Notices
 Last Revised Date: 01 July 2024

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:

Banking Act (Cap. 19) section 26(1)  

Applies to: Merchant Bank (Locally Incorporated) , Merchant Bank (Branch)
View Notice Notice 1003 Submission of Statistics and Returns (88.5 KB)

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 (16 May 2024) (887.3 KB).

Amendment Notes

16 May 2024
MAS Notice 1003 (Amendment) 2024 (6.51 MB) with effect from 1 July 2024.

23 Dec 2021
MAS Notice 1003 (Amendment) 2021 (1.74 MB) with effect from 31 January 2022.

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.

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.

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.

Resources

Reporting template

Reporting template 1003 dated 16 May 2024 with effect from 1 July 2024 (2.94 MB)
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 for Appendix B1 Annex 1 (Version 2.0) Dec 2021 (ZIP, 23 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)

 

Notice 1003 - XML Schema (Version 3.0) Dec 2021 (ZIP, 53.4 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 (1.83 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 (Version 2.2) Aug 2020 (1.37 MB)

 

Notice 1003 - Excel Submission Template (Version 2.3) Aug 2020 (1.02 MB)

 

Notice 1003 Excel Submission Template (Version 3.1) Dec 2021 (1.25 MB)

 

Notice 1003 Excel Submission Template (Version 3.2) Dec 2021 (1.02 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 1.3) Dec 2021 (638.6 KB)
List of upcoming changes to submission template/XSD/validation rules List of upcoming changes (Jun 2021) (26.1 KB)
Instructions for preparing XML or Excel submission files Instructions for Preparing Submissions Files (38.2 KB)