Singapore · Payments & e-money
Coinbase Singapore PTE. LTD.
Coinbase Singapore Pte. Ltd. is a private company limited by shares, incorporated in Singapore. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) licenses it as a Major Payment Institution under the Payment Services Act 2019. The licence covers cross-border money transfer service and digital payment token service. The firm is part of the Coinbase group, headed by the Nasdaq-listed Coinbase Global, Inc. Under the Coinbase brand it offers crypto-asset trading, custody and fiat wallets to individuals in Singapore and selected Asia-Pacific markets and the United Arab Emirates. Since November 2025 it has also offered the Coinbase Business platform to Singapore businesses.
Licences and registrations
Held by Coinbase Singapore PTE. LTD.. 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAS Financial Institutions Directory - Major Payment InstitutionMonetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) | Major Payment InstitutionPayment Institution | Not published by the register | Singapore | Active | — | — |
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Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory. No LEI is matched to this entry, and BICs are linked by LEI only.
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Firm type
Crypto exchange or broker
Trades as Coinbase
- Ownership
- The firm is a member of the Coinbase group, whose parent Coinbase Global, Inc. is listed on Nasdaq.
- Ultimate owner
- Coinbase Global, Inc., United States
- Head office
- 1 Raffles Quay, North Tower, 048583 Singapore, Singapore (registered office: One Marina Boulevard, #28-00, Singapore 018989)
- Company register
- ACRA UEN 201935002N
- Incorporated
- 2019
Online
- Websites & references
- coinbase.com ↗
coinbase.com ↗ group global site hosting the firm's legal documents
help.coinbase.com ↗ group help centre
status.coinbase.com ↗ group status page - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Instagram ↗ · TikTok ↗
- Apps
- App Store ↗ · Google Play ↗
Sources · 9 pages consulted
- eservices.mas.gov.sg/fid/institution/detail/235467-COINBASE-SINGAPORE-PTE-LTD
- coinbase.com/legal/user_agreement/singapore
- coinbase.com/legal/consumer_protection_disclosures/singapore
- coinbase.com/en-sg
- coinbase.com/blog/coinbase-business-marks-its-international-debut-by-launching-in-singapore
- coinbase.com/blog/coinbase-obtains-major-payment-institution-licence-from-the-monetary
- blockhead.co/2025/09/24/coinbase-to-list-singapore-dollar-stablecoin-xsgd-in-landmark-straitsx-partner
- tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph:f22882279094b:0-coinbase-to-expand-singapore-office-headcount-by-25-re
- financefeeds.com/coinbase-expands-singapore-team-as-crypto-licensing-tightens/
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
MAS licenses the firm as a Major Payment Institution under the Payment Services Act 2019 for cross-border money transfer service and digital payment token service. The firm states that MAS does not supervise it for unregulated services, such as trading digital payment token derivatives.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monetary Authority of Singapore Singapore | Major Payment Institution (Cross-border Money Transfer Service; Digital Payment Token Service) | — | In its own name | Active | eservices.mas.gov.sg ↗ |
Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks.
Partners and safeguarding
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Safeguarding
- Segregated safeguarding accountsThe firm states that it holds customers' fiat funds in designated trust accounts with banks or other licensed financial institutions, segregated from its own funds, and that it holds customers' digital assets in trust accounts with its affiliate Coinbase, Inc.
- Crypto-asset custody
- Held by a third-party custodianThe firm states that customers' digital assets are held in trust with its US affiliate Coinbase, Inc. as its safeguarding person, in omnibus accounts. It says most of these assets are kept in offline cold storage.
- Settlement bank
- Standard Chartered Singapore
- Crypto custodian
- Coinbase, Inc. United States
- Payment schemes and card networks
- PayNow Through a partner coinbase.com ↗
FAST Through a partner coinbase.com ↗
Swift Access not stated coinbase.com ↗
Banks and regulated firms the firm says hold its customers’ money, issue its cards, sponsor its accounts or settle its payments, as it discloses them in its terms and notices.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
It offers crypto-asset buying, selling and custody, SGD and USD fiat wallets funded by PayNow, FAST and Swift transfers, and trading in the XSGD stablecoin issued by StraitsX. Since November 2025 it has also offered Coinbase Business to Singapore startups and small businesses, with USDC payouts and payment links.
It serves customers from Singapore, and its User Agreement also covers residents of Hong Kong, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates.
- Sells to
- Consumers · Small businesses · Enterprises
- Serves customers in 7 countries
- Singapore · Hong Kong SAR China · New Zealand · Philippines · South Korea · Taiwan · United Arab Emirates
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Executive
- Hassan Ahmed Country Director, Singapore
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Other
The firm opened a new office at One Raffles Quay and said it planned to grow Singapore headcount from about 150 to 200 by end-2026.
tradingview.com ↗ -
Other
Coinbase launched Coinbase Business in Singapore, its first market outside the United States, in cooperation with Standard Chartered.
coinbase.com ↗ -
Other
The firm listed XSGD, a Singapore dollar stablecoin issued by StraitsX, with trading from 29 September 2025.
blockhead.co ↗ -
Licence
MAS granted the firm a Major Payment Institution licence after its earlier in-principle approval.
coinbase.com ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- LEI
- No LEI mapped
- Elucidate firm ID
- 9c65dcd839ea
Profile
- Type
- Payments & e-money · CryptoPayment institutions, e-money and stored-value issuers, and account-information providers. Licensed under payment-services law (e.g. PSD2 in the EU and UK, the Payment Services Act in Singapore). Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- Prudential licenceAuthorised with capital, safeguarding and conduct requirements, e.g. an authorised payment or e-money institution in the EU or UK, a major payment institution in Singapore, or a MiCA crypto-asset service provider.
- Main licence class
- Payment Institution
- Activities
- Money remittance
- Payment services
- Crypto-assets
- Licensed in
- Singapore · East Asia & Pacific
- First registered
- Not published
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
No LEI is matched to this entry, so GLEIF relationship records cannot be linked.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- 1 RAFFLES QUAY, NORTH TOWER 048583, Singapore, 048583
- Country
- Singapore
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
This institution holds no BIC. A CBPR+ message identifies it by name and postal address, and may add its LEI or a clearing code.
- Identified by
- Name and postal address. No LEI or clearing code is mapped in the directory
- Postal address
- Hybrid: town, postcode and country in their own elements, the rest in one address line
<FinInstnId>
<Nm>COINBASE SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>048583</PstCd>
<TwnNm>Singapore</TwnNm>
<Ctry>SG</Ctry>
<AdrLine>1 RAFFLES QUAY, NORTH TOWER 048583</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>- The address line repeats the town or postcode. Remove the repeat if your payment system rejects it.
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Sources & method
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Read the methodology →Register for this page
- MAS Financial Institutions Directory - Major Payment Institution—Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) · source ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Overview, authorisation, partners, products, leadership and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the firm's own website, terms and filings, regulators' registers and notices, company registers and news. Licences, partners, figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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