Singapore central bank directs BSI Singapore to shut down

Publish date: Tue, 24 May 2016, 03:23 AM

SINGAPORE: Singapore's central bank said it had withdrawn Swiss bank BSI Bank's status as a merchant bank in Singapore and directed it to shut down for serious breaches of anti-money laundering requirements and other lapses.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said it has referred to the Public Prosecutor names of six members of BSI Bank's senior management and staff to evaluate whether they have committed criminal offences.

"This is the first time that MAS is withdrawing its approval for a merchant bank since 1984, when Jardine Fleming (Singapore) Pte Ltd was shut down for serious lapses in its advisory work," MAS said.

BSI's former employees have come under scrutiny for handling transactions linked to Malaysia's troubled state fund 1MDB. --Reuters

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Canon Preview

ini kali lar !

2016-05-24 16:45

bursastockdummy

GG.com

2016-05-24 17:22

i4investor

how many staff there will need to layoff?

2016-05-24 17:24

ruslimz

next to shut down are PM and 1MDB.......

2016-05-24 18:05

zerocool7199

When to shut our pm??

2016-05-24 22:11

ycbang

Our pm is voted in by Malaysians

2016-05-25 07:28

zaqwerty

Rotten apple. Cut it off fast.

2016-05-26 10:32

ruslimz

!mdb caused the closure one of the Switz bank and Switz AG will start criminal procedures against top brass of BSI ...but people link to 1mdb in malaysia still enjoy their life....malaysia boleh......

2016-05-26 10:55

inception

Malaysia boleh ma. That's why FF cashing out of our stock market in billions.

2016-05-26 15:40

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