Operating in Singapore since 2016
Singa-Pol works with founders and boards who want to set up in Singapore properly: licensed where licensing is needed, banked, and ready for the questions regulators and institutions will ask.
Singapore rewards companies that arrive prepared. We help you get there before the first regulator meeting and the first bank application.
A fixed-scope review of your business model, licensing position, governance and controls against what the Monetary Authority of Singapore expects. Three to four weeks, a written report and a prioritised action list. You know where you stand before you commit.
Help choosing the right licence or exemption, preparing the application, and handling regulator questions as they come. We stay with you through the process rather than handing over a template.
Singapore banks ask hard questions of foreign fintech groups. We prepare the ownership, source-of-funds, compliance and operating documentation that account opening depends on, and we introduce you to the right people once it is ready.
For foreign groups that need a resident director, an independent board member or a standing adviser in Singapore, Michal takes on board and advisory roles with the regulatory experience those seats require.
Banks, corporate secretaries, legal counsel, auditors and the service providers a new Singapore entity needs. Introductions come from ten years of working here, not a directory.
Track record
Since 2016 Singa-Pol has brought Polish and Central European companies into Singapore, from first incorporation through to licensed, banked operations.
The platform
SAMR is Singa-Pol's sister company. It takes a fintech through the MAS third-party risk assessment once, so that every bank, insurer or institution that onboards the company can reuse the result instead of starting from scratch. If you expect to work with more than one Singapore institution, SAMR saves months.
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Founder
Michal has spent 27 years in banking risk and finance at UBS, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered and KPMG, including Director of Third Party Risk Management at UBS for Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, and Deputy Chief Financial Officer of Deutsche Bank Poland. Michal's doctoral research at the Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation examines fintech regulation in Singapore. Michal founded Singa-Pol in Singapore in 2016.
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Partnerships and marketing
Katarzyna looks after Singa-Pol's partnerships and marketing, with more than 20 years of experience in marketing and negotiation for international and domestic brands.
LinkedIn profileThe quickest way to start is a short call. Write to Michal and suggest a time.
Email michal@singapol.sg