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Singapore: Under MAS Notice 626, a bank that is unable to complete the required customer due diligence measures must not…

A change recorded in WONE Global’s guide to Singapore, under banking and moving money.

WONE Global's guide to Singapore records these changes under banking and moving money. Each statement below has been checked against the source it links to.

  1. Under MAS Notice 626, a bank that is unable to complete the required customer due diligence measures must not commence or continue business relations with the customer.

    Applies at onboarding and to existing relationships.

    Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) · MAS Notice 626 Prevention of Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism – Banks: amendment notes (June 2025) ↗ Checked against an official source · Not yet professionally reviewed · checked 19 October 2026

  2. Under MAS Notice 626, a bank must obtain approval from its senior management to establish or continue business relations with a politically exposed person or a customer whose beneficial owner is one.

    Part of enhanced customer due diligence; categories of politically exposed persons and risk-based variations were not confirmed.

    Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) · MAS Notice 626 Prevention of Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism – Banks: amendment notes (June 2025) ↗ Checked against an official source · Not yet professionally reviewed · checked 19 October 2026

  3. Under MAS Notice 626, a bank must perform customer due diligence when it establishes business relations, including identifying the customer and verifying its identity from reliable, independent sources, identifying each person who acts on the customer's behalf, identifying beneficial owners and taking reasonable measures to verify them, and obtaining the purpose and intended nature of the relationship.

    For a company, the bank also identifies the legal form, constitution and powers that bind it, and its connected parties. The June 2025 amendments, effective 1 July 2025, extended the rules to digital token transfers and refined requirements for legal persons, trusts and beneficial owners.

    Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) · MAS Notice 626 Prevention of Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism – Banks: amendment notes (June 2025) ↗ Checked against an official source · Not yet professionally reviewed · checked 19 October 2026

This is a summary of the rule as published, not advice on how it applies to you. The WONE Global Partner for this service in Singapore can advise on that.