Singapore plans central data platform to fight money laundering

Singapore's central bank said on Friday it would create a digital platform enabling banks to share information on customers and transactions as part of efforts to prevent money laundering and financing of criminal activity.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said in a statement that it plans to launch the platform in the first half of 2023 and make it available to the city-state's six biggest commercial banks in the initial phase.

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