Singapore Banking Sector

MAS stresses it will not regulate Islamic banking sector in S’pore

The central bank has reiterated its stance that it will not regulate the Islamic banking market here in Singapore. At a conference on Islamic Finance on Tuesday, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) instead argued that Shariah-compliance should be regulated internally as part of a bank's good practice in governance and control. The Islamic banking market is estimated to be worth as much as US$800...

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