"Building Trusted Foundations for Digital Finance" - Keynote Address by Mr Chia Der Jiun, Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore, at INSEAD Digital Finance & Agentic AI Summit on 9 October 2026
Why this matters
The document is a speech by a named MAS official, so it is classified as speech. Crypto & Digital Assets and Capital Markets & Trading are supported by the discussion of tokenised securities, the Tokenisation of Capital Markets Products guide, and tokenised MAS Bills. Technology & Cyber is supported by the SAFR runtime governance approach for AI agents, GL1 infrastructure toolkits, and interoperability standards. Prudential / Capital Requirements is supported by the referenced MAS-SCS consultation proposing reserve backing, capital requirements, and redemption at par for stablecoins. Urgency is null because the content is informational, with no obligation or deadline stated. Significance is 3 because it signals policy direction (stablecoin legislation, CBDC settlement, agentic finance governance) without creating new rules.
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What the MAS said
At the INSEAD Digital Finance & Agentic AI Summit, Mr Chia Der Jiun, Managing Director of MAS, spoke about the need to build trusted foundations for digital finance across digital assets, digital money and digital infrastructure, to enable innovation to scale safely and commercially.
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Context
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This update is classified under Technology & Cyber, Prudential / Capital Requirements, Crypto & Digital Assets and Capital Markets & Trading.