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Singapore has amended its laws protecting patents, trade marks, registered designs, plant varieties and geographical indications to make them more business-friendly and to improve operational efficiency and clarity.
Intellectual Property
Media & Entertainment
Technology
TMT

Singapore Amends IP Laws for Business Friendliness, Efficiency and Clarity

Date
Feb 14, 2022
Author
OrionW
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MAS issued guidelines banning the promotion of digital payment tokens (DPTs) to the general public in Singapore.
FinTech
Regulatory & Compliance

MAS Issues Guidelines on Providing and Promoting Digital Payment Token Services in Singapore

Date
Jan 19, 2022
Author
OrionW
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) offers a regulatory sandbox (the Sandbox) to encourage financial services providers to adopt innovative financial technology.
Regulatory & Compliance
Technology
TMT
FinTech

Applying to Join Singapore’s FinTech Regulatory Sandbox

Date
Nov 11, 2021
Author
OrionW
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MAS’s Cyber Security Advisory Panel recommends the adoption of a zero-trust security model and other cybersecurity measures to counter increasingly prevalent threats to the IT supply chain.
Data Protection & Cybersecurity
FinTech
Technology
TMT

MAS Cyber Security Advisory Panel Proposes Strengthened Cyber Defence Measures

Date
Nov 1, 2021
Author
OrionW
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The Apostille Convention simplifies the process by which official documents in one member country can be recognised for legal purposes in another member country.
Regulatory & Compliance
Commercial

Singapore Joins Apostille Convention

Date
Sep 20, 2021
Author
OrionW
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In a significant decision, the Singapore Court of Appeal highlighted that a document titled “Bill of Lading” is not always a document of title to goods, as the substance and nature of the document prevails over its form.
Commercial
Logistics

The “Luna” and another appeal [2021] SGCA 84: Not All Bills of Lading are Documents of Title

Date
Aug 23, 2021
Author
OrionW
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The United Kingdom and Singapore announced a landmark financial services partnership (the "Financial Partnership") on 30 June 2021, at the 6th UK-Singapore Financial Dialogue.
FinTech
Regulatory & Compliance
Payment Services

Singapore and UK to Strengthen Financial Services Partnership

Date
Jul 2, 2021
Author
OrionW
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) published a Consultation Paper on 2 July 2021 seeking feedback on proposed revisions to enhance its investigative and other related powers to strengthen enforcement of MAS-administered laws.
FinTech
Payment Services
Regulatory & Compliance

MAS Proposes to Enhance its Investigative and Other Powers

Date
Jul 2, 2021
Author
OrionW
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore issued a circular advising financial institutions of the technology and cyber security risks associated with public cloud services.
FinTech
Data Protection & Cybersecurity
Regulatory & Compliance
Technology
TMT

MAS Issues Circular on Technology and Cyber Security Risks of Public Cloud Services

Date
Jul 1, 2021
Author
OrionW
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