Quoted facts

License type. DBS Bank Ltd is a bank licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore under the Banking Act. DBS Digital Exchange Pte. Ltd. is a MAS Recognised Market Operator for security tokens and digital payment tokens. DBS Digital Custody is a DBS Bank institutional safekeeping service. DBS Vickers' Payment Services Act Major Payment Institution licence is a separate brokerage entity and is not this row. DDEx DPT pages state the DPT service provider is exempted by MAS from holding a DPT licence. Not a retail self-serve CASP app.

Jurisdictions. Singapore. DDEx DPT pairs in SGD, USD, HKD and JPY; listed tokens BTC, ETH, BCH, DOT, ADA, XRP; USDC/USD only. Members: financial institutions, corporate accredited investors (including family offices) and professional market makers. Individuals access only through a member such as DBS Private Bank. Guardian workstreams and Swift SGD tokenised-deposit pilots are Singapore institutional trials.

Crypto Adoption Score. Not in Strategy Bitcoin Bank Adoption Index (Jul 2026 25-bank G-SIB / large-AUM sample). Documented live stack: MAS-licensed bank; DDEx MAS RMO (DPT pairs SGD/USD/HKD/JPY; BTC ETH BCH DOT ADA XRP USDC); DBS Digital Custody; Project Guardian digital bonds / tokenised deposits; Swift SGD tokenised-deposit pilot with OCBC and UOB (10 Sep 2026). Not an AML score.

3 service rows in the CSV.

Services in the directory

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  Tokenized Capital Tokenization & DLT

  Project Guardian digital-bond issuance and tokenised bond / deposit financing (MAS 2024 annex).

  Native issuance of digital bonds financed with a repo facility; buying, selling, and secured borrowing and lending of tokenised bonds and deposits under MAS Project Guardian.

  • Graph & Forensics
  • Policy Studio
  • Research

  Service Availability in Coutries. Singapore Project Guardian workstream. Institutional counterparties in the MAS Industry Group trials. Not a public retail bond app.

  Requierments. Existing DBS institutional or accredited-investor relationship. Full bank KYC, AML and sanctions screening. Guardian participation is an industry trial, not a walk-up product.

  Directory cites [1], [2] — URLs are not in data/crypto_asset_service_providers.csv.

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  Exchange Products Retail & execution

  MAS RMO exchange: DPT spot (BTC ETH BCH DOT ADA XRP USDC) and security-token listing / secondary trading.

  DBS Digital Exchange (DDEx) members-only markets for digital payment tokens and security tokens under the Securities and Futures Act.

  • Entity & VASP Intelligence
  • Research

  Service Availability in Coutries. Singapore. Separate admission for DPT markets and security-token markets. DPT pairs: BTC, ETH, BCH, DOT, ADA, XRP against SGD/USD/HKD/JPY as listed; USDC/USD. Members: FIs, corporate accredited investors and professional market makers. Individuals only via a member (for example DBS Private Bank).

  Requierments. Member admission under the DDEx rulebooks. Accredited or institutional status. Bank and exchange KYC, AML and sanctions screening. Security tokens are distinct from DPTs; issuers are not subject to Part XIII SFA prospectus rules as disclosed by DBS. MAS DPT risk warning applies (provider exempted from a DPT licence).

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  Institutional Custody Custody & servicing

  Institutional digital-asset safekeeping (DBS Digital Custody official page).

  DBS Digital Custody — institutional-grade safekeeping of digital assets on the bank's published tokenise / trade / custody stack.

  • Wallet Screening
  • Address Verification
  • Entity & VASP Intelligence
  • Monitoring & Alerts
  • Investigations & Filing

  Service Availability in Coutries. Singapore institutional and corporate clients of DBS Bank / DDEx. Contact via DBS Business Care. Not a retail self-custody wallet.

  Requierments. Existing DBS institutional or corporate relationship. Full bank KYC, AML and sanctions screening. Confirm live asset list and contractual terms with DBS; the public page points to the Digital Custody factsheet.