Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Oversight of the complaint handling process

Dear Mr. Tan,
Can you ask MAS the following?

Do the three "well-regarded individuals" MAS has identified have sufficient resources especially manpower to do what MAS requires them to do

"review the internal complaints handling and resolution processes of the financial institutions (FIs) concerned to determine whether these processes are independent, fair and transparent. While these independent parties will not be involved in handling individual customer complaints, they will update MAS regularly on the progress of the complaints review.": and

" as part of the terms of reference of their appointment, the independent parties will highlight to MAS any shortcoming in the FIs’ processes as well as any issues that require regulatory follow up."?

If not, do they have to rely on the FIs they are overseeing to provide them manpower and other resources to ? If so defeats their independence and credibility.