Barclays fined $15m over whistleblowing error
Barclays fined over $15m over whistleblowing error New York has fined Barclays an amount of $15m over a whistleblowing error which took place in 2016. The attempts of Mr. Jes Staley to uncover the whistleblower first came to light in April 2017, dealt a new blow for...
MAS imposes lifetime ban on former Goldman Director for Money Laundering
MAS Bans Tim Leissner for Life In the wake of money laundering charges in relation to the 1MDB case, Ex-Director of Goldman Sachs Mr. Tim Leissner, the MAS has issued a lifetime prohibition order, which will prevent him to conduct any regulated business under the...
UBS Financial Services to pay $14.5 million for Anti-Money Laundering failures
UBS Financial Services to pay $14.5 million for Anti-Money Laundering failures UBS Financial Services has been ordered to pay a fine of $14.5 million as a civil penalty with regards to the willful violations for the Anti-Money laundering failures with regards to the...
Overview of Singapore Payment Services Bill
Singapore Payment Services Bill- A Brief History The Monetary Authority Of Singapore ("MAS") regulated various types of payment services under the Payment Systems (Oversight) Act, 2006 (“PS(O)A”) and the Money-Changing and Remittance Businesses Act,1979 (“MCRBA”). ...
Argus Newsletter, November 2018
Articles & Events Summary The New Sandbox Express Regime A regulatory sandbox is an environment where regulations are suspended, and allows firms to test their ideas with real customers for a fixed period of time. The MAS has introduced a new express approval...
New S$30 Million Grant to Strengthen Cybersecurity
MAS Launches New S$30 Million grant to strengthen the cyber resilience of the financial sector The Monetary Authority of Singapore has recently announced a grant of S$30 Million in order to strengthen the existing cybersecurity infrastructure and also to help with...
US banks to adopt new technology to innovate Anti-Money laundering Monitoring
US encourages Banks to innovate in Anti-Money laundering Monitoring The US regulators, have encouraged banks to try out new technologies to innovate in Anti-Money Laundering and other financial crimes. Agencies such as The Federal Reserve, The Federal Deposit...
The New Sandbox Express Regime
The New Sandbox Express Regime in Singapore Under Public Consultation Background The FinTech Regulatory Sandbox was launched in 2016 to facilitate live experiments of innovative financial services and business models within boundaries. From this learning curve, the...
Money Laundering !
Money laundering: Dutch police find cash in a washing machine AMSTERDAM — Dutch police who found 350,000 euros ($400,000) hidden inside a washing machine have detained a man on suspicion of Money Laundering. This was uncovered during checking of a house in...
Singapore’s New Payment Services Bill
Singapore’s New Payment Services Bill The eagerly awaited Payment Services Bill was moved for first reading in Parliament, intended to streamline the regulation of payment services within a single activity-based legislation, as compared to when the MAS previously...
Do digital currencies have a future as regulated, central-bank issued currencies ?
Digital currencies have a future as Regulated, central-bank issued currencies? Leading international and local academics convened in Singapore on 15 November 2018 to discuss how digital currencies will impact monetary policy and financial stability and argues that...
Regulatory Sandbox Express proposed by MAS, Approvals within 21 days
New Regulatory Sandbox proposed by MAS with Faster Approvals within 21 days The FinTech Regulatory Sandbox is a successful initiative by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) with more than 150 FinTech players experimented within this regime, however, the process...
Singapore versus Hong Kong: Comparison Between Different Fund Management Regimes
Singapore Versus Hong Kong: Comparison Between Different Fund Management Regimes Introduction Since the advent of the global financial crisis, Asia’s two competing international financial centers- Hong Kong and Singapore, have spruced up their regulations governing...
CNBC Brainstorm : Future of Fintech
CNBC Brainstorm Event : Future of Fintech Argus Global MD, Deepesh Agarwal participated in the CNBC's Brainstorm event : Future of Fintech. It was an exhilarating event that industry leaders from Banks, Asset Management, Fintech Companies with Nancy Hungerford from as...
MAS to introduce US$5 billion funds for private equity and infrastructure fund managers
MAS to introduce US$5 billion funds for private equity and infrastructure fund managers Mr. Peter Ong, MAS Board Member and Chairman of Enterprise Singapore presented new initiatives at the Global Investor Summit of the Singapore FinTech Festival to boost private...
Argus Newsletter, October 2018
Articles & Events Summary Variable Capital Companies (“VCC”) – Gateway for Investments into Singapore On 01^st October 2018, the Parliament of Singapore passed the bill for a new corporate structure, i.e. the Variable Capital Company Bill (“VCC”). This summary...
Meet up with Singapore Minister of Finance – Mr. Heng Swee Keat
Meet-up with Singapore Minister of Finance - Mr Heng Swee Keat It was an honor for Argus Global MD, Deepesh Agarwal, to meet up with the current Singapore Minister of Finance - Mr Heng Swee Keat as he graced the occasion of Deepavali with his presence. It is really...
How to Setup a Singapore Fund Management Company
How to Set Up a Singapore Fund Management Company Singapore – Gateway to Asia Global Investors are now headed towards Asia-pacific region since it is outperforming the rest of the world in terms of economic growth. Asia is considered of strategic importance to set-up...
Argus Global Participation in Accounting and Finance Show 2018
Accounting & Technology- Past, Present & Future Argus Global CEO, Sachin Gandhi presented his views on "Accounting & Technology- Past, Present & Future'". This was presented in the Accounting & Finance Show, 2018 attracted 2,788 visitors and they...
Argus Participation in Financial Services Event-Venture Capital Fund Management
Financial Services Event On the 25th of October 2018, Argus Global, Director of Compliance, Rajiv Premkumar was invited to speak at an event for Financial Services. His topic of choice was the current Venture Capital Fund Management Regime in Singapore, given this is...
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