DBS BANK has launched the DBS Corporate Multi-Currency Account (Corporate MCA) to help businesses transact and manage up to 13 currencies in separate e-wallets all maintained in one single account.

The Corporate MCA enables businesses to send and receive cross-border payments in different currencies and manage their foreign exchange costs more efficiently as incoming currencies are stored in respective e-wallets until exchange rates are in the business’ favour.

In addition, the Corporate MCA does away with the need to maintain a minimum balance in different currency accounts. Instead, all a business has to do, is to maintain a minimum balance of 10,000 Singapore dollars (US$7,375) in the account.

According to an International Enterprise Internationalisation Survey conducted in 2016, overseas revenue for companies based in Singapore grew by 4.2% year-on-year, of which 53% of total revenue for Singapore-based SMEs came from overseas.

Joyce Tee, group head of SME Banking, DBS Bank says, “DBS’ SME customers are constantly thinking about how they can expand their business overseas with greater cost efficiencies. Whether it is paying their suppliers and vendors globally or receiving payments from their customers, we hope that the DBS Corporate MCA will help to alleviate some of the administrative and cost commitments in dealing with foreign currencies This is part of our continuous drive to make banking simpler and more convenient for our customers.”

With more businesses making and collecting payments in different currencies, DBS says the corporate MCA will especially benefit SMEs who previously did not have access to such multi-currency accounts to manage cross-border payments and transactions, and that it is also ideal for the growing number of Singapore-based companies with overseas suppliers and vendors as they can save on administration and foreign exchanges costs from DBS’ corporate internet banking platform, DBS IDEAL.

With DBS’ established presence in China, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, businesses with a Corporate MCA can also enjoy a waiver of cable charges for overseas telegraphic transfers to DBS accounts in these countries, and receive or make payments in 10 minutes.