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Standard Chartered invests in DLT-based payments venture Partior

Standard Chartered has invested in Partior, the DLT venture set up last year by DBS, Temasek and JPMorgan to challenge the cumbersome hub-and-spoke model applied to traditional cross-border payment flow.

03 November 2022

News/crypto

Global banks test DeFi protocols for FX and Government bond transactions

DBS Bank, JPMorgan and SBI Digital Asset Holdings have completed the first pilot transactions on Project Guardian, a Monetary Authority of Singapore-inspired initiative that explores potential decentralised finance (DeFi) applications in wholesale funding markets.

02 November 2022

News/crypto

DBS goes live on SGX unit's crypto platform; launches programmable money pilot

DBS has become the first bank to go live on a new digital asset trading platform from Singapore Exchange unit MaxxTrader.

31 October 2022

Company announcement/wholesale

DBS launches AI-based financing tool for SMEs

Just as the Covid-19 pandemic looked like it was under control, SMEs in Singapore are now grappling with an inflationary environment, an impending GST hike, supply chain challenges, and rising interest rates.

18 October 2022

Company announcement/people

DBS runs fintech apprecenticeship programme with local polytechnics

As part of efforts under the Techskills Accelerator (TeSA) for ITE and Polytechnics Alliance (“TIP Alliance”), set up by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) together with industry partners, DBS announced today that it is launching a structured three-year apprenticeship programme to prepare polytechnic students for technology roles in the bank.

10 October 2022

Company announcement/wholesale

DBS rolls out plug-and-play APIs for corporate treasurers with FinLync

DBS has partnered with FinLync, a privately-held, global fintech company transforming corporate finance and treasury offices by aggregating global banking APIs to deliver embedded real-time payments and cash management.

26 September 2022

News/crypto

DBS opens crypto exchange to wealthy clients

DBS is opening up its crypto trading digital exchange DDEX to high net worth clients, enabling well-heeled customers to conduct trades through the Digibank app.

26 September 2022

News/sustainable

DBS enters the metaverse to promote ESG efforts

Asian bank DBS has teamed up with decentralised gaming virtual world The Sandbox to launch a metaverse experience showcasing ESG ideas and initiatives.

12 September 2022

Company announcement/sustainable

DBS opens net zero building

DBS today commemorated the official opening of its refurbished DBS Newton Green, Singapore’s first net zero building[1] by a bank.

18 July 2022

News/crypto

MAS to test DeFi applications in wholesale funding markets

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is collaborating with JPMorgan, DBS Bank and Marketnode to explore the use of digital assets in tokenization and DeFi.

31 May 2022

Company announcement/wholesale

GSBN develops proof-of-concept for two blockchain-based trade finance products

Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), an independent, not-for-profit technology consortium building a blockchain-enabled operating system designed to redefine global trade, today announced that its Trade Finance Advisory Group has reached a new milestone, with its first proofs-of-concepts for trade finance products since its inception in September last year.

04 May 2022

Company announcement/payments

DBS to roll out digital payments to all schools in Singapore

DBS/POSB and the Ministry of Education (MOE) today announced a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to widen the access to contactless and digital payments, in all junior colleges/Millennia Institute, secondary and primary schools in Singapore.

13 April 2022