SingPass

Governing entity

Government Technology Agency (GovTech)

Status of implementation

Active

Legally binding redress mechanism

Customer service mechanism

URL

https://www.singpass.gov.sg

Last Updated

20/06/25

Claim digital ID

YES

ID or Civil Registry Act

YES

Regulation for digital ID

YES

Identity act codifies legal status

YES

Identity act sets up procedural rules for data management

NO

Identity act clarifies relationship with feeder documents

YES

Terms of data storage and sharing available

YES

National Data Protection Act exists

YES

Data leak disclosure process exists

YES

Data handling terms exist

YES

Uses biometrics

YES

Enables authentication

YES

Enables KYC

YES

Enables authentication via government portal

YES

Two or more sectoral use cases enabled

YES

PayNow

Payment system type

Cross-domain payment system

Status of implementation

Active

Operator

Bank association

National or Regional

National

Annual value of transactions (USD)

2022- 91K B

Annual volume of transactions

2022- 311 M

Cost of transactions

Free for P2P, charges for P2M

Participants

2024- 32 Since Feb 2023, Singapore and India's IPSs can transact cross border in real time Limited to banks only

Types of transactions supported

P2P, P2M, B2B

Type of settlement system

NA

URL

https://www.abs.org.sg

Last Updated

01/10/24

Active real-time payment system

YES

Cross-border payments

YES

QR code transactions

NA

Bank participation

NA

Non-bank participation

YES

Interoperability policy

YES

Participation rules

NA

Data-handling rules

NA

Reporting forum

NA

AML Law

YES

Base technical architecture

API Gateway

Status of implementation

Active

Governing Entity

Smart Nation and Digital Government Group (SNDGG)

Coordination unit

Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech)

National or Regional

National

Sector-specific or Cross-sectoral

Cross-sectoral

Permitted participants

Public, Civil, Private

Ownership

Public

URL

https://www.developer.tech.gov.sg

Last Updated

01/10/24

Semantic interoperability

YES

Real-time sharing

YES

Scalable architecture

YES

Auditable

YES

Procedural rules for data mgmt

YES

Enrolment and participation information

YES

Used by more than one public entity

YES

Impact metrics

NA