MAS imposes further penalties on Singapore’s biggest lender

Central bank penalises DBS after country’s largest bank experienced repeated service outages

Monetary Authority of Singapore
The Monetary Authority of Singapore
George Johnson

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has imposed several restrictions on the country’s largest lender, after it experienced repeated service outages this year.

The MAS banned DBS Bank from acquiring new business ventures for six months, it said in a statement on November 1. The bank is also not allowed to reduce the size of its branch and ATM networks in Singapore until the MAS is satisfied with the progress of its remediation efforts.

It must also not make non-essential changes to its IT

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@centralbanking.com or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.centralbanking.com/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@centralbanking.com to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Central Banking? View our subscription options

Register for Central Banking

All fields are mandatory unless otherwise highlighted

This address will be used to create your account

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Central Banking account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account

.