Notice 1003 Submission of Statistics and Returns

Requirements for merchant banks submitting returns to MAS, including reporting forms, completion notes and submission timeframe.

Issued pursuant to:

Applies to: Merchant Bank (Locally Incorporated) , Merchant Bank (Branch)

View Notice Notice 1003 Submission of Statistics and Returns (1.56 MB)

This notice requires all merchant banks in Singapore to submit to MAS:

Note on revised MAS Notice 1003:

MAS has issued a revised MAS Notice 1003 that will take effect from 1 July 2021. Notice 1003 dated 18 Aug 2020 (68.8 KB) and Reporting Template 1003 dated 24 Jan 2020 (2.48 MB)set out the reporting requirements of the revised Notice.

For further guidance on data definition and reporting treatment in relation to the revised MAS Notice 1003, please refer to Guidelines for Notice 610 and 1003 dated 18 Aug 2020 (323.7 KB) and Frequently Asked Questions (18 Aug 2020) (883.6 KB).

For submission of the revised MAS Notice 1003 through the Data Collection Gateway, please refer to the following documents:

XML schema submission format	Notice 1003 - XML Schema for Appendix B1 Annex 1 (Version 1.0) Dec 2019 (ZIP, 23.3 KB) Notice 1003 - XML Schema (Version 1.1) Jun 2020 (ZIP, 65.8 KB) Notice 1003 - XML Schema (Version 2.0) Aug 2020 (ZIP, 64.8 KB) For information on the data field labels used in the XML schema for each input cell, please refer to XML Schema - Excel Submission Template Mapping (1.76 MB).
Excel file submission format	Notice 1003 - Excel Submission Template (Version 2.0) Feb 2020 (1.21 MB) - Cells highlighted in yellow are those that have been updated since Version 1.0 of the Excel Submission template. Notice 1003 - Excel Submission Template (Version 2.1) Aug 2020 (1.36 MB) Notice 1003 - Excel Submission Template for Appendix B1 Annex 1 (Version 1.0) Dec 2019 (47.6 KB)
Sample XML Files	Sample XML File Aug 2020 (ZIP, 86.8 KB) Sample XML File for B1_1 Aug 2020 (ZIP, 451 B)
Business validation rules	Notice 1003 - Business Validation Rules in DCG (Version 1.1) Aug 2020 (643.6 KB)
List of upcoming changes to submission template/XSD/validation rules	List of upcoming changes (Nov 2020) (14.9 KB)
Instructions for preparing XML or Excel submission files	Instructions for Preparing Submissions Files (38.2 KB)

18 Aug 2020: MAS Notice 1003 (Cancellation) 2020 (62.2 KB) with effect from 18 August 2020. Notice 1003 dated 16 July 2019 is cancelled.
24 Jan 2020: MAS Notice 1003 (Amendment) 2020 (1.85 MB) with effect from 24 January 2020.
16 Jul 2019: Notice 1003 dated 17 May 2018 (64.1 KB) and Appendix A1: Reporting Forms (593.4 KB) are cancelled.
17 Jan 2019: MAS Notice 1003 (Amendment) 2019 (1.61 MB) takes effect from the monthly returns for January 2019 and the quarterly return for the quarter ending March 2019.
22 Jan 2018: MAS Notice 1003 (Amendment) 2018 (1.18 MB) takes effect.
2013: MAS Notice 1003 (Amendment) 2013 takes effect from the monthly returns for July 2013 and the quarterly return for the quarter ending 30 September 2013.
2012: MAS Notice 1003 (Amendment) 2012 takes effect from the monthly returns for March 2012 and the quarterly return for the quarter ending 31 March 2012.
01 Jul 2005: MAS Notice 1003 (Amendment) 2005 takes effect.

Amendment Notes