Nanyang Technology University – Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

You can contact and reach Aaron at : aaron.chua@ingenia-consultants.com

Payment Services Consultant

Aaron Chua

Aaron Chua is an ad locum consultant with Ingenia Consultants. His key areas of practices in regulatory compliance include risk management, securities laws, fund management, financial advisory and payment services.

Aaron Chua has extensive experience in compliance issues and regularly provides regulatory advice to advice to various organisations in the private sectors. He advises clients on regulatory compliance, particularly on regulations in the financial industry – Securities and Futures Act, Financial Advisers Act, Banking Act, and related requirements and guidelines issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Through his work, Aaron is actively responsible for the licensing of fund managers and payment service providers.

He advises financial services clients and is an expert on regulatory compliance, particularly on regulations in the financial industry such as the Securities and Futures Act, Payment Services Act, regulatory notices, and guidelines issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Aaron has as a panellist in numerous events discussed on stable coins & security tokens with the collaboration of Merkle Science and Blockchain Hub. He has also contributed written articles with fintech solutions, on how digital payment token service providers can adhere to the guidelines on money laundering and counter the financing of terrorism.

Experience

Various crypto currency backed financial institutions clients:

Advising crypto-financial institutions on regulatory considerations relevant to licensing for Payment Services in Singapore and developing policies & procedures for anti-money laundering, enterprise-wide ML/TF risk assessment, and technology risk management aspects.

Various clients:

Leading and procuring licensing for fund management companies and payment service providers.

Various clients:

Advising various financial institutions such as fund managers, and financial advisory firms on regulatory and business conduct, under legislation, regulations, notices, guidelines, circulars and practice notes issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore relevant to various aspects of financial activity.

Various clients:

Advising fund managers and financial advisers on the application of notices, guidelines and circulars issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, including application of transaction monitoring, reporting requirements, anti-money laundering and ‘know-your-client’ requirements and outsourcing requirements etc.

Confidential client:

Advising a foreign insurer on Financial Advisory Regulatory aspects involved in the commencement of an insurance business in Singapore and setting up of policies and procedures to comply with Singapore insurance & financial advisory laws and regulations.

Various clients:

Conducting internal audit on fund managers, trust companies and crowdfunding platforms.