# Singapore MAS Financial Institutions Directory β€” Live Lookup (`nexgendata/sg-mas-financial-institutions`) Actor Live lookup of the official MAS (Monetary Authority of Singapore) Financial Institutions Directory: licence type/status, regulated activities, registered address, contact & key personnel across MAS-regulated FIs β€” with curated AUM/parent-company enrichment. KYC/AML & counterparty due diligence. - **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgendata/sg-mas-financial-institutions.md - **Developed by:** [NexGenData](https://apify.com/nexgendata) (community) - **Categories:** Business, Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $100.00 / 1,000 singapore mas fi records This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬πŸ¦ Singapore MAS Financial Institutions Directory β€” Live Licence, Activity & Address Lookup Look up the **official Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Financial Institutions Directory** in real time. Give this Actor a name, licence type, or activity keyword β€” or a whole sector β€” and it queries `eservices.mas.gov.sg/fid` live, paginates the results, and returns each institution's **licence type/status, full list of regulated activities, registered Singapore address, website, phone, key personnel, and incorporation status** exactly as MAS publishes them today. On top of the live regulatory data it adds an optional **curated enrichment overlay** (parent company, AUM in SGD, business focus, MAS-licence inception year) for the major banks, CMS firms, and insurers β€” clearly labelled `enrichment_source: "curated"` so you always know what came straight from MAS versus what was enriched. It is purpose-built for **KYC / AML onboarding, counterparty due diligence, regulatory mapping, and B2B targeting** of Singapore's regulated financial sector. This is genuinely live lookup across the MAS directory (~5,000 licensed financial institutions), not a static snapshot. --- ### What you get (per institution) | Field | Source | |---|---| | `institution_name` | **Live** β€” MAS FID | | `licence_types` | **Live** β€” MAS FID detail page (e.g. Local Bank, Exempt CMS Entity, Exempt Financial Adviser, Designated Payment System Settlement Institution) | | `regulated_activities` | **Live** β€” MAS FID detail page (activities grouped under each licence type) | | `regulatory_status` | **Live** β€” currently-licensed FIs are reported as `Active` | | `registered_address` | **Live** β€” MAS FID | | `website`, `phone` | **Live** β€” MAS FID | | `key_personnel` | **Live** β€” MAS FID (Chairman / CEO etc. where published) | | `incorporation` | **Live** β€” MAS FID (e.g. "Incorporated in Singapore") | | `fid_detail_url` | **Live** β€” deep link to the MAS FID page | | `parent_company`, `aum_sgd_billion`, `business_focus`, `inception_year`, `headquarters_country` | **Curated enrichment** β€” labelled `enrichment_source: "curated"`, `null` when no curated match. **Never** presented as live MAS data. | | `data_source` | `live:eservices.mas.gov.sg/fid` for live rows; `curated` for fallback rows | --- ### Use cases - **KYC / AML onboarding** β€” verify a counterparty is a currently MAS-licensed institution, capture its exact licence types and regulated activities, and snapshot the registered address for your file. - **Counterparty & vendor due diligence** β€” confirm what a Singapore entity is actually authorised to do (dealing in capital markets products, fund management, providing custodial services, advising on corporate finance, etc.) before signing. - **Regulatory mapping** β€” enumerate every institution in a sector (Banking, Insurance, Payments, Capital Markets) to size a market or build a compliance universe. - **B2B sales & lead generation** β€” build targeted lists of MAS-licensed banks, fund managers, insurers, or payment institutions with live contact details. - **RegTech / data pipelines** β€” pipe live MAS directory data into your screening stack as a low-cost complement to Bloomberg / Refinitiv World-Check / BvD Orbis / LexisNexis Risk. --- ### Sample input ```json { "term": "DBS", "fetch_details": true, "limit": 10 } ```` List a whole sector instead: ```json { "sector": "Insurance", "fetch_details": false, "limit": 50 } ``` ### Sample output (one live row, abridged) ```json { "institution_name": "DBS BANK LTD.", "fid_slug": "166-DBS-BANK-LTD", "fid_detail_url": "https://eservices.mas.gov.sg/fid/institution/detail/166-DBS-BANK-LTD", "licence_types": [ "Designated Payment System Settlement Institution", "Exempt Capital Markets Services Entity", "Exempt Financial Adviser", "Exempt Trust Company", "Local Bank", "SGS Primary Dealer" ], "regulated_activities": { "Exempt Capital Markets Services Entity": [ "Fund Management", "Dealing In Capital Markets Products", "Product Financing", "Providing Custodial Services", "Advising on Corporate Finance" ] }, "regulatory_status": "Active", "registered_address": "12 MARINA BOULEVARD, LEVEL 3 MARINA BAY FINANCIAL CENTRE TOWER 3 018982", "website": "http://www.dbs.com", "phone": "+65 68788888", "key_personnel": { "Chairman": "Peter Seah Lim Huat", "Chief Executive Officer": "TAN SU SHAN CARRIE" }, "incorporation": "Incorporated in Singapore", "headquarters_country": "Singapore", "parent_company": "DBS Group Holdings Ltd", "aum_sgd_billion": null, "business_focus": "Retail Banking, Wholesale Banking, Wealth Management, Investment Banking", "inception_year": 1968, "enrichment_source": "curated", "data_source": "live:eservices.mas.gov.sg/fid" } ``` The first nine fields above are pulled live from MAS. `parent_company`, `business_focus`, `inception_year`, `headquarters_country`, and `aum_sgd_billion` come from the curated overlay and are flagged by `enrichment_source: "curated"`. *** ### Pricing (Pay Per Event) | Event | Price | |---|---| | Actor start | **$0.01** | | Per institution record returned | **$0.10** | Only real data rows (live MAS records, or curated-fallback rows when a live query returns zero) are charged. Empty/guidance/error rows are not charged. **Cost calculator:** - 10 institutions (smoke test) = **$1.01** - 50 institutions (single KYC batch) = **$5.01** - 200 institutions (CMS sales-list build) = **$20.01** - 500 institutions (regional fund-manager scan) = **$50.01** - 2,000 institutions (full sector sweep) = **$200.01** Compare to Bloomberg Terminal / Refinitiv World-Check / BvD Orbis / LexisNexis Risk seat licences ($10K–$50K/year). *** ### FAQ **Is this live data?** Yes. The licence types, regulated activities, status, address, contact, key personnel, and incorporation are fetched live from the official MAS Financial Institutions Directory (`eservices.mas.gov.sg/fid`) at run time. Only the enrichment fields (parent company, AUM, business focus, inception year, HQ country) are curated, and they are explicitly labelled `enrichment_source: "curated"`. **Is this the official MAS API?** No. MAS does not offer a public API for the directory. This Actor reads the same server-rendered public directory pages a human would see at `eservices.mas.gov.sg/fid`, and structures them. **How do I list every institution in a sector?** Set `sector` (e.g. `"Banking"`, `"Insurance"`, `"Payments"`, `"Capital Markets"`) and leave `term` empty. The Actor paginates the live results up to your `limit`. **Why are some enrichment fields null?** The curated overlay only covers Singapore's major banks, CMS firms, and insurers. For the long tail of licensees, the live MAS fields are still fully populated; the enrichment fields are simply `null` and `enrichment_source` is `null`. **Is the data commercially usable?** The MAS Financial Institutions Directory is a public regulatory register published by a Singapore government statutory body. Licence status, registered addresses, and regulated activities are public information. Confirm your specific redistribution use case with your legal team. *** ### Related Actors - πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬ [Singapore ACRA Companies β€” UEN & Director Lookup](https://apify.com/nexgendata/singapore-acra-companies?fpr=2ayu9b) β€” join MAS FIs back to their ACRA UEN, paid-up capital, and director list for full legal-entity + regulatory enrichment - πŸ‡­πŸ‡° [Hong Kong Companies Registry](https://apify.com/nexgendata/hk-companies-registry?fpr=2ayu9b) β€” Greater-China cross-border KYC: Singapore and Hong Kong are the two booking centres for Asian wealth - πŸ“ˆ [SGX Singapore Stock Screener](https://apify.com/nexgendata/sgx-singapore-stock-screener?fpr=2ayu9b) β€” most major Singapore-headquartered MAS licensees (DBS, OCBC, UOB) are SGX-listed; join on parent company *** [Try this Actor on Apify β†’](https://apify.com/nexgendata/sg-mas-financial-institutions?fpr=2ayu9b) | [Get a free Apify account β†’](https://apify.com/nexgendata?fpr=2ayu9b) *** *Built by [NexGenData](https://thenextgennexus.com). Honest data labelling: live regulatory fields are fetched from MAS at run time; enrichment fields are curated and labelled as such.* # Actor input Schema ## `term` (type: `string`): Live keyword search against the official MAS Financial Institutions Directory (eservices.mas.gov.sg/fid). Matches institution name, licence type, or regulated activity. Case-insensitive. Examples: 'DBS', 'OCBC', 'Standard Chartered', 'fund management', 'payment', 'insurance broker'. Combine with 'sector' to narrow, or use 'sector' alone to list a whole category. ## `sector` (type: `string`): Live MAS FID sector filter. Lists every MAS-regulated institution in the chosen sector (paginated). Use alone (empty term) to enumerate a category, or with 'term' to narrow. Common values: 'Banking', 'Insurance', 'Capital Markets', 'Payments', 'Financial Advisers', 'Trust Companies', 'Money-Changing and Remittance'. Leave empty to search across all sectors via 'term'. ## `fetch_details` (type: `boolean`): When true (default), the actor fetches each institution's live MAS FID detail page to extract granular licence types, regulated activities, key personnel, incorporation note, and full contact/address. When false, it returns the lighter search-card data only (name, category labels, website, phone, address) β€” faster and uses fewer requests. ## `headquarters_country` (type: `string`): Optional filter by the parent group's home country. NOTE: country is NOT published on the MAS FID page; it comes from the curated enrichment overlay, so this filter only applies to institutions present in the curated table (major banks/CMS/insurers). Leave empty to return all live results. Examples: 'Singapore', 'United States', 'United Kingdom', 'Switzerland', 'China'. ## `regulatory_status` (type: `string`): Applies only to the curated full-record fallback (used when a live query returns zero matches). The live MAS FID lists currently-licensed institutions, which the actor reports as 'Active'. 'ALL' returns every status in the fallback. Live results are always currently-licensed FIs. ## `limit` (type: `integer`): Hard cap on total institutions returned in this run (1-2000). Each institution is one dataset row, charged at the per-result price. The MAS FID covers ~5,000 licensed financial institutions across all sectors. With fetch\_details=true each row also fetches a detail page, so large limits take longer. ## Actor input object example ```json { "term": "DBS", "fetch_details": true, "regulatory_status": "ALL", "limit": 10 } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "term": "DBS", "sector": "", "fetch_details": true, "headquarters_country": "", "regulatory_status": "ALL", "limit": 10 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("nexgendata/sg-mas-financial-institutions").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`πŸ’Ύ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "term": "DBS", "sector": "", "fetch_details": True, "headquarters_country": "", "regulatory_status": "ALL", "limit": 10, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("nexgendata/sg-mas-financial-institutions").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("πŸ’Ύ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "term": "DBS", "sector": "", "fetch_details": true, "headquarters_country": "", "regulatory_status": "ALL", "limit": 10 }' | apify call nexgendata/sg-mas-financial-institutions --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nexgendata/sg-mas-financial-institutions", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Singapore MAS Financial Institutions Directory β€” Live Lookup", "description": "Live lookup of the official MAS (Monetary Authority of Singapore) Financial Institutions Directory: licence type/status, regulated activities, registered address, contact & key personnel across MAS-regulated FIs β€” with curated AUM/parent-company enrichment. KYC/AML & counterparty due diligence.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "poCfXpq5XV0PO9GBf" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/nexgendata~sg-mas-financial-institutions/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-nexgendata-sg-mas-financial-institutions", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/nexgendata~sg-mas-financial-institutions/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-nexgendata-sg-mas-financial-institutions", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/nexgendata~sg-mas-financial-institutions/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-nexgendata-sg-mas-financial-institutions", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "term": { "title": "Search term (institution name, licence type, or activity)", "type": "string", "description": "Live keyword search against the official MAS Financial Institutions Directory (eservices.mas.gov.sg/fid). Matches institution name, licence type, or regulated activity. Case-insensitive. Examples: 'DBS', 'OCBC', 'Standard Chartered', 'fund management', 'payment', 'insurance broker'. Combine with 'sector' to narrow, or use 'sector' alone to list a whole category." }, "sector": { "title": "Sector filter", "type": "string", "description": "Live MAS FID sector filter. Lists every MAS-regulated institution in the chosen sector (paginated). Use alone (empty term) to enumerate a category, or with 'term' to narrow. Common values: 'Banking', 'Insurance', 'Capital Markets', 'Payments', 'Financial Advisers', 'Trust Companies', 'Money-Changing and Remittance'. Leave empty to search across all sectors via 'term'." }, "fetch_details": { "title": "Fetch full detail page per institution", "type": "boolean", "description": "When true (default), the actor fetches each institution's live MAS FID detail page to extract granular licence types, regulated activities, key personnel, incorporation note, and full contact/address. When false, it returns the lighter search-card data only (name, category labels, website, phone, address) β€” faster and uses fewer requests.", "default": true }, "headquarters_country": { "title": "Headquarters country filter (curated overlay)", "type": "string", "description": "Optional filter by the parent group's home country. NOTE: country is NOT published on the MAS FID page; it comes from the curated enrichment overlay, so this filter only applies to institutions present in the curated table (major banks/CMS/insurers). Leave empty to return all live results. Examples: 'Singapore', 'United States', 'United Kingdom', 'Switzerland', 'China'." }, "regulatory_status": { "title": "Regulatory status (curated-fallback only)", "enum": [ "ALL", "ACTIVE", "SUSPENDED", "REVOKED" ], "type": "string", "description": "Applies only to the curated full-record fallback (used when a live query returns zero matches). The live MAS FID lists currently-licensed institutions, which the actor reports as 'Active'. 'ALL' returns every status in the fallback. Live results are always currently-licensed FIs.", "default": "ALL" }, "limit": { "title": "Max institutions returned", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 2000, "type": "integer", "description": "Hard cap on total institutions returned in this run (1-2000). Each institution is one dataset row, charged at the per-result price. The MAS FID covers ~5,000 licensed financial institutions across all sectors. With fetch_details=true each row also fetches a detail page, so large limits take longer.", "default": 50 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```