{
  "id": 19631097,
  "title": "Singapore opens gold vault to foreign central banks in race to become Asia’s gold hub",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/singapore-opens-gold-vault-to-foreign-central-banks-in-race-to-become-19631097",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T09:00:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/business/commodities/article/3374205/singapore-opens-gold-vault-foreign-central-banks-race-become-asias-gold-hub"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Singapore has opened its national gold vault to foreign central banks, a move analysts say will sharpen its head-to-head rivalry with Hong Kong for the title of Asia’s leading bullion hub. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced that it would store gold for overseas central banks, international financial institutions and sovereign entities in its currency vault. The facility can…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}