The bank is allotting a special budget of S$80m to enhance its system resiliency. DBS has issued an apology for the series of digital banking disruptions earlier in 2023, and is enacting structural changes to strengthen its digital resiliency.
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UPDATE 2-Singapore c.bank bars DBS Bank from making acquisitions for six months
SINGAPORE, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Singapore's central bank has barred DBS Bank from acquiring new businesses or making non-essential IT changes for a six-month period to ensure it focuses on shoring up its ...
Service outages: MAS bars DBS from acquiring new business ventures, reducing branch and ATM network sizes for 6 months
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