers that NRIC numbers alone cannot be used to effect payment and fund transfers. Banks apply multi factor authentication at login for online financial services and there is an additional layer of control to authorise higher risk activities[1] after login. NRIC numbers serve important functi...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JOINT MEDIA RELEASE MAS and ABS Announce Launch of Electronic Deferred Payment Solutions in Mid- 2025 and Extension of Deadline for Cessation of Corporate Cheques • New Electronic Deferred Payment (EDP) solutions to be launched in mid-2025 to support transition to e-payments • Deadline to cease processing of corporate cheques extended by one year to end- 2026 • Retail cheques, cashier’s orders and USD cheques continue to be available Singapore, 5 December 202...

Media Release ABS launches anti-scam mascot Canny to continue fight against scams Canny is a visual alert to remind consumers to be on guard against scams Singapore, 6 November 2024 – The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) has launched Canny, the anti-scam mascot, to support member banks’ fight against scams. Canny will serve as a common visual cue for the banking industry to prompt families, especially children and youth, to be alert against fraud. Member banks will prog...

Media statement by the Association of Banks in Singapore on Shared Responsibility Framework Singapore, 24 October 2024 - To be attributed to Mrs Ong-Ang Ai Boon, Director, The Association of Banks in Singapore To keep pace with a constantly-evolving scam landscape, key players in the whole ecosystem, which include government agencies and financial institutions, continue to collaborate closely to build a robust system against scams. Over the last two years, the banking indu...

Media Release Singapore’s first best practice paper on enhancing anti-money laundering audit in banks launched by ABS and industry group SINGAPORE, 21 October 2024 – Singapore’s first industry-led best practice paper to enhance Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) audits in banks was launched today by The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS), in partnership with the Anti-Money Laundering Audit Peer Group (AAPG)1. Developed by the AAP...

JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Business Continuity Exercise to Bolster Singapore Financial Sector’s Operational Resilience Singapore, 15 October 2024…The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) jointly conducted today a business continuity exercise with financial institutions to strengthen the financial sector’s crisis management and operational resilience. 2 Codenamed “Exercise Raffles”, this seventh edition of the exercise inc...

Obtaining reliable estimates of the natural rate of interest, r*, and understanding its drivers is key for assessing long-run trends in real interest rates. In turn, this plays a role in assessing the stance of monetary policy. Against this backdrop, we discuss the evolution of real interest rates in Switzerland and present a portfolio of models used by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to estimate r* as well as investigate its drivers. Moreover, we discuss the implications of the r* estim...

During its meeting on 21 March 2025, the Federal Council decided to lower the interest rates for outstanding COVID-19 credits with effect from 31 March 2025. The interest rate will now be 0.25% for credits up to CHF 500,000 and 0.75% for credits exceeding CHF 500,000.

12 March 2025ECB wage tracker, updated with agreements signed up to 19 February 2025, broadly unrevised compared to data release following January Governing Council meetingForward-looking information continues to suggest that negotiated wage pressures will ease overall in 2025Forward-looking information from the wage tracker should not be interpreted as a forecast The European Central Bank (ECB) wage tracker, which only covers active collective bargaining agreements, indicates negotiated wage gr...

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