HALISTER1: Tightened Rules Help Banks in Long Term, Singapore Group Says

Tightened Rules Help Banks in Long Term, Singapore Group Says

(Bloomberg) -- Rules in Singapore surrounding tax reporting and anti-money laundering have been tightened significantly in past five years, says Tan Su Shan, co-chair of Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Private Banking Industry Group.
  • “While this has resulted in increased costs in compliance and surveillance, it is better for all industry players in the long term as standards are lifted across the board,” Tan says in comments e-mailed Tuesday
  • Tan, also DBS Group’s head of consumer banking and wealth management, responds to request for comment on impact of closure of BSI unit in the city state
  • READ: BSI Unit Shut by Singapore as Swiss Probe Bank’s 1MDB Links
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