Digital banking licence scene heating up


MoneyLion Foong Chee Mun

NEW names are emerging in the digital banking sphere even as Bank Negara this week released an updated exposure draft on the licensing framework for the setting up of such banks.

The central bank is expected to award up to five digital banking licences by the end of the year, behind Singapore’s Monetary Authority of Singapore which will announce its list of successful applications in June.

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