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Payment services: Account issuance service

What is an "Exempt Product" for account issuance services that are deemed low risk?


  • According to MAS (Notices), 
    last revised on 01 March 2022

    “exempted product” means ⎯
    (a) where the product involves an account issuance service, the product:

    (i) does not allow the withdrawal of any cash;
    (ii) does not allow a refund of any amount in excess of S$100 in cash from each
    payment account to any person, except:

    (A) upon the production of an identification document of the holder of
    the payment account that bears a photograph of that holder and
    is in force; and
    (B) where the person has a policy of keeping records of the refund
    and identification document mentioned in sub-paragraph (A) for at
    least 5 years after the date on which the refund is made; and

    (iii) is not able to contain an amount of money or the currency equivalent of e-money of more than S$1,000;

    (b) where the product involves a domestic money transfer service, the product
    satisfies at least two of the following requirements:

    (i) is to be used only as a means of payment for goods or services;
    (ii) is funded from an identifiable source;
    (iii) the payment transaction value does not exceed S$20,000;

    (c) where the product involves a cross-border money transfer service, the product is
    to be used only as a means of payment for goods or services and is funded from
    an identifiable source;