The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

Singapore

Digital ID System

DPI-like

SingPass

Governing entity: National Certification Authority (NCA)
Status of implementation: Active
Legally binding redress mechanism: Customer service mechanism
Funding organizations identified: NA
Technical Support organizations identified: NA
URL: https://www.singpass.gov.sg
Last Updated: 20/06/25
Claim of digital ID: YES
ID or Civil Registry Act: YES
Regulation for digital ID: YES
Codified digital ID legal status: YES
Procedural rules for digital ID enrolment: NO
Relationship with feeder documents: YES
Terms of data storage and sharing available: YES
National Data Protection Act: YES
Data leak disclosure process: YES
Data handling terms exist: YES
Collects or uses biometric data: YES
Digital authentication function: YES
Enables KYC packet collection: YES
Authentication through government portal: YES
Two or more sectoral use cases enabled: YES

Digital Payment System

WIP

PayNow

Payment system type: Cross-domain payment system
Status of implementation: Active
Operator: Bank association
National / Regional: National
Annual value of transactions (USD): 2022- 91K B
Annual volume of transactions: 2022- 311 M
Cost of transactions: Free for P2P, charges for P2M
Number of participants: 2024- 32 Since Feb 2023, Singapore and India's IPSs can transact cross border in real time Limited to banks only
Types of transactions supported: P2P, P2M, B2B
Type of settlement system: NA
URL: https://www.abs.org.sg
Last Updated: 01/10/24
Active real-time payment system present: YES
Cross-border payments: YES
QR code transactions: NA
Bank participation: YES
Non-bank participation: YES
Interoperability policy: YES
Participation conditions and rules: NA
Data-handing rules for payment system: NA
Reporting forum: NA
AML Law: YES

Data Exchange System

DPI-like

APEX Cloud

Base technical architecture: API Gateway
Status of implementation: Active
Governing Entity: Smart Nation and Digital Government Group (SNDGG)
Coordination unit: Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech)
National / Regional: National
Sector-specific / Cross-sectoral: Cross-sectoral
Permitted participants: Public, Civil, Private
Ownership: Public
URL: https://www.developer.tech.gov.sg
Last Updated: 01/10/24
Semantic interoperability: YES
Real-time sharing: YES
Scalable architecture: YES
Audit mechanism: YES
Procedural rules for data mgmt.: YES
Enrolment and participation information: YES
Used by more than one public entity: YES
Impact metrics: NA