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Singapore’s digital identity approach relies on two connected services: SingPass, which proves who someone is, and MyInfo, which shares verified data about them. Both sit under the National Digital Identity programme, part of Singapore’s Smart Nation strategy.
\nBanks, telecom providers, and other regulated businesses use them widely for onboarding. This article covers the difference between SingPass and MyInfo, how the verification flow works, and why regulators trust MyInfo for Customer Due Diligence.
\nSingapore’s scam data tells a consistent story, even as the headline numbers move in different directions.
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Put together, these numbers point to the same underlying shift: fewer scams are succeeding through brute-force volume, and more are succeeding through convincing impersonation.
\nThat’s exactly the gap identity verification is built to close. A scammer can fabricate urgency or authority in a message, but a government-verified identity record — the kind SingPass and MyInfo provide — doesn’t depend on trusting what the other party claims about themselves.
\nAs impersonation becomes the primary attack method rather than a side tactic, verifying identity against an authoritative source stops being a compliance formality and becomes the actual line of defence.
\nSingPass is the login layer.
\nMyInfo operates on top of a SingPass authentication. Once a resident logs in with SingPass, MyInfo can return a consented subset of their verified personal data.
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A typical MyInfo-based onboarding journey follows this sequence:
\nFor business customers, MyInfo Business extends the same idea to corporate data.
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) considers MyInfo and MyInfo Business reliable, independent sources for verifying a customer’s personal and corporate data.
\nWhere MyInfo is used, MAS guidance says financial institutions don’t need additional identification documents to verify identity. That materially simplifies digital onboarding for banks and other regulated entities in Singapore.
\nMost businesses that need both authentication and verified personal data use SingPass to log the customer in and MyInfo to retrieve their consented, verified details. If only a login is required, SingPass alone may be sufficient.
\nNo. Customers are shown exactly which data fields are being requested and must give explicit consent before any MyInfo data is shared with a business.
\nForeign individuals with a registered Singpass Foreign user Account can use SingPass, and corresponding MyInfo data availability depends on which government records exist for that individual.
\nMAS guidance recognises MyInfo as a reliable source for identity and corporate data verification, which can reduce the need for additional identity documents, though institutions still apply their broader risk-based Customer Due Diligence requirements.
\nMyInfo draws on multiple government sources, including the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, the Central Provident Fund Board, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, and others, depending on the data field requested.
\nNameScan’s ID Verification service lets businesses confirm a customer’s identity in minutes rather than days, checking submitted documents against issuing-authority data and, where required, matching a live facial scan against the government-issued ID on file.
\nCustomers can complete the check themselves via a personalised SMS or email link, with results delivered straight to a dashboard — typically within one to two minutes — making it a practical way to strengthen KYC and AML compliance without adding manual review overhead.
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