Grab, Sea Push Singapore to Lift Digital Banks’ Deposit Cap

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Grab, Sea Push Singapore to Lift Digital Banks’ Deposit Cap

Bloomberg2023-07-13

Firms’ digital banks are close to S$50 million deposit limitStandard Chartered’s Trust Bank has seen deposit balances soarSingapore’s new digital banks backed by Grab Holdings Ltd. and Sea Ltd. are ...

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They expect to hear an update on this issue soon, the people said, asking not to be identified as the discussions are confidential. While the deposit cap during the lenders’ first two years of operation is meant to safeguard consumers’ interests, the new entrants see the restriction — that has meant applications for their savings accounts are by-invite only — as curbing their lending ability. Time is also ticking for these digibanks owned by non-financial firms to boost scale, given they had to show a path towards profitability within five years during their application process.Meanwhile, against a backdrop of the city-state’s banks mopping up deposit amid a glut, rival digibank Trust Bank is raking in the monies. Backed by Standard Chartered Plc, it doesn’t face the same deposit restriction. It said in May its Trust Bank’s deposit balances are now more than S$1 billion nine months after its launch, and aims to break even by 2025. 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