Policy
Government frameworks, regulations, and Smart Nation strategy.
Banks Learn That a Human Checkbox Is Not AI Oversight
A Singapore Fintech Festival roundtable heard that banks are seeding deliberate errors into AI output to keep reviewers awake — a sign that human oversight of agentic systems needs real design, not a rubber stamp.
Auto finance's next chapter runs on trust, not just speed
X Star Technology and Aimotion's Sentosa forum drew dealers, lenders and vendors around one argument: connected auto finance only scales if trust is engineered in from the start.
MAS: tech to stay Singapore's growth engine in 2027 despite cooling
MAS expects tech-facing industries to slow yet stay the chief source of Singapore's expansion, per its Oct 14 outlook.
Asia's AI edge may come from applying tech, not bigger models
DBS Group Research argues Asia's AI opportunity lies in applying the technology to real problems rather than building the biggest models, with Singapore positioned to connect deployment, capital and governance.
FICO: Banks risking US$170B as AI rewires retail banking
A FICO brief warns banks that bolt AI onto existing systems risk losing ground, and up to US$170 billion in global profit, unless they rebuild how decisions get made.
Singapore task force targets AI-driven cyber attacks
Singapore is standing up a task force on AI-driven cyber threats while IMDA ships an early starter kit for checking agentic AI safety and reliability.
Singapore to lean on strongest AI models for cyber defence: Shanmugam
Singapore will lean on the strongest AI models it can find to defend national networks, with Senior Minister K Shanmugam promising earlier, faster action against AI-wielding attackers.
MAS to settle tokenised bills using wholesale digital dollar
Singapore's central bank will settle tokenised government bills with a wholesale CBDC, a plan its managing director set out at an October summit.
UOB and AWS team up on sovereign hybrid cloud for Asean banking
UOB and AWS will build a dedicated Singapore cloud environment with jurisdiction-specific controls, aiming to pair AI scale with banking-grade governance.
UOB Taps AWS for ASEAN Cloud Hub and AI Push
UOB and AWS will probe a dedicated Singapore cloud hub and hybrid setup covering five ASEAN markets, with AI, analytics and workforce training also on the table.
MAS finalises AI risk management rules for financial firms
MAS has published finalised AI risk management guidelines for financial institutions, with rules phased in from October 2027 and a fresh consultation on agentic AI planned for 2027.
MAS to financial firms: third-party AI is still your problem
New MAS guidance makes clear that banks and other financial firms cannot pass the buck to vendors when AI in their services goes wrong — the institution selling the product stays on the hook.