Monetary Authority of Singapore

Monetary Authority of Singapore
Headquarters	10 Shenton Way, MAS Building, Singapore 079117
Established	1 January 1971
Ownership	Government of Singapore
Key people	Gan Kim Yong (Chairman); Chia Der Juin (Managing Director)
Central bank of	Singapore
Currency	Singapore dollar (S$); SGD (ISO 4217)
Reserves	US$419.1 billion
Bank rate	3.51% (20 July 2023)
Preceded by	Board of Commissioners of Currency
Website	www.mas.gov.sg

The Monetary Authority of Singapore or (MAS), is the central bank and financial regulatory authority of Singapore. It administers the various statutes pertaining to money, banking, insurance, securities and the financial sector in general, as well as currency issuance and manages the foreign-exchange reserves. It was established in 1971 to act as the banker to and as a financial agent of the Government of Singapore.^[3] The body is duly accountable to the Parliament of Singapore through the Minister-in-charge, who is also the Incumbent Chairman of the central bank.

^ "The World Fact Book - Singapore". Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on March 20, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
^ "Domestic Interest Rates - Singapore Overnight Rate Average (SORA) Table". Monetary Authority of Singapore. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
^ "Our History". www.mas.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 2020-09-14. Retrieved 2022-05-11.

[CIA-1] "The World Fact Book - Singapore". Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on March 20, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2014.

[2] "Domestic Interest Rates - Singapore Overnight Rate Average (SORA) Table". Monetary Authority of Singapore. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

[3] "Our History". www.mas.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 2020-09-14. Retrieved 2022-05-11.

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