DBS has received a public slap on the wrist from its regulator, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, after an outage of its digital services in November.
Although there is no fine, the MAS has imposed an additional capital requirement on the bank. DBS is required to apply a multiplier of 1.5 times to its risk-weighted assets for operational risk, equating to an additional S$930 million ($692 million) in additional regulatory capital.
It amounts to an embarrassing, if financially mild, rebuke.
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