Singapore's Banking System Remains Sound and Resilient (2024)

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Singapore's Banking System Remains Sound and Resilient? ›

Singapore's financial sector has maintained its strong balance sheet position through multiple shocks over the past year. The banking sector has strong capital and liquidity positions.

Singapore's financial sector has maintained its strong balance sheet position through multiple shocks over the past year. The banking sector has strong capital and liquidity positions.

Operational resilience is the ability of businesses, FMIs and the entire banking sector to avert, act, recuperate, and learn from operational disruptions.

Chng Sok Hui, Chief Financial Officer of DBS Bank, said, “It is an honour to be recognised once again by Global Finance as the Safest Bank in Asia. During these uncertain times, Singapore continues to stand out as a safe haven with its robust legal system, regulatory framework and political stability.

In fact, after the independence of Singapore in 1965, the first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew was able to give to the new born Republic of Singapore the stability needed in 1969. The island's stability comes from the fact that its legal system is “clear, secure and efficient”.

Singapore Has Zero Net Debt

The Singapore Government has a strong balance sheet with assets well in excess of its liabilities. This is why international credit rating agencies like Fitch, Moody's, and Standard & Poors give Singapore the highest short-term and long-term credit ratings of AAA.

Banks engage in liquidity transformation: They take savings, offer daily withdrawals, and make loans. Our financial system has vulnerabilities. The key to financial stability is understanding when vulnerabilities are so great that we are in danger of a nonlinear response in the economy.

Kobasa characterized hardiness as comprising of three components or the 3C's: Commitment, Control, and Challenge.

A more resilient foods production system would include a variety of crops and breeds. This diversity allows food production despite shocks to the system. Likewise, each farmer can choose what crops and breeds to sow and grow based on the farmers knowledge, and not on an industry standard.

Who has the safest banking system in the world? ›

Switzerland has a long history and strong reputation of providing safe offshore private banking. However, jurisdictions like the Cayman Islands, Singapore, Germany, Gibraltar, Germany and Belize are also very safe options for offshore banking.

Singapore has cemented its position as Asia's top financial center, according to the Global Financial Centers Index produced by Z/Yen Partners. In September, the GFCI placed Singapore first in Asia, just ahead of Hong Kong. Globally, the top five are New York, London, the two Asian cities, and San Francisco.

Singapore is a major international financial center, serving not only the domestic market but also the Asia-Pacific region. The country is home to many bank headquarters and offers central access to regional markets.

Singapore has a strong legal and institutional framework to fight money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF). Singapore's AML/CFT coordination is highly sophisticated and inclusive of all relevant competent authorities.

Singapore has a well-integrated transport network and very good infrastructure. The country's planned location, robust economy, and political stability have made it a powerful center for international trade, tourism, and finance among the other peaceful countries.

Singapore is a high-income economy with a gross national income of US$70,810 per capita, as of 2023. The country provides one of the world's most business-friendly regulatory environment for local entrepreneurs and is ranked among the world's most competitive economies.

Singapore has no public external debt since 1995.