| Payment Services Act 2019 | |
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| Parliament of Singapore | |
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| Citation | Act 2 of 2019 |
| Enacted by | Parliament of Singapore |
| Enacted | 14 January 2019 |
| Assented to | 11 February 2019 |
| Commenced | 28 January 2020 |
| Legislative history | |
| Bill title | Payment Services Bill |
| Bill citation | Bill No: 48/2018 |
| Introduced by | Mr Ong Ye Kung (Minister for Education), on behalf of Tharman Shanmugaratnam (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister-in-charge of the Monetary Authority of Singapore) |
| Introduced | 19 November 2018 |
| First reading | 19 November 2018 |
| Second reading | 14 January 2019 |
| Third reading | 14 January 2019 |
| Summary | |
| The Payment Services (PS) Act is a forward looking and flexible framework for the regulation of payment systems and payment service providers in Singapore. It provides for regulatory certainty and consumer safeguards, while encouraging innovation and growth of payment services and Fintech. | |
| Status: In force | |
The Payment Services Act 2019 (PS Act) is a statute of the Parliament of Singapore that provides a framework for the regulation of payment systems and payment service providers in Singapore.[1] According to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) the PS Act provides for regulatory certainty and consumer safeguards, while encouraging innovation and growth of payment services and FinTech.[2]
The PS Act regulated seven activities: (1) account issuance services, (2) domestic money transfer services, (3) cross-border money transfer services, (4) merchant acquisition, (5) electronic money issuance, (6) digital payment token services and (7) money-changing services.[3] The PS Act does not currently offer licensing for custodial services,[4] although that MAS has published a consultation paper regarding the potential expansion of the PS Act to license custodial wallets.[5]
The PS Act came into effect on 28 January 2020.
