Singapore legislation
Regulation 22
Regulation 22
Prescribed alternative financing business
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of section 30(1)(d) of the Act, and subject to paragraph (2), the business of purchasing and selling assets is prescribed as a business that any bank in Singapore may carry on, or enter into any partnership, joint venture or other arrangement with any person to carry on, if such business is carried on under the following arrangement:
the bank, at the request of and for the purpose of financing the purchase of each of those assets by a customer, purchases the asset from the seller in circumstances where the asset is existing at the time of the purchase;
the bank sells the asset to the customer;
the customer is under a legal obligation to the bank to take delivery of the asset;
the amount payable by the customer for the asset (the marked-up price) is greater than the amount paid by the bank for the asset (the original price), and the difference between the marked-up price and original price is the profit or return to the bank for providing such financing to the customer;
the bank does not derive any gain or suffer any loss from any movement in the market value of the asset other than as part of the profit or return referred to in sub-paragraph (d); and
the marked-up price or any part thereof is not required to be paid until after the date of the sale.
Subregulation 2
The bank shall notify the Authority of its —
intention to commence the business referred to in paragraph (1); or
commencement of such business within 14 days after the commencement of such business.