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Notices

COMPLIANCE WITH RULES, REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES

THE AUTHORITY HAS SINCE 1981 EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF- REGULATION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 
 
BANKS ARE EXPECTED TO RUN THEIR OPERATIONS PRUDENTLY AND TO COMPLY WITH BOTH THE LETTER AND THE SPIRIT OF ALL RULES, REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES LAID DOWN BY THE AUTHORITY. 

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601 Capital Funds, Net Head Office Funds and Head Office Capital Funds (PDF, 50.7KB), 6 Jun 2007
602 Licence Fees, 20 Jan 1984 [Cancelled with effect from 18 Jul 2001 and superceded by the Banking (License Fees) Notification 2001 which came into effect on 1 Apr 2001]

603 Branches, Places of Business and Automated Teller Machines (PDF, 51KB), 22 Dec 2004 [Last amended on 6 Feb 2008]

604 MAS 604 (Mergers or Take-overs), 1 Nov 1973 [Cancelled with effect from 11 Nov 2002]
605 Revaluation of Assets [Cancelled with effect from 1 Jan 2005]
606 Provision for and Writing Off of Bad Debts, 11 Nov 2002 [Last amended on 30 Dec 2004]
607 Publication of Financial Statements, 14 Feb 2003
608 Disclosure in Financial Statements, 1 Mar 2006
609 Auditors' Reports and Additional Information to be Submitted with Annual Accounts, 9 Mar 2006
610 Submission of Statistics and Returns, 7 Jul 2003
611 Credit Facilities to Bank Directors, Staff and Related Concerns, 11 Nov 2002 [Cancelled with effect from 11 Jun 2007]
612 Credit Files, Grading and Provisioning (PDF, 40.8KB), 11 Mar 2005
613 Minimum Liquid Assets [Last amended on 30 Mar 2011]
614 MAS 614 (Banking Secrecy), 1 Nov 1983 [Cancelled with effect from 11 Nov 2002]
615 Appointment of Auditors, 27 Mar 2002
616 Sales of Coins or Medals, 11 Nov 2002
617 MAS 617 (Immovable Properties), 1 Nov 1983 [Cancelled with effect from 11 Nov 2002]
618 Authorised Depositories, 11 Nov 2002 [Cancelled with effect from 1 Mar 2004]
619 S$ Negotiable Certificates of Deposit, 11 Nov 2002 [Cancelled with effect from 1 Mar 2004]
622 Nominating Committees and Appointment of Directors and Chief Executives of Singapore-Incorporated Banks , 17 Jul 1999 [Cancelled with effect from 8 Sep 2005 and superceded by the Banking (Corporate Governance) Regulations 2010]
622A Appointment of Chief Executives of Branches of Banks Incorporated Outside Singapore (PDF, 56.2KB), 6 Jun 2007
623 Credit Facilities to a Single Borrower or Group of Borrowers [Cancelled with effect from 11 Jun 2007]
624 Banks' Acquisition of Shares in Companies, 9 Mar 1984 [Cancelled with effect from 11 Nov 2002]
625 Compliance with Sections 31 and 33 on a Consolidated Basis, 22 Oct 2004 [Last amended on 6 Jun 2007]
626 Prevention of Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (PDF, 100KB), 2 Dec 2009
627 Capital Treatment for Credit Derivatives, 6 Sep 2000 [Last amended on 30 Sep 2005] [Cancelled with effect from 1 Jan 2008]
628 Securitisation, 14 Dec 2007
629 Approved Transactions under Section 29(2)(e) [Cancelled with effect from 11 Jun 2007]
630 Private Equity and Venture Capital Investments (PDF, 65.9KB), 5 Jul 2010
631 Meaning of Customer under Section 40A, 18 Jul 2001
632 Residential Property Loans (PDF, 116KB), 13 Jul 2011 [Last amended on 27 Jul 2011]
632A Residential Property Loans - Fact Sheet (PDF, 624KB), 30 Nov 2011
633 Bridging Loans for the Purchase of Immovable Properties (PDF, 29KB), 1 Apr 2010, effective from 7 Apr 2010
634 Banking Secrecy - Conditions for Outsourcing, 19 Feb 2003 [Last amended on 25 May 2004]
635 Unsecured Credit Facilities to Individuals (PDF, 41KB), 25 Feb 2009
636 Negotiable Certificates of Deposit, 1 Mar 2004 [Last amended on 25 May 2004]
637 Notice on Risk Based Capital Adequacy Requirements for Banks Incorporated in Singapore, 14 Dec 2007 [Last amended on 16 Dec 2011, effective 31 Dec 2011]

  Notice on Risk Based Capital Adequacy Requirements for Banks Incorporated in Singapore (PDF, 7.23MB), 14 Dec 2007 [Last amended on 5 Jul 2010]

638 Notice on Recognition of Bilateral Netting for Capital Adequacy Purposes for Banks Incorporated in Singapore, 21 Jun 2006 [Cancelled with effect from 1 Jan 2008]
639 Exposures to Single Counterparty Groups (PDF, 165KB), 6 Jun 2007 [Last amended on 31 Dec 2009]
639A Exposures and Credit Facilities to Related Concerns, 6 Jun 2007
640 Minimum Asset Maintenance Requirements, 6 Jun 2007 [Last amended on 13 Apr 2011]
704 Minimum Cash Balance - Liabilities Base, 16 Nov 2001 [Cancelled with effect from 31 Jul 2008]
705 Mandate for Clearing Settlement [Cancelled with effect from 1 Feb 2007]
707 Direct Crediting of Interest on Singapore Government Registered Stocks, 2 Sep 1985 [Cancelled with effect from 7 Nov 2003]
710 MAS Electronic Payment System (MEPS) - Authorisation, Manual Back-up System and Encashment Procedures [Cancelled with effect from 1 Feb 2007]
712 Government Securities Book-Entry System - Terms and Conditions on the Operation of the Securities and Cash Statement Accounts and Manual Back-up System, 20 Sep 1999 [Cancelled with effect from 1 Feb 2007]
713 Government Securities Book Entry System - Letter of Undertaking for Disclosure of Interest and Discount Earned [Cancelled with effect from 1 Feb 2007]
714 Tender for the Book-Entry Government Securities [Cancelled with effect from 1 Feb 2007]
715 Withholding Tax Form [Cancelled with effect from 1 Feb 2007]
750 Standardisation of Commercial Bills of Exchange, 16 Apr 1982
752 Withholding Tax on US$NCDs, 22 Jul 1978
753 Appointment of Head of Treasury and Register of Dealers (PDF, 7KB), 7 Sep 2007
754 Exchange Control Liberalisation, 25 May 1978
755 Weekly Report on S$ Transactions (PDF, 11.7KB), 4 Jul 2003
756 Deposit and Lending Rates, 16 Oct 1998
757 Lending of Singapore Dollar to Non-Resident Financial Institutions, 28 May 2004
758 Minimum Cash Balance, 13 Feb 2008, effective from 31 Jul 2008
759 Collection of Statistical Returns for Credit Cards (PDF, 84KB), 7 Apr 2009, effective 1 Jul 2009
760 Collection of Statistical Returns for Unsecured Credit Facilities (PDF, 55KB), 7 Apr 2009, effective 1 Jul 2009
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Last modified on 19/12/2011