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Published 13 Nov 2026Data as of 3 Nov 2026 Digital infrastructureMAS's Future of Finance Institute starts operations with AI programmes, including guidance on AI agentsThe Future of Finance Institute, set up by MAS, began operations on 3 November 2026 with AI in finance as its first focus.
Published 13 Nov 2026Data as of 20 Oct 2026 RegulationMAS asks financial institutions to review complaint handling after inspections of banks and life insurersMAS published an information paper on 20 October 2026 with observations from thematic inspections of selected banks and life insurers in 2025 and…
Published 8 Nov 2026Data as of 5 Nov 2026 Macro & householdsSingapore retail sales growth picks up to +1.7% in September; online share rises to 17.7%SingStat said retail sales at current prices rose +1.7% year on year in September, up from +0.8% in August 2026 (revised from a first estimate of…
Published 31 Oct 2026Data as of 30 Oct 2026 Macro & householdsSingapore retrenchments rise to 4,800 in the third quarter as resident unemployment edges upMOM's advance estimates put third-quarter retrenchments at 4,800 (up 180 from 4,620 in Q2 2026), while total employment grew by +27,700.
Published 30 Oct 2026Data as of 29 Oct 2026 RegulationSingapore extends car loan caps to individual-owned private hire cars from 30 OctoberIndividuals buying private hire cars (PHCs) in Singapore are now subject to the same loan caps as other private car buyers: 70% or 60% loan-to-value…
Published 29 Oct 2026Data as of 28 Oct 2026 Digital infrastructureSingapore's new payment-scheme owner SPaN names CEO and board; operations to start in early 2027The Singapore Payments Network (SPaN), set up by MAS and the banks' association, appointed its first CEO and a 11-member board on 28 October 2026.
Published 27 Oct 2026Data as of 7 Oct 2026 CreditMAS: about about 4,000 Singapore home-loan households could run short of cash in a severe stress scenarioMAS told Parliament that around about 1% of borrowers with housing loans from financial institutions, about about 4,000 households…
Published 24 Oct 2026Data as of 23 Oct 2026 Macro & householdsSingapore core inflation eases to 2.0% in September as services and retail prices coolMAS core inflation eased to 2.0% in September, down from 2.2% in August; headline CPI inflation was 2.2%, down from 2.3% in August.
Published 24 Oct 2026Data as of 21 Oct 2026 Digital infrastructureSingapore keeps Credit Bureau Singapore as Moneylenders Credit Bureau operator until October 2029After an open tender, the Ministry of Law will keep Credit Bureau (Singapore) as operator of the Moneylenders Credit Bureau from 28 October 2026 to…
Published 23 Oct 2026Data as of 16 Oct 2026 RegulationMAS proposes requiring major and standard payment institutions to join FIDReCMAS proposed on 16 October that all major and standard payment institutions under the Payment Services Act 2019 be required to subscribe to FIDReC…
Published 22 Oct 2026Data as of 20 Oct 2026 Macro & householdsSingapore households' five-year inflation expectations rise to 4.2% in DBS-SKBI surveyThe DBS-SKBI SInDEx survey of September 2026 found one-year-ahead core inflation expectations of 3.6%, up from 3.4% in June 2026.
Published 20 Oct 2026Data as of 16 Oct 2026 Macro & householdsSingapore non-oil domestic exports jump 68.4% in September on AI-related electronics, from a low baseEnterprise Singapore said on 16 October that non-oil domestic exports rose 68.4% year on year in September, up from 46.1% in August 2026.
Published 14 Oct 2026Data as of 14 Oct 2026 Macro & householdsMAS holds policy after two tightenings as Singapore's Q3 growth eases to 5.4%MAS kept the slope, width and centre of the S$NEER policy band unchanged on 14 October 2026, after tightening in April and July.
Published 10 Oct 2026Data as of 6 Oct 2026 RegulationSingapore passes law letting MAS set loss-absorbing capacity rules for systemically important banksParliament passed the Financial Services and Markets (Amendment) Bill 2026 on 6 October…
Published 8 Oct 2026Data as of 7 Oct 2026 RegulationMAS finalises AI risk management guidelines; first expectations apply from October 2027MAS issued final Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence Risk Management on 7 October 2026, covering all financial institutions and all AI technologies.
Published 7 Oct 2026Data as of 5 Oct 2026 Macro & householdsSingapore retail sales growth slows to +0.7% in August as motor vehicle sales fallRetail sales rose +0.7% year on year in August, down from +1.3% in July 2026 (revised); excluding motor vehicles they rose +1.6%.
Published 6 Oct 2026Data as of 30 Sep 2026 Macro & householdsAMRO projects Singapore growth of 4.8% in 2026, slowing to 3.1% in 2027AMRO's 2026 consultation report projects Singapore growth of 4.8% in 2026, up from AMRO's 2.0% forecast in September 2025, and 3.1% in 2027.
Published 5 Oct 2026Data as of 1 Oct 2026 Competition & capitalIFS Capital signs S$79 million securitisation of property-backed MSME loans to recycle capitalSGX-listed lender IFS Capital signed its first securitisation of MSME loans, a S$79 million pool secured by Singapore real estate.
Published 28 Sep 2026Data as of 23 Sep 2026 Macro & householdsSingapore core inflation rises to 2.2% in August, seen elevated until mid-2027MAS core inflation was 2.2% year on year in August (up from 2.0% in July); headline was 2.3% (up from 2.2% in July).
Published 28 Sep 2026Data as of 22 Sep 2026 CreditVendor survey: 83% in Singapore trust AI loan comparison, 49% accept AI applyingSurvey commissioned by Experian and run by Forrester; 482 Singapore respondents out of 6,247 across 13 markets.
Published 28 Sep 2026Data as of 21 Sep 2026 Macro & householdsSingapore retrenchments rise to 4,620 in Q2 2026; six-month re-entry rate falls to 54.9%Retrenchments were 4,620 in Q2 2026 (up 790 from 3,830 in Q1 2026), the highest in the last eight quarters.
Published 28 Sep 2026Data as of 15 Sep 2026 RegulationSingapore enforces a three-business-day cooling-off period for licensed moneylender loansA three-business-day cooling-off period for unsecured non-business loans from licensed moneylenders took effect on 15 September (announced 31 August).
Published 28 Sep 2026Data as of 11 Sep 2026 Digital infrastructureMAS tests cross-bank AI models to detect suspicious accounts; results due by year-endIn a speech on 11 September, the MAS managing director said MAS is testing AI models on cross-bank and public-private data to detect suspicious…
Published 28 Sep 2026Data as of 1 Sep 2026 Digital infrastructureMAS proposes stablecoin rules under the Payment Services Act; comments due 16 OctoberOn 1 September MAS published a consultation paper on amending the Payment Services Act (PSA) to regulate stablecoins.